Life Sciences Incubator Director @ Innosphere Ventures | Championing Innovation and Growth in the Startup Ecosystems.
Our current Life Sciences Incubator cohort is done with their “homework” and is diving into their “real work.” We’re officially past the halfway mark of our current cohort's time in the Life Science Incubator, which means our founders are moving on from the initial groundwork they’ve laid for their business plans and have started working on their action items. Usually, we use the first quarter to focus on building a strong foundation with a solid strategy and business plan. This phase helps us identify areas where founders can accelerate quickly. As we transition into the second quarter, the focus shifts to personalized OKRs (objectives and key results). This allows us to tailor our support to each founder's specific needs and priorities to achieve outcomes that represent true acceleration of company development, guiding them through practical steps to support their founders. In addition, we’re holding a workshop that focuses on pitch strategy for founders who are looking to raise capital in the next 6 months led by Cindy Skalicky 🔷 of OnPoint Communications, LLC and Derek Cole of Investor Relations Advisory Solutions. Many life sciences founders tend to be overly scientific and detailed in their pitches. We help them understand that initial pitches are about capturing interest, not diving deep into science. By considering investor psychology and crafting a compelling narrative, they can secure follow-up meetings and deeper engagement. By developing their business, finance, industry, and communication expertise alongside their scientific knowledge, we provide our founders with all of the tools they’ll need for success. This is an exciting time for the Incubator as we begin to help our founders push beyond planning and into execution. Seeing carefully crafted and even revolutionary ideas come to life is exactly why we started the Life Sciences Incubator, and I’m looking forward to seeing the final products in a few months.
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3moKevin, it has been a great cohort thus far! It's a challenge for science / tech founders to pull out narrative that hits the mark *quickly* w investors. This cohort did a noticeably great job of that in Session 1 (after a fantastic segment on investor psychology from Derek Cole.) The need to "slow down (to find the right story) to speed up (tell it fast and then get on with it) , it's hard for a founder to do alone from inside their own jar. I'm excited to see everyone for Session 3 in a couple weeks. We're proud to partner with you!