Keynote for San Diego Women in Bio A quick overview of women entrepreneurs working in San Diego and facts on female entrepreneurs performance, women in angel investing, and serving on corporate boards.

1. Women in BioMysty Rusk

2. “It feels like a tipping point is
fast approaching for women
in the business world…”
Women In Venture Capital:
Breaking More Glass Ceilings
by Katie Elizabeth

3. The world is in big trouble….

4. What can we do?
Entrepreneurship
Work harder
Innovate
…and bring your femininity with you

5. A diagnostic platform for
personalized medicine and
diagnostic products from
biomarkers measurement to
therapeutic drug monitoring
Ying Qu

6. Glycan analysis reagents and
tools for the development of
diagnostics and therapeutics
Lori Yang

7. Social impact app that uses
short and long-term rewards
to improve exercise habits
and feed the hungry
Samantha Pantazopoulos

8. Specialized irrigation systems
for greenhouses that
decrease water usage,
improve root health, and
decrease mold
Kaye Villaflores

9. A platform for physicians and pharma
that captures, aggregates and
analyzes whole genome sequencing
and patient metadata to identify
clinically actionable markers to better
diagnose rare disease and streamline
orphan disease drug development
Stephanie Allen

10. Development of non-
permanent gene therapy for
chronic pain
Ana Moreno

11. Improves brain processing
speed, working memory,
attention, reading fluency,
for brain injury or
developmental issues
Teri Lawton

12. Hydration monitoring device
to measure optimal
hydration levels in athletes,
with specific applications in
sports related head injuries
Debbie Chen

13. Cold cap therapeutic that
enables chemo patients to
keep their hair
Kate Dilligan

14. Therapeutic research and
development to fix the
broken proteins that cause
Huntington’s and other
neurological disorders
Beth Hoffman

15. Makes electronic health
records computable and
immediately available for
researchers, drug
developers, medical
professionals, and
emergency responders
Beth Anne Baber

16. Evidence Worth
Mentioning
♀

17. ♀ Founders Outperform
Companies with female founders performed 63% better
than those with all-male founding team
~Tucker Marion
63%

18. Less
$2.12M
Investment
$662K
Revenue
$935K
Investment
$730K
Revenue
ROI
78:1 for ♀
30:1 for ♂

19. ♀ On Boards
Outperform
+53% +42% +66%

20. What to do now…

21. Start a business

22. Become an angel investor
or venture capitalist

23. Serve on a Corporate Board

25. Deadline:December 17

26. The Brink SBDC at USD
mystyrusk@sandiego.edu
619 260 4657
Thank you!
Mysty Rusk