Part of the MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Event Series Selling yourself, career management and taking control of your career path Speaker: Dr. Teresa Snelgrove Download the audio presentation and post questions on the MaRS blog: http://blog.marsdd.com/2007/01/26/entrepreneurship-101-making-critical-career-decisions/

1. Making Critical Career Decisions Entrepreneurship 101 January 23, 2007 Teresa Snelgrove Executive Recruiter &Venture Backed Entrepreneur

17. Networking by Spreadsheet Cynthia Goh Phone 2x month Previous colleague Email every other month Recruiter Phone or email once a month Tony Redpath November October September Contact Strategy “ A’s”

24. How did you choose your field of study

25. Where do I go? What shall I do? Courtesy Christian Burks undergraduate training graduate training: life sciences graduate training: law graduate training: MBA biotech & pharma university research lab government research lab law firm journalism & entertainment industry government patent office venture capital & investment banks education

26. How did I get here? = correct prediction ??? Courtesy Christian Burks, CEO, OGI non-profit virtual research institute: fund raising Ontario Genomics Institute (Toronto, Ontario) Start-up biotech start-up biotech: proteomics, drug discovery Affinium (Toronto, Ontario) Start-up biotech start-up biotech: genomics, drug discovery Exelixis (South San Francisco, CA) Basic research on gene regulatory signals Biology resource building: bioinformatics, GenBank, genomics, software tools Los Alamos National Lab (Los Alamos, New Mexico) Academic research on molecular basis of cognition grad work in molecular biophysics: enzymology, x-ray & neutron diffraction Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) Graduate work in physics Great Books Program: evolution of western thought St. John’s College (Santa Fe, New Mexico) Mountain guide in Wyoming general education: literature, skiing, climbing Golden High School (Golden, Colorado) Planned Next Step Job Description Station

27. Career Management   A Bit of Both   Actively Managed   Just Happened Other CEOs

28. Key Influencers Over your Career  Through Networking  Career Counsellor  Employees  Peers   Supervisors, bosses   Family & Friends   Professors Others CEO’s

29. Factors for Success   Taking risks  Excellent communication skills   Drive, passion  Leadership skills   Networking   Surrounding yourself with good people   Intellect   Understanding People  Effective Planning (both strategy and implementation)  Being flexible and open-minded  Integrity & Fairness  Seizing the Opportunity  Luck Early Stage CEO

30. Factors Inhibiting Success

31. Sample Career Path Timeline

32. Question and Answers Q & A