This document discusses cultivating an entrepreneurial community focused on innovative life science solutions. It notes that most health care efforts target consumers while scientific communities are insular. It proposes bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, scientists and others to apply discoveries, have social impact, and support companies working on problems. A co-working space is suggested to enhance skills and inspire collaboration between these groups towards developing solutions and helping people.

1. Cultivating an entrepreneurial community focused on
innovative solutions to hard life science problems & doing
good!
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2.  Most ‘Health Care’ efforts are aimed at consumer oriented applications
 Rock Health
 Run Keeper / Fit Bit
 Traditional Scientific Community Efforts are insular or narrowly focused
 Scientific meetings are for other scientists
 Technology transfer offices’ focus is on licensing
 The world is changing
 Data centric – multidisciplinary – opens doors to others
 Can work separately but need to be together
 Most Entrepreneurs don’t have scientific knowledge/domain expertise
 Most Scientists are not business people
 They have no intentions to leave academia, someone needs to pick up the ball and run with it
 Both often lack
 resources / opportunities / Connections
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3. Investors, Creatives, Techies, Citizen Scientist
 Altruism- generate/support biz that does good
 Exposure to new and interesting opportunites
 Increased deal flow
Scientists
 Ease of path to applying discoveries & having a
social impact
 Increased tools for discovery
 discoveries have a broader impact on society
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4. Investors
Platform
Vendors,
CROs
Pharma,
Research Institutes,
Hospitals,
Foundations
Entrepreneurs
Scientists
NewCompanies
Platform
Growth &
Adoption
Solution
s Problems
Support
Happy, Healthy
People
Support
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5. 5
WB hub for tech startups
• Located in the heart of a major Life Science hub
• Defined by its eclectic community
• Programming to enhance entrepreneurial skills
• social, interactive atmosphere allows them to
learn & be inspired by each other
CSI shares our altruistic mission
• 8 years experience creating co-working space, community
center, & incubator for people who are changing the world
• Provides non-profits and social entrepreneurs with the
spaces, relationships and knowledge to translate ideas to
impact
• A nexus of innovation and transformation

6. Investors, Creatives, Techies, Citizen Scientist
 Altruism- generate/support biz that does good
 Exposure to new and interesting opportunites
 Increased deal flow
Scientists
 Ease of path to applying discoveries & having a
social impact
 Increased tools for discovery
 discoveries have a broader impact on society
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