HiBEAM and UH Cancer Center are pleased to present two timely and important seminars for researchers and companies that are poised to take the important step that brings them to the market and customers

1. “TRANSITIONS
AND
GROWTH:
A
PRIMER
FOR
HAWAII’S
TECH
COMPANIES”
Tuesday,
June
18
2013
University
of
Hawaii
Cancer
Center
-­‐
Sullivan
Conference
Center,
701
Ilalo
Street,
Honolulu,
HI
96813
Ms.
Debra
Beresini
is
an
experienced
manager,
investor
and
entrepreneur.
In
1997,
she
co-­‐founded
invencor,
inc.,
based
in
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
and
has
since
served
as
its
CEO.
invencor
manages
both
debt
and
equity
funds,
provides
mentoring
and
educaFonal
programs
for
venture
and
private
equity
investors,
consults
with
entrepreneurial
management
teams
to
grow
companies
and
works
with
lending
insFtuFons
that
focus
on
emerging
growth
companies.
Beresini
works
with
emerging
growth
companies
across
industries
–
healthcare,
life
science,
and
consumer
–
helping
the
management
teams
develop
strategies
to
build
sustainable
companies.
Her
work
with
lending
insFtuFons
includes
structuring
internal
plans
for
risk
miFgaFon
policies
and
pracFces
for
lending
to
emerging
growth
companies.
She
is
a
Board
Director
with
HiBEAM
www.hibeam.org.
The
Building
Blocks
of
a
Company’s
Growth
Strategy
9
am
to
11
am
Both
large
companies
as
well
as
startup
companies
must
conFnue
to
build
value
to
grow.
In
this
session,
speakers
will
discuss
the
“Building
Blocks”
to
develop
a
Growth
Strategy.
Topics
include:
how
a
solid
strategy
is
formulated,
the
compeFFon,
the
customer,
geRng
the
product
out
the
door.
This
session
also
includes
an
interview
on
“lessons
learned”
with
a
successful
entrepreneur.
TransiYoning
Technology
into
the
Private
Sector
2
pm
to
4
pm
Developing
a
great
technology
or
the
next
big
pharmaceuFcal
is
challenging
and
exhilaraFng.
The
researcher/scienFst
is
like
an
arFst;
they
keep
perfecFng
the
work
and
hope
the
market
will
be
aUracted
to
it,
but
as
Steve
Jobs
said
even
“An
arFst
needs
to
ship”.
This
session
will
define
the
basic
tools
needed
to
build
a
transiFon
plan
for
taking
the
technology/product
to
the
market,
understanding
the
problem
the
product
is
solving
for
the
market,
and
determine
if
the
best
channel
for
the
product
is
a
large
established
licensing
partner
or
a
startup
company.
HiBEAM
and
UH
Cancer
Center
are
pleased
to
present
two
Ymely
and
i m p o r t a n t
s e m i n a r s
f o r
researchers
and
companies
that
are
poised
to
take
the
important
step
that
brings
them
to
the
market
and
customers.
Please
register
at:
hp://www.eventbrite.com/
event/6932397989