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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Women’s History Month:  Closing the Gap in Access to Capital
DESCRIPTION:For entrepreneurs and early stage companies\, raising capital can be challenging. For female entrepreneurs it can be even more challenging as they can experience gender bias in their efforts to be heard and to raise as much capital as their male counterparts. If you’re a woman of color\, the numbers look even worse. \nIn 2020\, healthcare venture fundraising reached $17 billion\, a 57% increase from 2019. However\, overall funding for female-founded startups globally decreased by 27% in 2020\, and while 42% of digital health startups in 2020 had female founders\, women digital health founders were less likely to be venture-backed. \nSo\, what can we do to help ensure our female entrepreneurs are set up to succeed? Join Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS for a panel discussion as we discuss what can be done for female entrepreneurs at the micro and macro level\, discuss potential avenues for capital\, as well as other factors at play\, such as a lack of female mentorship. \nThis webinar will be hosted by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS @ Washington\, DC\, where doors will be opening this spring. \n
URL:https://www.mdtechcouncil.com/membership/events/calendar/in-celebration-of-womens-history-month-closing-the-gap-in-access-to-capital/
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CATEGORIES:Life Science
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SUMMARY:Startup Generation Series with Laura Bacon
DESCRIPTION:Please note\, this program is open to all high school female students. \nView Registration Page \nJoin the HCEDA\, MIC\, and Laura Bacon from the 3rd for a 8-week workshop to gain personal and professional development experiences that can help prepare you for life post-graduation. You will be in a community of other students beginning their journey into entrepreneurship. At the end of this program\, you’ll walk away with the thinking behind startups and how to take your idea from concept to reality. You’ll also meet female leaders across different industries who are shaking up the way we think about business. \nThe dates for the 8 week workshop are March 11\, March 18\, March 25\, April 1\, and April 8\, April 15\, April 22\, and April 29. \nOver the course of the program\, we will cover topics including: \n\nStartup site tours & guest speakers\nSelf-discovery & idea formation\nBuilding transferrable professional skills\nLearning the in’s and out’s of pitch readiness\nFinding your entrepreneurial focus\n\nHere is a preview of the objectives to be covered in each session: \n\nEngage in introductory activities in order to summarize program objectives\, expectations\, and norms.\nExplore different methods for self discovery in order to prepare for ideation and its process.\nUtilize the ideation process to develop their own entrepreneurial focus.\nUtilize design thinking processes to create empathy maps to understand who their entrepreneurial focus impacts and how.\nLearn to identify typical funding sources for entrepreneurs in order to determine how to best fund their ideas.\nExplore the essential elements to a pitch in order to develop a clear\, concise way of presenting their own projects.\nPartake in Demo Day\n\nRegistration will close on March 1\, 2021. \nAbout Laura Bacon\, Founder/ CEO of The 3rd: Laura Bacon works to create spaces where people can show up as the best version of themselves. Her life and her work are centered around community building. For 14 years\, Laura channeled that through her work in education. She also worked as a company manager in theaters\, an artists’ manager at an opera\, a mentor teacher\, and most recently she settled into her passion of entrepreneurship and community building. Her talent is in putting all the right people in a space to make something special. Learn more about The 3rd here. \n
URL:https://www.mdtechcouncil.com/membership/events/calendar/startup-generation-series-with-laura-bacon/
CATEGORIES:Life Science,Other,Technology
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