SDEE News

About a year ago, John Hood, Ph.D., sold his company, Impact Biomedicines, which had only raised $20 million, to Celgene in a deal worth up to $7 billion. As the keynote for this year’s SDEE “Get To Know Your Neighbors” event on March 21 at the Alexandria at Torrey Pines,...

It’s storytelling that evokes feelings and emotions that makes readers care about science. That’s what we heard from Ed Yong, a science journalist for The Atlantic, who talked about “Why Storytelling Matters in Science” to a large crowd of scientists and science writers. Hosted by Dr. Kristian Andersen at the...

History As you may know, SDEE started in 2010, when a group of local biotech entrepreneurs coalesced around obtaining and maintaining SBIR funding. The founding group included Scott Thacher, Danielle Hayes, Scott Struthers, Debbie Slee, Jiwu Wang, David Schwarz, Rich Maki, Dave Larocca and Ruo Steensma. Over the years the...

Invest in and grow your intellectual property (IP). Those were the key take-home messages from an SDEE workshop titled “Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs – From Principles to Practice” sponsored by American Laboratory Trading (ALT) and Hera Hub. IP is essential for protecting technology and many entrepreneurs struggle to integrate IP...

Never stop networking and always be selling. That was Amy Rasdal’s key message when she spoke to consultant members from San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) on January 31, 2019 at a workshop held at LabFellows.

The Office of Innovation of the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with Launch Bio, organized an evening with entrepreneurs and startup showcase on January 15, 2019 at Genesis in Campus Point. The event was sponsored by the City of San Diego, Biolabs, Procopio, CSC Leasing Company, and Hughes...

SDEE is proud to be a Silver Sponsor at the January 28, 2019 Med Tech Monday conference. Don't miss this opportunity to hear the latest in medical device innovation, investment opportunities, regulatory and more. Check out the list of speakers and startup pitches here. Stop by our SDEE exhibit booth to...

Member News provides an opportunity for SDEE members to share news and announcements. This month's Member News features: Stephane Richard, CureMatch Mark Fortner, Aspen Biosciences  Claire Weston, Reveal Biosciences  Jiwu Wang, Allele Biotech Yinghong Gao, Viva Biotech Abdulkader Rahmo, SMSBiotec John Burd, Lysulin 

SDEE ‘s famous year-end social this year was on December 11th, 2018 at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, which kindly hosted the party in its new facility. SDEE members and their guests came out in big numbers for this festive occasion to network and have a good time.

By Amy Duncan, Goldfish Consulting Whether you are a presenter, fundraising, selling, a boss, an employee, or even a parent, John's talk provided valuable insights for more effective communications. We are likely a community of “hard skills” here in the San Diego life sciences. But that doesn’t mean we can’t...