Aberman: From a business to an asset: VCs is all about the money, a different world #BHCRForum18
2:10pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Aberman: There is other monies where rate of return. For a company: you have to be liked #BHCRForum18 Justifying the decision
2:03pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Aberman: You need advisors to help to be there for them #BHCRForum18 Investing money: no worries about internal rate of return
2:01pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Galvin: Bias: what needs a VC has (ex: 3y vs a 7y horizon) #BHCRForum18 His funding came from high net-worth individuals 'had the vision'
2:00pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Silber: Can readily identify areas of blind-spots. Galvin: Gets great feedback from VCs that turn him down #BHCRForum18 What to be aware of
1:58pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Young: And many times that comes from your investor - they've done this before. Klein: Why they called it Courage #BHCRForum18
1:55pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Young: W/o a mentor, 'life is much more difficult'. (Well said!) #BHCRForum18
Young: Everyone in business needs mentoring. Usually people a little older, and survived mistakes. #BHCRForum18
1:54pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Aberman: "That's what's so great about angel investing: it's such a human endeavor" #BHCRForum18 Q: what makes someone good?
Galvin: "If I had a nickel..." #BHCRForum18 investment is in people; if the idea is sound, it's the people that will make-or-break
1:52pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Silber: Pointed out when a deal isn't all that great; successful angels often are part of syndicates, groups #BHCRForum18
1:50pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Silber: "If I was dating on my own, I'd be far more impulsive" - thus helping to avoid poor decisions #BHCRForum18
1:49pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Klein: Dating analogy "you do develop a methodology"; wasted time, a migration to a process #BHCRForum18
Aberman: Rich people can be sophisticated or just an investor; it is 'their money'- how much is it like dating? (!!) #BHCRForum18
1:48pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Galvin: Your value and integrity will be communicated out. Aberman: angels are wealthy. >$1 M networth, high income etc. #BHCRForum18
1:47pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Klein: (Mentions Keiretsu Forum https://t.co/PwRsT8mrC2 ) #BHCRForum18 Galvin: try to add value in that relationshi… https://t.co/RvuVepTVos
1:46pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Klein: Dollar amts also all over the map: $10K to $ millions - 'it's my money'. Retired people - a personal decision #BHCRForum18
1:44pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Young: Every angel investor starts as an entrepreneur. Silber: perhaps in our world; in other worlds wealthy people… https://t.co/QwSxd73AYt
1:43pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Galvin: Now growing a gene Rx co, making a difference https://t.co/Ebve9wx3aN Not an expert: now like mini-VC's, same habits #BHCRForum18
1:42pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Aberman: The term 'angel' - what is it? #BHCRForum18 Galvin: Retired at 40yo from Silicon Valley, now back in it. W… https://t.co/LdaI2Nt91Q
1:41pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Silber: 90-98% do not continue on the initial path; to get into the competitive world of unknown unknowns #BHCRForum18
1:39pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Silber: Both entrepreneurs and capitalistic: developing trust and longstanding rel's, to support growth, success #BHCRForum18
1:38pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Klein: Growing teams, sees tech CEOs grow from defending to creating something #BHCRForum18
1:37pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Young: 'Nobody else knows the answer either' - actively involved in helping. Galvin: Spending time 'evangelizing our mission' #BHCRForum18
1:36pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
#BHCRForum18 Forum: Jeff Galvin (CEO American Gene Technologies), Merom Klein (Principal Courage Growth), Paul Silb… https://t.co/nFp4CjylGp
1:33pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Forum: Angel Investors: Where are they? What do they want? How do I acces them? #BHCRForum18 Jon Aberman (MD Amplifier Ventures)
1:32pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Interoperable EHR? Single-payer country better? #BHCRForum18 Jain: Ease of access w/1 system. But case-dep: how open is the country?
12:24pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
(Long comment on defining reproducibility) #BHCRForum18 Madhavan: FAIR principles (NB slideshare https://t.co/DHQ4FD7f3r )
12:21pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Comment / Q regarding 'the right variables to use' Madhavan: #BHCRForum18 What predicts longevity in the US? Credit score.
12:12pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Jain: #BHCRForum18 to bring a PhD, an MD, and a business-person in the same room, and bring it to the public? SW, HW, Devices...
12:06pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q:What is greatest challenge? #BHCRForum18 Gura: AlgometRx DC-based, https://t.co/66sTqYUB84 out of Childrens', cap… https://t.co/zq76DIfP2c
12:00pm April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Jain: #BHCRForum18 Quantified self was all about personal details. Now genomics, lifestyle, behaviors all intersect… https://t.co/4IgL8Feafw
11:56am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Given Oculus' donation, how is UMD positioned? #BHCRForum18 Varshney: The big data problem can be helped by AR/VR
11:50am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Madhavan: #BHCRForum18 Perthera has a recommender database platform for personalized medicine.
11:49am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Madhavan: (con't) ID'd a ROS1 fusion, enrolled into trial, 7mos in still 'doing well' IGNYTA trial #BHCRForum18 https://t.co/obhw5WeLa5
11:47am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Madhavan: Using datascience to help metastatic cancer. #BHCRForum18 Story: 51yo male almost headed to hospice. Genomics, proteomics
11:45am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Opioid crisis - how can devices help? #BHCRForum18 Gura: decades ago at MDAnderson vs now. Proper Dx, Rx for pain.
11:43am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Bentley: #BHCRForum18 Starts with his new institute for biomedical devices at UMD: molecular info into devices
11:40am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
#BHCRForum18 Dan Gura (AlgometRx), Praduman Jain (AllofUs Research Prog, Vibrant Health), Amitabh Varshney (Dean of… https://t.co/SQzXU34fGa
11:38am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Emerging regional clusters: Digital Health, Devices and Augmented Reality #BHCRForum18 Bill Bentley (UMD, Inst for Biomed Devices)...
11:37am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Other things that SBIR can help make it easier? #BHCRForum18 Lynn: "we did apply - unsuccessfully - for SBIR"
11:02am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: 90% of deals fall apart in due diligence. #BHCRForum18 Dudek: IP is an impt fn of process. One pass may become another company
11:01am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Top regions have interactions w/clinicians? How to optimize? #BHCRForum18 Davile: They come naturally, w/pts who have no options
10:59am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Q: Protection of IP in China? #BHCRForum18 Davile: Was told 'not to bother with China' as their filing was copied - verbatim.
10:55am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Davile: New company Trampoline Pharma, I-O very exciting. #BHCRForum18 As faculty, never saw himself as an entrepre… https://t.co/S0gu7QgZwz
10:48am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Dudek: #BHCRForum18 Gives background on Miltenyi, dedicated German dev group. Vibrant area. Davile: Some history abt Rosenberg's NCI work
10:46am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Wyskiel: Post-acquisition? Dudek: #BHCRForum18 Busy at Lentigen, getting ready for clinical study design, prog mgmt on platform
10:43am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Wyskiel (host): How was the $3M raise process? #BHCRForum18 Lynn: Had a platform, a multi-year process. Wyskiel: Know your audience
10:42am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Ishizuka: Licensing out of 3 NIH institutes: once you ID the right person, 'incredibly helpful'. Est of CRADA #BHCRForum18
10:36am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client
Davile: Collab impt, connections too; also close to the clinical applicability. #BHCRForum18
10:34am April 23rd 2018 via Twitter Web Client