Starting and Financing Small Chemical Businesses

Starting and Financing Small Chemical Businesses

Sponsors: Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Small Chemical Businesses Division of the American Chemical Society

Organized and facilitated by Mukund Chorghade, Immediate Past Chair Small Chemical Businesses Division of ACS  and Jack Driscoll, Public Relations Chair, NESACS

Symposium starts at 12:00 with light lunch, coffee break & networking reception.

12:45 pm "Starting a Biomedical Company in the Nineteen

Seventies: NOVA Biomedical" Dr. Jack Driscoll, a founder and Director of Nova Biomedical Corporation, President, PID Analyzers, LLC, PR Chair NESACS

1:15 pm "How to Prepare Your Small Business for Financing" John Rainey, Regional Director, Mass Small Business Development Center, Worcester, MA

1:45 pm "Conventional & SBA Financing of Small Businesses"

Beth Chea, VP, TD Bank, Andover, MA

2:15 pm Coffee Break

2:35 pm "Educational Resources for Tech Entrepreneurs"

Dr. Peter Hirst, Executive Director of Executive Education, MIT Sloan School of Management

2:50 pm "TiE Boston Provides Connections and Networking

for Entrepreneurs" Dr. Shankar Hegde, Founder and CEO, Yaana Consulting,

The IndUS Entrepreneurs

3:05 pm "Non-Dilutive (SBIR) or Dilutive Equity Funding

for Startups" Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director,Technology Development Office, Boston University

3:45 pm "Utilizing Social Media to Market Technology

Companies," Jennifer Maclachlan, PID Analyzers, LLC, PR Chair Small Chemical Business Div. of the ACS & Joselin Mane, Founder, Boston Tweetup

4:15 pm "Short comments on ACS & Job Creation",

Madeleine Jacobs, CEO, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC

4:20 pm True Stories of Success of Chemical Entrepreneurs-an ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses Flagship Program at National & Regional ACS Meetings

a)  Comments on "How legislation can help small businesses", Arthur Obermayer, 60 Year ACS Member 

b) "Science, Business and Gambling: Beating the Odds", Pam Randhawa, Empiriko, CEO and Founder 

c)  "When is a good time to start and what is your business model?", Raj Rajur- Chairman & CEO,  CreaGen Biosciences, Inc.

5:15pm Questions/Comments

5:30-6:15 pm:  Networking Reception for symposium attendees including the Dinner attendees and the NESACS Board Members.