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DNA of Entrepreneurs: Calculated Risk-taking and Bringing Game-changing Technology to the World
Session Chair(s)
Leslie J. Williams
Director, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
ImmusanT, United States
Being willing to take risk is essential to innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Calculated risk involves considerable analysis and market understanding but also requires passion, guts, perseverance, constant reassessment and willingness to change course.
Learning Objective : Define calculated risk; Describe potential road blocks to bringing a disruptive technology to the market; Outline key decisions that mitigate risk and allow you to advance in a capital-efficient manner; Describe traits of an entrepreneur and ways to promote the entrepreneurial spirit in the workplace.
Speaker(s)
A Tale of Two Pharmas
Thomas Hughes, PhD
Zafgen, Inc., United States
President and Chief Executive Officer
Build It and They Will Come, Won't They?
Leslie J. Williams
ImmusanT, United States
Director, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Plans, People and Process: Outsourcing and Scaling Your Operations
Laurie A. Halloran, BSN, MS
United States
President and Chief Executive Officer
Show Me the Money
Walter Ogier
Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States
Chief Executive Officer
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