FEBRUARY 14-18 2013 BOSTON, MA
ACCEPTED FOR CAREER WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
Entrepreneurial career cravings? Learn how to satisfy them.
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Facility: Hynes Convention Center
Room: 209
Entrepreneurial career cravings? Learn how to satisfy them.
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Facility: Hynes Convention Center
Room: 209
Session Description:
A number of government and business resources are available
for entrepreneurs, whether start-ups or later stage businesses. This workshop
will provide information derived from various agencies, and experts from the
law. Topics will include funding, incentives, business organization, patents,
consulting, manufacturing, and expanding outreach. We are geared towards
propelling “Entrepreneurs on the Road to Success”.
Audience:
Late-Career Scientist, Mid-Career Scientist, Early-Career
Scientist, College and University Faculty, Postdoctoral Scholars, Graduate
Student, Undergraduate
Audience Interest Statement:
There is very little funding available for initial startups
unless you can tap your own bank accounts or have wealthy friends and
relatives. You will probably have to do this to get your new business “off the
ground”. You can always start your
business on a part time basis, particularly if the new business has no conflict
with your regular job.
Once a company is shipping products and, if profitable, the
funding options increase. There are a number of Local Banks that will provide
receivables financing while other companies
can provide factoring of receivables to improve cash flow. A number of states have initiatives to help
small businesses. For example, in MA, we have the MA Office of Business
Development that is chartered to help small businesses and has offices across
the State. Other states such as CT, RI, OH, NY,PA, to name a few, have
Small Business Development Centers
also.
We have quasi
government organizations in MA such as MTDC, MCRC, MIFA that provide some
venture capital for startups, loans for phase 2 SBIR’s, mezzanine financing,
loans for real estate and/or capital equipment.
Of course, there is always the SBA funding through local
banks that can be used for capital equipment, property and receivables
financing.
The thing to keep in mind is that the loan programs are just
that- “Loans”. They have to be paid back and generally require personal
guarantees.
It is not easy to start a successful business but there are
many places to go now for help including the American Chemical Society Career
Consultant Program (CCP) that offers personalized consulting on résumé
preparation, job search strategies, interviewing techniques, making a career
transition, salary negotiation techniques and
30-minute resume review sessions to critique a
candidate's including a mock interview
session followed by a feedback conversation.
If a business is successful, it is a better option than
working for someone else.
Participants:
Presenter 1: Dr. John
N. Driscoll 2011- present Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society
Board Member and Chair Public Relations
2003- present- Founder and President, PID Analyzers, LLC-
Development and marketing of portable and process instrumentation using
technologies such as photoionization, flame ionization, GC , infrared, UV,
electrochemistry. 1973-2003 Founder and President of HNU Systems, Inc.-
Developed the first commercial photoionization detector for measuring ppb
levels of VOCs in the environment. Sold more than 40,000 PID's. 1976- present-
Nova Biomedical Corp. -A founder and board member . Nova Biomedical is the
world leader in the development of fast whole blood analyzers to support the
care of critically ill patients. 1988- Present- Founder and Chairman- HNU Nordion Ltd OY. Schools: Boston
University, Franklin Institute, Northeastern University, Suffolk
University, Suffolk University Business
School
PAPERS: More than 130 papers published (44 papers were
invited) Patents: More than 35 US & foreign Patents
Presenter 2: Dr. Mukund Chorghade is President of Chorghade
Enterprises and Chief Scientific Officer, THINQ Pharma / THINQ Discovery, AGN
Biofuels and Empiriko. He is also an adjunct research professor at Northeastern
University and has appointments at Harvard and MIT. Dr. Chorghade earned his B.
Sc. and M. Sc. degrees from the University of Poona, and a Ph. D. in organic
chemistry at Georgetown University. Completing postdoctoral appointments at the
University of Virginia and Harvard University, visiting scientist appointments
at University of British Columbia, College de France / Universite’ Louis
Pasteur, Cambridge and Caltech and directed research groups at Dow Chemicals,
Abbott Laboratories, CytoMed and Genzyme.
A recipient of three “Scientist of the Year Awards”, he is an elected
Fellow of the ACS, AAAS and RSC and has been a featured speaker in several
national and international symposia.
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Presenters
John N. Driscoll
Ph.D.
PID Analyzers, LLC
2 Washington Circle #4
Sandwich, MA 02563
Mukund S. Chorghade
President and CSO
Chorghade Enterprises / THINQ Pharma
Chorghade Enterprises / THINQ Pharma
14 Carlson Circle
Natick, MA 01760-4205
Coordinator
Jennifer L. Maclachlan
Managing Director
PID Analyzers, LLC
2 Washington Circle #4
Sandwich, MA 02563
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