Peer Learning and Networking Webinar Series
The NCI SBIR Peer Learning and Networking (PLAN) Webinar Series provide an interactive forum for SBIR/STTR applicants and awardees to hear best practices from peers who have been successful within the Program. Each participating company shares expertise on a webinar topic and discusses the technology areas in which they hope to collaborate with other companies.
Part I. Presentation
Watch pre-recorded panelist presentation on the PLAN webpage prior to joining the webinar and write down your questions.
Part II. Panel Session
Attend real-time panel session and ask your questions to the panelist and/or the moderating NCI SBIR program director.
Upcoming Panel Session
NCI SBIR PLAN Webinar Series: First Steps for Starting a Small Business
Panel session date: Friday, January 27, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time
In the next PLAN webinar, prior SBIR/STTR awardees with a variety of cancer technology products will explain how they tackled challenging issues related to starting a small business.
The PLAN Webinar-First Steps for Starting a Small Business content will cover:
- Key steps to get your small business started;
- Entrepreneurial roadblocks;
- Transitioning from academia to industry;
- Financial tools;
- Entrepreneurial resources;
- IP protection;
- Types of commercial entities;
- Getting help from the University; and
- Financial strategies.
First Steps for Starting a Small Business Panel Session
Friday, January 27 at 1:00pm ET
Panelist Presentations
Please find advice videos from each panelist below and register for the follow up Q&A panel session on Friday, January 27 at 1:00pm ET.
Therapeutics - BIOMass
Watch video if interested in:
- Reasons for starting a small business
- Utilizing external resources to build your business team
- Corporate structure considerations
- Resources for accounting, data storage/archiving, and cap tables
- Non-dilutive and dilutive funding resources
Therapeutics - Nanocan
Watch video if interested in:
- Entrepreneurial vision
- Licensing a university technology
- Corporate structure considerations
- Non-dilutive funding & raising private capital
- Assembling a business team
Therapeutics - Tezcat Biosciences
Watch video if interested in:
- Transitioning from Academia to business
- IP/licensing
- Prioritizing key experiments
- Helpful resources (networking events, classes, accelerator programs)
Medical Devices - SimBioSys
Watch video if interested in:
- Reasons for starting a small business
- Transitioning from academia to business
- Helpful resources (non-dilutive funding, entrepreneurial training, accelerators)
- Risk benefit frameworks for starting a small business
- Clinical partnerships
To access content from previous PLAN series, click on the link below:
Be on the lookout for upcoming topics, including:
- Keys to a Successful IND Submission
- Spotlight Video: CARE Success Stories
- Spotlight Video: Small Business Transition Grant (SBTG)
If you have topic suggestions for the PLAN series, please email us at ncisbir@mail.nih.gov.