Grad School for Device Entrepreneurs
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
For the first time, Stanford University, under the auspices of its Biodesign program, will sponsor a hands-on workshop for entrepreneurs in the medical device sectors. START-UP assembled a group of industry leaders who will be among the participating faculty, including David Douglass and John Maroney of Delphi Ventures, Richard Ferrari and Jay Watkins of De Novo Ventures, Wilson Sonsini's Casey McGlynn, and Paul Yock, MD, of Stanford's department of bioengineering, to discuss the do's and don'ts of early-stage entrepreneurship.
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