Molecular Foundry Seminar

"Start ups, Opportunities, and Entrepreneurial Awareness"

Bill Shelander, Tech Transfer Business Development Specialist, LBNL
Tuesday, March 8th at 1:30 pm, Bldg. 67 - Rm. 3111

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Abstract:

Bill Shelander is the Business Development expert for Berkeley Lab, a position aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial awareness within the Lab’s research community with an emphasis on helping to create start ups. His seminar will share some insights on how to recognize viable opportunities, some realities of ventures, and what alternatives are available to Lab researchers.

He has over 20 years of experience managing venture funds exceeding $200 million returning over $600 million. He has invested in and helped to start dozens of high technology companies. He has been an officer or director of companies acquired by larger corporations or listed on NASDAQ. He has also survived through major business downturns and complete investment failures. He has a BS in Systems Engineering with a minor in physics, an MS in Chemical Engineering, and an MBA from Stanford.