Rick and all other Bay Area Bio threadsters: I have arranged for Steven Burrill of Burrill and Co. and Edward Hurwitz, AFFX CFO to speak tomorrow night (Tuesday) at the MITCNC Bioentrepreneurship Program. It only costs $5, and beers are a buck more each. The meeting is on Genentech's campus and all comers are welcome. The topic is on the Wall Street Perspective on Biotech. This is a great opportunity to hear some great speakers on our industry. This is our last formal meeting until fall, during the summer, we'll be meeting at the Burlingame Brewery on the third Tuesday monthly to network over beers. I'm cutting in the full details below:
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MITCNC BioEntrepreneurship Event for Tuesday May 25, 1999
"The Wall Street Perspective - Changing Attitudes
Towards Investing in Biotech and Medical Device Companies,"
PANELISTS:
Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Co
Edward Hurwitz, CFO of Affymetrix
*DATE: Tuesday May 25th
*TIME: 7:30-9:00 PM
*PLACE: Genentech, South San Francisco, Building 11, Room 11A
*COST: $5, payable in cash at the door
(This event was originally scheduled for May 18th.)
BIOGRAPHY OF STEVEN BURRILL:
Mr. Burrill is CEO of Burrill & Company, a private merchant bank,
focused exclusively on life science companies. B&C's business
revolves around three core activities: strategic partnering, spinouts,
and venture capital investment. In each of these activities,
Burrill & Company seeks to create value and to participate in this value
creation through significant equity stakes in its portfolio companies.
Burrill & Company is also the general partner in the
Burrill Agbio Capital Fund, an $85 million venture capital fund, and the
$50 million Burrill Animal Health Capital Fund.
Prior to founding Burrill & Company, he spent 28 years with Ernst & Young
(through 1993), including the last 17 as partner of the firm, directing and
coordinating the firm's services to clients in the biotechnology/life
sciences and high technology industries worldwide.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Axis Genetics, DepoMed
(Amex: DMI), Genitope Corporation, Cross Atlantic Partners, Paradigm
Genetics, Promega Corporation, Third Wave Technologies, Inc., Transgene
(Nasdaq: TRGNY), and UltraOrtho, Inc.
Mr. Burrill earned his BA in accounting and finance from the University
of Wisconsin in Madison.
BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD HURWITZ:
Prior to joining Affymetrix as Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Mr. Hurwitz served as a Senior Biotechnology Analyst at
Robertson Stephens & Co. from 1994-1997 and at Smith Barney Shearson
from 1992-1994. Prior to that Mr. Hurwitz was an attorney with Cooley,
Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum from 1990-1992. Mr Hurwitz received
his J.D./M.B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and holds an undergraduate degree
from Cornell University in genetics/molecular biology.
DIRECTIONS TO GENENTECH (Also, for a great map, go to
gene.com
To Genentech FROM SAN FRANCISCO - 101 SOUTH:
-Exit at Grand Ave/South San Francisco.
-At the bottom of the exit ramp, turn left, at the light, onto Airport
Blvd.
-At stoplight, turn left onto Grand Ave. and proceed under freeway to
East Grand Ave.
-At the fourth stoplight, turn left onto Forbes Blvd.
-Continue on Forbes Blvd. for 1.3 miles until it terminates at DNA Way.
-At the end of Forbes, turn right onto DNA Way
-Drive uphill about 1 block, past Building 3 on your right
-Turn left into driveway at Buildings 10, 11, 12
-Park anywhere except in handicapped parking
-Follow the signs to Conf. Rm. 11A
To Genentech FROM THE SOUTH BAY - 101 NORTH:
-Exit at Grand Ave/South San Francisco
-At the bottom of the exit ramp, turn right onto East Grand Ave.
-At the first stoplight, turn right to continue on East Grand Ave.
-At the second stoplight, turn left onto Forbes Blvd.
-Continue on Forbes Blvd. for 1.3 miles until it terminates at DNA Way.
-At the end of Forbes, turn right onto DNA Way
-Drive uphill about 1 block, past Building 3 on your right
-Turn left into driveway at Buildings 10, 11, 12
-Park anywhere except in handicapped parking
-Follow the signs to Conf. Rm. 11A
-After leaving Genentech, go South on 101.
-Exit 101 at the Broadway exit
-Go West (right) on Broadway
-Turn left on California (2nd light)
-The Brewery is about a half mile down on the right, across the street
from the Caltrain Station.
EMAIL LIST: We now have an automatic system for the MITCNC
BioEntrepreneurship email list. All emails sent to the list are
monitored, so you will only receive emails that have been screened by
the MIT Club of Northern California.
TO BE PUT ON THIS EMAIL LIST (mitcnc-bio@mit.edu), send an email to:
mitcnc-bio-request@mit.edu. In the BODY of the message, type:
"subscribe mitcnc-bio YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS".
TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS EMAIL LIST, send an email to:
mitcnc-bio-request@mit.edu.
In the BODY of the message, type:
"unsubscribe mitcnc-bio YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS".
THE MISSION OF THE MITCNC ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM is to foster the
success of MIT alumni/ae as entrepreneurs through encouragement,
education, and by bringing people together. Now in its 4th year, we
are offering the following programs for 1998-1999:
*BioEntrepreneurship-New program
*Enterprise Crucible (previously Venture Incubator) -Now in its 2nd
year, this program is aimed at emerging entrepreneurs
*M.F.N. - MIT Founders Network
*East Bay Entrepreneurs
*EntrepreneurFest '99
______________________________________________________
For more info on the BioEntrepreneurship Program, please visit our web
site by following the entrepreneurship link from the MITCNC website:
mitcnc.org, or contact
Betsy O'Neill
Executive Director
BioEntrepreneurship Program, MITCNC
betsyoneill@alum.mit.edu
For more info on MITCNC Entrepreneurship Program in general, please
contact
Fred Lam
VP-Entrepreneurship, MITCNC
fredlam@alum.mit.edu
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Hope to see some of you there.
Rocketman
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