Type of Event: Pitch Event

Middle School students in Beaverton, OR will present their business plans to a panel of mentors, teachers, board members and community investors. Students are part of a one year Entrepreneurship program that helps them create business and non-profit ideas. They spend 36 weeks writing business plans, seeking investors and executing sales at community events, retail outlets and online. INVESTOR SPOTS STILL OPEN: Six investor opportunities are available to “judge” students in a “Shark Tank” style event on February 28th, 2019. After reviewing their Business plans and hearing a 3 minute Elevator Pitch, the “Sharks” will determine how much investment each Young Entrepreneur receives. Investments can be as little as $250 and qualify as a tax deductible donation into our schools Global Education Initiative which provides learning tools for students in Korea, Haiti & The Philippines.

On March 27th and 28th, OHSU will be hosting the 2019 Commercialization Conference that connects OHSU innovators with investors, industry partners and community collaborators to help build a vibrant regional hub for innovative technology. Speaker sessions, startup pitches, industry insights and collaboration stories will focus on the theme of “Fueling Health Care Innovation.” The conference offers a platform for attendees to explore the impact of and understand the drivers of innovation that will revolutionize health care.

New for this year’s conference is a special pre-event SBIR/STTR workshop that will guide researchers and startups through the SBIR/STTR program and proposal develop.

To learn more about the OHSU Commercialization Conference and the SBIR/STTR workshop and to register, please follow this link.

https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/techtransfer/2019commercialization.cfm