Past Event Video Recaps

• Giacomo Basadonna, MD, PhD, FACS
  
• Natalie Rudolph, PhD
  

• Brian Dingman of Dingman, McInnes & McLane
  
• Kryngle Daly of KBioBox
  
• Andrew Bostian of BlumShapiro
  

• Dave Bonneau of Enginasion for Daniel Leary of PowerOwners
• Paula Beauregard of Edge Velocity
  
• Jonathan Clark of Sine Wave

• Stephen Metzger of Zeevee, Inc. keynote 
• John Fitzpatrick of Applivate, case presentation

• Andy Miller of Constant Contact keynote
  
• Kalenian Award presentation

• Robert Krim of Framingham State University keynote
  
• Panelists John Joseph of DataGravity; David Frogel of AnchorOps; Marc Girolimetti of Red Raider Studios

Learning from the past to help build the future was the focus of discussion at The Venture Forum’s September meeting, the first of the 2014-15 season. With a combination of slides and dramatic interpretation, the kick-off keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Krim, examined five key drivers of innovation over the past 400 years of Boston-area history. Three panelists followed Krim’s presentation with their entrepreneurial “war stories.”

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Clark University hosted The Venture Forum’s April meeting on Medical Innovation. A wide range of
presenters discussed how information-sharing and consumer-friendly technology are key factors in the battle against major health issues such as obesity and diabetes. The evening’s moderator was Roberta Brien, Vice President of Projects at the Worcester Business Development Corporation.

March 12, 2014 – A company producing a new diagnostic tool to enable physicians to better understand and therefore treat chronic wounds with more efficacy won The Venture Forum’s 2014 Five-Minute Pitch Contest last night. Bringing a lab process to the bedside, Wellesley-based Sano LLC has developed WounDx, a diagnostic swab resembling a pregnancy test kit that indicates in three minutes the concentration of certain enzymes in a non-healing wound.  With this information, doctors can determine whether skin grafts will succeed or if other measures need to be taken earlier, avoiding more costly treatments and needless patient discomfort. As co-founder and president Paul Hayre noted in his presentation, the device can reduce the cost of treating these wounds by 30 percent and save $8 billion for the 6.5 million patients in the U.S. and 34 million worldwide who suffer from them. The winning prize is for $2,500. 

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The Venture Forum February meeting held at Worcester State University focused on how to combine
entrepreneurship with social activism. Four CEOs with four different approaches provided personal
insights into how they were able to give back to the community while building corporate success. Read the recap.