CBSA Video Recap Now Posted: 7/28 CEO BioBreakfast With Drs Larry Gold and Bill Freytag, plus Mr. Patrick Mahaffy

Drs. Bill Freytag and Larry Gold, plus Mr. Patrick Mahaffy (L-R) explained what propelled them to grow successful bioscience companies and become leaders of the industry at the CBSA's July BioBreakfast event. Starting any business requires determination, self-discipline, persistence, a high tolerance for risk and a willingness to work very long hours. Starting a bioscience company with the goal of gaining FDA approval for a new drug or medical device requires incredible perseverance and an awful lot of money.

Thank you to the Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and OSI Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring! Video recaps are now available at the CBSA YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/COBioscience

Dr. Bill Freytag serves as a member of the board of directors for four health care companies: ARCA biopharma, Inc.; GlobeImmune, Inc.; ProFoldRx, Inc., and BiOptix Inc. Dr. Freytag was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals until its merger with Galenica AG. Prior to Aspreva, Dr. Freytag was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Myogen, Inc. until it was acquired by Gilead.



"It's All About Good Science" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93Hs9vjRFA

"Triaging A New Idea" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shPyVed8jU0

"On Mistakes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d-SBbrEA78

"On Regrets" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgPXB2WC8og

"Best Piece Of Advice" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scY7MLQFmdo

Dr. Larry Gold is the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SomaLogic. Prior to SomaLogic, he founded NeXagen, Inc., which later became NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.



"Focusing On Early Detection" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppI4HkG2dwU

"On Genomics" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHUdZjumIU

"Don't Fall In Love With Your Idea" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gAttLxvDf4

"On Best Advice From A Venture Capitalist" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bbwMvflwM

"On Teamwork" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa-SQXu4mio

Mr. Patrick Mahaffy co-founded Clovis Oncology and is its President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served in the same role at Pharmion Corporation, which he founded in 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Mahaffy wasPresident and Chief Executive Officer of NeXagen, Inc. and its successor, NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Today he is also a member of the boards of directors of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. and Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.



"This Is Not An Industry For Shortcuts" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTx2B5dLiUs

"Shortcut Horror Story" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxm_y1U1O5U

"It's A Game of Incremental Steps" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgrL3kf2tns

"More On Idea Triage" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kv8ptIDIxo

"My Biggest Struggle" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wqX4tSG-7Y

"What Keeps Me Motivated" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Zq56ppsOI

"I Don't Live In A Regret World" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWW1uzxSJYw

"On Current Funding Situation" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TQqAsiiQOE

Clean Over Green: A Podcast from Planet-Profit Report Recapping 7/29 CCIA Event

Mike Cote, editor of Planet-Profit Report and ColoradoBiz, talks with Dr. Joseph Stanislaw, independent senior adviser on energy and sustainability for Deloitte. Dr. Stanislaw (pictured at left) was recently in Denver to present a talk to the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association on 'Clean over Green,' and the growing global approach to energy, sustainability and a low-carbon future.

Link to the podcast interview

Link to the pdf "Clean Over Green Striking a New Energy Balance as We Build a Bridge to a Low-Carbon Future"

We hope to offer video of Dr. Stanislaw's presentation at the CCIA You Tube Channel a future date. Stay tuned for more information.

CCIA's vision to take the group regional

ColoradoBiz/Planet-Profit Report Editor Mike Cote talks with Chris Shapard, executive director of the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association, about plans to take the group regional.



Link to the ColoradoBiz/Planet-Profit Report site

This week: CBSA's popular BioBreakfast series features three CEO entrepreneurs

Each year the CBSA dedicates one BioBreakfast to spotlighting an article within the annual Bioscience Colorado Magazine. This year's program is one you can't afford to miss. Listen as Dr. Larry Gold, Dr. Bill Freytag and Patrick Mahaffy explain what propelled them to grow successful bioscience companies and become leaders of the industry.

Starting any business requires determination, self-discipline, persistence, a high tolerance for risk and a willingness to work very long hours. Starting a bioscience company with the goal of gaining FDA approval for a new drug or medical device requires incredible perseverance and an awful lot of money. Behind every Colorado bioscience company are men and women who have embraced these challenges and took them on with a zeal that not everyone possesses.

Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Anschutz Medical Campus - Research Complex 2 - 12700 East 19th Avenue - TriVisible Room, Second Floor, P15-2100 - Aurora, CO 80045

CBSA members are free: non-yet members are $50 per registrant.

Thank you to the Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and OSI Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring this event!

Link to register

Denver Business Journal: "PR pros can help executives enter networking circles"

PRSA Colorado President Elisabeth Monaghan contributed another bylined article to the Denver Business Journal today: "PR pros can help executives enter networking circles." In the article, Elisabeth kindly quoted me (Maggie Holben, author of this news feed blog):

"While some executives say they lack the time to network, Maggie Holben, owner of Absolutely Public Relations in Lakewood, says they still can establish professional contacts and enhance their company’s community exposure.

'Good networkers are active in community organizations,' she said. 'They aggressively pursue and serve on committees and hold board positions, including officer stints — even if those organizations center on their children’s school or extracurricular activities. If an executive doesn’t have the time to volunteer, he can readily share his company’s management and accounting talents, and he views this as an opportunity, not a chore.'

Holben also recommends that executives encourage others in their organizations to volunteer their time and talents, sit on nonprofit boards or join professional organizations.

'It is much easier for a public relations professional to nominate an executive for an award or promote a company when the organization invites and is recognized for creating a culture of community involvement,' she said."

Read more at: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/05/03/smallb4.html

Baxa Corp's NeoThrive Enteral Feeding System featured in March issue of Today's Medical Developments

"Dozens of patients – frequently tiny babies – have been killed or wounded by a little-known medical mistake made by nurses and doctors. Well documented in medical literature, the error is a tubing misconnection. It occurs... when caregivers deliver the wrong medication or liquid to the wrong part of a patient’s body.

Now, borrowing theory from automotive and industrial designers, medical supply companies are redesigning their tubes and syringes with behavior-shaping constraints that make these devastating mistakes impossible. In this arena, [Denver-based] Baxa Corp., has developed a syringe and pump specifically to feed premature babies in intensive care."

Link to the article posting

What a debacle, CU J-School! Please pay attention to your Student Ad Club.

Note: I first posted this at my "What Were They Thinking?" blog. I felt it belonged here as well.

Yesterday an odd e-mail came through with the subject: “AGENCY CONTEST: design our logo.” It was from the general e-mail adclub@Colorado.EDU, not an individual. There was no message and a pdf attachment. I threw it in the trash without opening the attachment (standard practice of e-mail safety these days).

Then the barrage hit. It turned out to be a spam “reachout” to 188 e-mail addresses (the e-mailer didn’t hide them) in the Denver-Boulder ad and PR professional community. When people are spammed they tend to hit “reply all” and say the “darnest” things. So, in the course of my day I had to back track and see what the heck was going on.

Back track I did and took at look at the pdf. Link here (if you want to save it in your “odd but true” file or read the following):

“we need your skills to design our logo

CUadclub is crowd-sourcing their logo to the best creatives in the front range and we are summoning your professional talent to brand our club. The winners’ design will be screenprinted on the front of our 2010 t-shirt and other schwag. The winners’ agency will be showcased on the back of the shirt and be awarded a shiny trophy.

Submit file of your submission to adclub@colorado.edu by Friday, March 19th for review. Logo should use only 2 colors and work on t-shirts and other branded items. Max of 3 designs submitted per office.”

So in the course of one rude spam attack, I learned:

1) Spamming is now fondly called crowdsourcing. Check that one out in your Wikipedia.

2) Student ad clubs and agencies that started years ago when these current students were being conceived (or before), somehow forgot that universities have Fine Arts departments with competent logo designers.

3) Contests no longer have rules (like who owns the submitted and winning designs or who’s judging the contest, etc.) -- the usual legal particulars.

4) Ad clubbers at CU seem to think that employed Denver area designers should jump at the chance to have their logo design printed on a college club T-shirt. Huh? What a rude disconnect between the university and the professional community.

Being a former university ad instructor and student ad agency advisor, I found this situation unusually interesting, so I tracked down an individual who claimed responsibility for the project (the club president). We e-mailed directly and I, of course, had to personally share some unsolicited "sage advice" last evening. I also found out, according to the club president, there's no faculty advisor/adult on duty for their club, and apparently CU lets these independent “clubs” run rouge these days (I guess in the spirit of Sarah Palin).

You’ll find “Advertising Club” on this list at the CU website labeled as an independent: http://castle.colorado.edu/guide/Groups_Journalism.asp

Then with further investigation, I found the University of Colorado ad club on Facebook and Twitter with yet another disconnect. Right now, given this could change with a photo upload, both have skylines of Seattle as their profile pictures:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CUadclub/181747056295

http://twitter.com/CUadclub

Hey Denver ad people, good news, there’s definitely job security, with what we saw displayed yesterday at the university level.

What a debacle, CU J-School! Certainly not something to be proud of in my opinion.