UCLA TDG FirstFridays

Topic: Working Session: Sharpening Tools to Effectively Pitch Your Business in any Situation:

“Business Plans” vs. “Venture Pitches” vs. “Elevator Speeches”

Speaker: Tom Oser, PhD, MBA

Tom Oser is Founder/CEO of Pipeline Strategies and a Visiting Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, teaching Management of Technology & Innovation, and Sales Operations Management. Tom advises early stage and middle market companies on capital formation, business strategy and execution for post-merger integration and transformation situations. Relevant to his talk at this First Friday, Tom recently moderated industry speaking panels on “Commercialization of Neuroscience: Taking IP to Market” and “Workshop on Pitching in the Venture Capital Shark Tank”.

FirstFridays provides an opportunity for the campus and local communities to come and meet with TDG staff and interns, to hear a brief presentation on a variety of topics relevant to intellectual property and entrepreneurship at UCLA and to ask questions and network. To learn more and register, click here.