How do you mine the kernel of a startup idea from scientific research?

How do you bridge the knowledge gap in learning hundreds of new startup and business concepts, while progressing your idea and getting funding all at the same time?

How do you piece together every part of a complex business model when you don't know what one is to begin with?

In this episode, Dr. Christy Sheehy, co-founder of C. Light Technologies inventor of Retitrack™, talks about how she started her career as a hard-core scientist, and learned literally every step of the startup process from scratch, through trial and error, all while trying to raise her first funding right when Covid put the brakes on the whole world.

Listen to her priceless insights on how to move quickly and thoughtfully from research to commercial application, how to get smart about startup building when you're starting from ground zero, how to make lemon from lemonade and still advance your idea even when the whole world comes to a grinding halt, and much more!

Episode Highlights

1. How to blend science and mission to spark a high potential startup
2. How to move from conducting good research to exploring commercialization for your research
3. How to explore multi-party markets in healthcare
4. How to leverage university resources for your startup
5. How to decide on which startup programs to enter
6. How to optimize your time to find and apply for the right government grants for your startup
7. How to know when it's the right time to approach outside investors
8. How to plan your fundraising approach using a numbers-based approach
9. The real scoop on how to build a great pitch deck
10. How to nail presenting the financials in your pitch deck
11. How to handle the stress of fundraising as a first time woman founder
12. How to succeed as an early stage first time woman founder in STEM