The Denver Model

1. Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA
University of Colorado

2. Fitzsimons Campus

3. Anschutz Medical Campus

4. Evolution of the CO Biocluster
Before 2003
2003: Colorado Biotechnology Strategic
Plan
3 strategies involving structure and
process about the funding, business and
entrepreneurial environment
Creation of the Colorado Bioscience Assn

5. CO Biocluster 2008
2008: Colorado Bioscience Roadmap 2008
Five strategies:
Ensure available capital
Create a robust technology commercialization
infrastructure
Meet bioscience workforce needs
Promote Colorado as a premier biocluster
Make a long term commitment to industry
development

6. Colorado Biocluster 2012
Anschutz Medical Campus at Fitzsimons
Innovation ecosystem
Acclerators, incubators and techparks
Certificated Program in Bioinnovation and
Entrepreneurship
Technology Transfer evolution and success
Colorado Life Science Angels development
Digital health accelerator at www.healthstartz.com
Positioning Colorado as a medical travel destination
Exporting to International Medical Travel Zones
www.cid4.com (drug,device,dx development ?digital

7. Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Founding President and CEO, www.sopenet.org

8. •Rising health care costs
•Access
•Quality
•Stressed innovation pipeline
•Disenfranchized and disempowered physicians
•Globalization
•Lack of bioentrepreneurship knowledge, skills and abilities
•Lack of early stage money
•Lack of opportunities to get experience

9. Education
Experience
Connections/Mentors
Cash

10. The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (
www.s0penet.org) and linkedin group, is a NFP global
biomedical and healthcare innovation network .
Members include healthcare entrepreneurs, investors,
service providers, and industry representatives.

11. The mission of SoPE is to help biomedical and
healthcare entrepreneurs get their ideas,
discoveries and inventions to market by
providing them with education , connections
to service providers and investors and offering
value added products and services.

12. Sope U is an online learning platform
SoPE Chapters offer monthly educational and
network events
Partnerships with others offering meetings,
seminars, etc
SoPE Summit
Collaborations with International Business Schools
CU Program in Bioinnovation and Entrepreneurship

13. Working with local technology transfer
offices or industry
SoPE Innovation Scholars Program
Accelerators like HealthStartZ in Denver

14. 3000 people on linkedin group
Extensive social media network
SoPE Box Radio
SoPE Newsletter
SoPE Website at www.sopenet.org
Monthly Chapter Meetings

15. Connections to early stage investors
Collaborations with TIE Rockies, National
Association of Seed and Venture Funds, Rockies
Venture Club, and other international angel
networks
Crowd funding intermediary?
SoPE Capital Management ?

16. • 2800 global members on linkedin and website
• Growing at 150 members/month
• Chapters in Nigeria, India, Turkey, San Diego,
Colorado, St Louis, Wash/MD/ N VA and
growing to 20
• SoPE Affinity Partners Program
• SoPE Innovation Scholars Program with
Acclarent

17. Wells Fargo
Bank of America
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Acclarent/Johnson and Johnson
Medvoy
HSBC Bank

18. •SOPE promotes the program to members and co-
manages the program
•Industry partner hires Innovation Scholar for 6
months /1 year
•Designed to expose IS to different aspects of life
science technology commercialization
•Expectation is that IS will pursue technology
commercialization interest , teaching and
research

19. •Helping members connect to HNW investors
and angels
•Connecting members to bioengineers and
contract manufacturers
•Finding C-suite talent
•Connecting to international supply chains and
marketing channels
•Facilitating technology transfer
•Helping with IT development

20. •Expand membership to 10K
•Expand network of global chapters
•NFP c(6) and c(3) SoPE Educational and Research Foundation
•Accelerate global biomedical and healthcare innovation
•Expand ISP program
•Expand SoPE Affinity Partners Program
•Enhance US global competitiveness in biomedical innovation
•SoPE U
•SoPE Magazine
•Annual SoPE Summit
•SoPE Consultants: The SoPE Brain
•SoPE Box Radio
•SoPE Capital Management/Crowd Funding Intermediary?

21. Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA
ceo@sopenet.net