The 7th cohort of UCSF’s acclaimed life science/healthcare entrepreneurship course starts in Fall 2025. This virtual course is live and online, takes place over a 10-week period, and requires only three to six hours per week.  All lectures are recorded for reference.

Learn business requirements for a startup from the world’s leading entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Top practitioners in Silicon Valley –  serial entrepreneurs, investors, pharmaceutical executives, attorneys, and domain experts – will explain the requirements to build a successful company.

This course is meant for diverse professionals: scientists, clinicians, researchers, academics, startup CEOs, management teams, ecosystem managers, tech transfer, corporate executives, investors, and policymakers.

Topics include:

• Life as an entrepreneur
• Whether your idea can be a company
• Sizing the commercial opportunity
• Customer discovery
• Importance of product/market fit
• Business model alternatives
• Building a winning team
• Protecting your invention legally
• The FDA model of regulation
• US healthcare system
• Insurance reimbursement
• Partnering with Pharma and other corporates
• Angel investment
• Early-stage venture capital requirements
• Entrepreneur stories
• Opportunities in the future of medicine

For additional information, please visit: https://innovation.ucsf.edu/global-entrepreneurship-class

Recording of the most recent Briefing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDZ5U6vhKyo&t=6s&ab_channel=UCSFEntrepreneurship