Startup Assistance 

Do you have an idea you are looking to grow? Are you ready to take your business to the next step?

We offer pro-bono consultation services to life science companies to help develop the Washington life science entrepreneurial community.

Where do you begin?

Click here to view our Startup Guidebook and Digital Toolkit. This is a step-by-step guide to starting your company, including templates and educational resources for entrepreneurs. Playbooks are available for Medical Device, Digital Health, and BioPharma.

 

 

Startup Assistance Consulting

Next available dates:    1-hour spots available throughout December 2026

Our Startup Assistance Program can help provide advice related to:

  • company formation and start-up business basics
  • business plans
  • pitch development and practice
  • sources of dilutive and non-dilutive funding
  • regulatory and reimbursement strategies
  • business operations
  • company management
  • sales and marketing strategy

Our Startup Assistance program also serves as the introductory meeting to apply for our WIN Mentoring Program.

 

Meet Our Consultant

Chris Porter, PhD, our Medical Technology and Biotechnology Consultant, has over 40 years of experience in the medical device and biotech industry in both major corporations (3M, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer) and early-stage medical companies. He is a serial entrepreneur with 42 patents and he has been influential in introducing over 35 medical products.

 

 

 

 

Want to learn more? Please contact Aylin Kim at aylin@lifesciencewa.org.

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