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Amar Sawhney, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Ocular Therapeutix

I think I have a great idea…Now what?

I will talk about the process of challenging and evaluating one's idea to determine if it is worth charging forward with and creating a company around.  My talk will focus on a Medtech context and use my prior company, Confluent Surgical, as an example.  An inventor is often enamored with their own idea and it is often useful to have a series of objective measures that can help evaluate the idea so as to eliminate personal bias.  I will also speak to the process of what goes first few steps of founding a company, which includes what goes into a business plan, short discussion on the funding, and the team building process.  Overall I hope to provide a primer on the thought process of embarking on an entrepreneurial journey.

Amarpreet Sawhney is the President and CEO of Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. a company focused on unmet needs in ophthalmic surgical wound management and drug delivery. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of Confluent Surgical (acquired by Covidien), a biosurgery company.  He has founded six companies, which account for over 1,600 jobs created and over $1.5 billion in revenue to date. Mr. Sawhney helps foster entrepreneurship by mentoring young innovators and creating companies through Incept, a medical device incubator.

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