MassChallenge | From Idea to IPO

Speakers shared directly from their combined 20+ years of business and entrepreneurship experience to provide clear takeaways for all founders, whether you are tinkering a new idea or raising your next round. Attendees can expect to gain insight into the key decisions that guided each startup towards IPO, including co-founders, early hires, culture, and investors.

MEET THE SPEAKERS
Armon Sharei, CEO of SQZ Biotech
Dr. Armon Sharei, invented the Cell Squeeze^® technology during his PhD in the laboratories of Dr. Klavs Jensen and Dr. Robert Langer at MIT. This innovation overcame major barriers to cell therapy development and implementation. SQZ Biotech was founded with the goal of creating a new generation of cell therapies – cell therapies that could enable transformative patient outcomes across disease areas while remaining safe and practical to administer. Learn more.

Thomas Healy, CEO of Hyliion
Thomas Healy has served as Chief Executive Officer of Hyliion since January 26, 2016. Mr. Healy holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a double-major in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Learn more.

Misti Cain, Founder of Whyzze
Misti Cain is the founder of Whyzze ('wise') - a business strategy company. Whyzze helps leaders and entrepreneurs create step-by-step ‘Profit’, ‘Process’, ‘People’, and ‘Productivity’ business operations plans. Misti is also the host of business reality show Werrrk! by Mailchimp Presents, an all-star mentor for Techstars, and an Executive in Residence for Cal State University San Marcos. Her passion is helping the workforce love Mondays. Learn more.

ABOUT MASSCHALLENGE
MassChallenge is the global network for innovators. We support entrepreneurs and their startups through the early stages of building a business. Founded in 2009, MassChallenge's mission is to equip bold entrepreneurs to disrupt the status quo and create meaningful change – for free, not strings attached.

Through our non-profit, zero equity accelerator model we support more than 400 startups a year, from all industries and anywhere in the world, across 7 locations and 9 programs. To date, the more than 2,900 startups that participated in a MassChallenge accelerator have raised nearly $9B in funding, generated $3.6B in revenue, and created more that 186,000 jobs.

MassChallenge accelerators are the most efficient pathway to connect startups, experts, corporations, and communities to grow and transform businesses and economies.  Learn more at masschallenge.org

Meet MassChallegne Webinar Series
Interested in learning more about the MassChallenge 2021 early stage accelerators? Check out our Meet MassChallenge series to hear directly from program leadership, experts, and alumni what startups can expect from the application, judging process, and accelerator. Find other ways to connect with the MassChallenge team, too. Learn more here.

The MassChallenge Advantage
MassChallenge's proven methodology hyper-focused on helping founders identify goals and key initiatives, providing access to a meaningful network of experts and mentors, while also providing connection to a deep peer network from across the global community. All for no equity and no strings attached. Start your application here.

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