2019 Business Innovation Competition: Bench to Market

Researchers at all levels are invited to participate in this exciting program to provide them the opportunity to understand the market potential of their research and the steps for taking an innovative idea from bench to market. Participating teams will have the opportunity to attend focused webinars on various aspects of the biodesign process and key factors such as regulatory, IP, reimbursement that affect the translation of a technology. Teams will also have the opportunity to work with expert mentors (investors, serial entrepreneurs, industry experts) who will provide feedback and input on their commercialization strategies and pitch delivery. A total of 15 teams will be selected; 10 semi-finalists will participate in the ORS poster session, and the top 5 finalists will be invited to pitch their ideas during the live competition at the ORS 2019 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. We invite individuals or teams to participate in this exciting competition.

Business Innovation Poster Competition Awardee

Company: Embody
Team Members: Michael Francis, PhD; Yas Maghdouri-White, PhD; Nathan Kemper; Jeffrey Conroy; Scott Bruder, MD, PhD 

Business Innovation Competition Live Pitch Finalists

Company: AperiosBio
Product/Service: Biodegradable Implant for Fracture Healing in Orthopedic Trauma
Team Members: Kevin Cyr, Dylan Peterson, Rajiv Tarigopula, Peipei Lyu

Company: Novosteo
Product/Service: Bone Fracture Pharmaceutical
Team Members: Stewart A Low, Jeffery Nielsen, Dan Hasler

Company: Triptych Surgical
Product/Service: Spinal Fusion Implant
Team Members: Dimitriy Kondrashov, Jeremi Leasure, Boris Vayn

Business Innovation Competition Live Pitch Awardee

Company: Novosteo
Product/Service: Bone Fracture Pharmaceutical
Team Members: Stewart A Low, PhD; Jeffery Nielsen, BS; Dan Hasler

  • Teams should have no more than four individuals participating at the competition.
  • At least two of the participating members must be ORS members.
  • The technology should be aligned with ORS vision and mission.
  • Teams should be diverse and multi-disciplinary in nature.
  • Products and/or services may be conceptual in nature.
  • Teams with just a concept or early stage companies are eligible to participate (Revenue < $50,000).
  • Participants acknowledge that participation in the Innovation Competition constitutes public disclosure.
  • Only one submission per individual.
  • All finalists (poster and live competition) are required to attend and register for the ORS 2019 Annual Meeting.
  • Those selected to participate in the poster competition must attend and display their poster for the duration of the ORS 2019 Annual Meeting February 2 – 5.

To enter the Business Innovation Competition, you must submit the following information as a 1 page Executive Summary:

Executive Summary Template

  • Summary of Company
    • Company objective and vision
    • Team and management plan
  • Clinical need
  • Technology/Innovation
    • Technology description
    • Include the product, process, or service that will be developed from your innovation and how it meets the unmet clinical need
  • Commercial potential
    • Market segments
    • Customer profile
    • Market trends
    • Competitive analysis
  • Intellectual property strategy
  • Commercialization strategy
    • Strategy for implementation
    • Risks to commercialization
    • Regulatory and reimbursement strategy
    • Market and sales strategy
  • Financial Plan
  • Revenue stream

If you are selected as one of the five finalists, you must submit a Business Plan (up to 10 pages).

October 9, 2018Executive Summaries are due
October 23, 201815 teams will be notified *
October 23, 2018Top 5 finalist teams will be matched with two mentors
December 17, 2018Finalists' full business plans are due
February 2 - 5, 2019ORS 2019 Annual Meeting will hold the pitch and poster competition

* The top five applicants will be required to submit a full business plan (up to 10 pages). The 10 semi-finalists will compete in a poster competition at the ORS 2019 Annual Meeting.

Are you interested in Supporting the 2019 Business Innovation Competition? Please Contact the ORS office at [email protected].

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