— six 10-minute lightning talks, nanotech startups, from executives’ own experiences …

Speakers: from 6 start-ups (see below)
Meeting Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Time: 5:30 pm Networking and light food; 6:00 pm Presentations; 8:00 PM panel discussion/questions
Cost: $6
Location: Texas Instruments auditorium, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
Reservations: octzapnano.eventbrite.com
Presentations: Come hear Nanotechnology company Origin Stories told by the people who lived the stories!
— Have you ever started a business? — Have you wondered how you would do it? — Have you ever worked at a technology start-up? — Have you wondered what it would be like?
Companies included: Carbice (heat removal thermal interface using carbon nanotubes); Plasmotica (miniature sensors, microfluidics and mobile diagnostics); Protein Architects (self assembling protein scaffolds with tunable size and biochemistry); Chimera Bioengineering (builds biological transistors to solve cancer); Wisentech (MEMS sensors); General Nanotechnology (Atomic Force Microscope, micromachining and more).
Each “Origin Story Lightning Talk” will be a  10-minute long presentation, comprised of 1/2 technology & 1/2 business, with up to 4 minutes of Q & A following each presentation.  Come hear some of the startup stories of Silicon Valley!