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US Market-Entry Strategy & Planning

Mitigate Risk and Ensure Compliance in Your US Operations

Online Workshop for Life Sciences Scaleups with 1-2-1 Breakout Room Meetings
25th & 26th September
Frazier & Deeter
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QRx Partners
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Media Bridge Advertising
Argentex
MedTech Bridge
Destination Medical Centre
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Organiser

GTM Global.

Who Should Attend

Founders & C-Suite executives of life sciences healthcare & medical device scaleups actively planning US market-entry or expansion.

When & Where

Online via Zoom on Wednesday 25th or Thursday 26th September from 1500-1900 BST.

Agenda

Personalised agenda with 1-2-1 connector meetings over a period of up to 3 hours with US market-entry advisors/experts.

Cost

This is a FREE event for qualifying companies & subject to an onboarding consultation to determine your schedule of 1-2-1 meetings .

US Expansion – Challenges & Opportunities

Expanding your tech scaleup across the pond is a strategic move filled with opportunity – and complexity. Navigating US regulations, understanding the business landscape, and building connections can make or break your business.

This US Market Entry Workshop is a results-driven event designed to equip you with the knowledge, connections, and confidence to thrive across the pond. Here's what you'll gain:

  • Access: a diverse network of on-the-ground experts, including legal advisors, tax specialists, and industry leaders, to guide your US expansion strategy.
  • Engage: in personalized 1-2-1 meetings with US market-entry advisors, tailored to your company's specific needs and growth objectives.
  • Navigate: complex US regulations and FDA approvals with insights from experienced professionals in the life sciences sector.
  • Develop: a comprehensive roadmap for market entry, covering everything from legal setup and tax planning to sales strategies and channel development.
  • Discover: location-specific opportunities, including state aid, grants, and local business networks to optimize your US market positioning.
  • Learn: from real-world experiences of successful entrepreneurs who have overcome challenges in expanding to the US market.

The workshop will give you a personalised roadmap to successfully grow across the pond focusing on business development, operational setup and economic aid.

*** STOP PRESS ***
Serial Entrepreneur and AI Technologist, Kelvin Summoogum, Founder & Group CEO at MiiCare, will be our guest speaker. He'll discuss his remarkable journey of successfully expanding into the US market. Kelvin will offer valuable advice on navigating potential obstacles and share lessons learned from the challenges he encountered along the way.
What Past Attendees Had To Say
Incredible, it's been excellent thank you very much for a very very interesting afternoon.
MICHAEL ROLFE
Director Chameleon Art
Actually it's been superb. The information has been really useful. No one's really selling services to you, they're just advising you.
CHRIS ANDERSON
Financial Crime Intelligence Limited
I was wondering when I saw the list of advisors how it was going to work on zoom, so fantastic organization well done guys, my brain is full, very worthwhile.
ANJA KHAN
Director at Elle
The best thing about it is you've got people that are genuinely interested in your business and your success.
GARY ROBINSON
MD Cast UK

Expert Advisors

Get access to a network of on-the-ground experts and practitioners who have facilitated successful US market entries for numerous UK and European companies.

Malcolm Joy

Lead Partner, Frazier & Deeter UK LLP

Malcolm is the Lead Partner of Frazier & Deeter UK, a firm providing advisory services to mid-market businesses, with expertise in supporting cross-border businesses. In addition to leading the firm’s growth in the UK, Malcolm is responsible for tax advisory services and transaction advisory services. Malcolm is also the Global Leader of Transfer Pricing Services at Frazier & Deeter.

Filip Kostal

Principal, Starts at Medical Alley

Minnesota based Medical Alley represents a network of more than 800 healthcare industry organizations working together to change healthcare for the better.

Susan (Anderson) Stugelmeyer

Director of Partnerships, Media Bridge Advertising

Client marketing and advertising needs for their growth goals using Media Bridge fuel for strategy and media buying across digital, traditional, billboards, connected TV, and radio.

Tony Jones

Chief Executive Officer, One Nucleus

Tony is the CEO of One Nucleus, a membership organisation for international life science and healthcare companies with basis in Cambridge and London UK, the heart of Europe’s largest life science and healthcare cluster.

Dave Olson

Managing Partner, MedTech Bridge

Dave is an experienced MedTech executive and entrepreneur with broad knowledge of the Minnesota startup environment. As a Managing Partner at MedTech Bridge, Dave helps Nordic and European MedTech companies gain market access and commercialisation in the US Market.

Michael Whitacre

Partner, Frazier & Deeter UK LLP

As Partner in Frazier & Deeter's Tax Practice, Michael specializes in federal and state tax issues such as mergers and acquisitions, controversy, cross-border planning and tax minimisation. He works across various industries including manufacturing/distribution, technology and service-based businesses.

Thomas Thorelli

Attorney & Founding Partner, Thorelli & Associates

Tom is a Founding Partner of Thorelli & Associates, who specialise in assisting small and medium-sized foreign companies in minimizing their legal risks when doing business in the U.S. through taking advance preventive action.

Jennifer Hiatt

Founder, Executive Recruiter, The Hiatt Group

Jennifer Hiatt is the Founder of The Hiatt Group. She specializes in senior-level executive search across a diverse set of industries. Her firm’s business acumen, resourcefulness, and industry expertise offer clients and candidates alike an unparalleled level of service and representation.

Kylle Jordan

Business Development Manager, Desitnation Medical Centre

Kelly is the Global Principle at Medical Alley, which partners to support, advance and transform the Medical Alley healthcare industry, and its connectivity around the world. They champion and facilitate an environment that enables health technology and care organisations to innovate, succeed and influence the evolution of healthcare.

Tim Damgaard Christensen

Managing Partner, MedTech Bridge

Tim has an engineering background, and a 24+ year-long career in the MedTech industry within hardware and software development, project management, program management, and product development. This includes all aspects of MedTech product development from the earliest innovation and ideation phases to phase-out and taking products off markets globally.

Thomas Wells

Senior Manager - R&D, Frazier & Deeter UK LLP

Thomas is a Senior Manager - R&D at Frazier & Deeter UK, a firm providing advisory services to mid-market businesses, with expertise in supporting cross-border businesses.

Mindy Daeschner

US LS Channel Director, GTM Global

Mindy is an E-health Practitioner, offering consulting services, commercial strategy, problem solving and storytelling for businesses focused on transformation of healthcare provision, delivery of technology products, services and exit strategies.

Mark Magnacca

Founder, gigCMO

Mark is the Founder and CEO of gigCMO with over 30 years of business experience in senior leadership roles across a diverse range of industries. He recognises the biggest challenge of many established businesses and scale ups is getting access to the right talent at the right time.

Laurie Spicer

US Expansion Adviser, Foothold America

Experienced International Trade Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in international trade across several sectors. Strong operations, professionally skilled in Sales, Strategic Partnerships, IT Service Management and Consumer goods. Specialisms include US expansion and US market entry strategy.

Edmund Wintour

Associate, Argentex Group Plc

Edmund specialises in currency risk management for medium to large corporate businesses. He has a specific focus on biotech and life science businesses. Edmund holds a Masters in Management from the IE Business School in Madrid.

Max Raby

Vice President, Argentex Group Plc

Max is Vice President of corporate sales at Argentex and has eight years of experience helping businesses mitigate currency risk and establishing effective foreign exchange policies for their organisations. Max has a successful track record in developing long-term relationships with some of the UK’s leading businesses.

Chris Howie

Director of Life Sciences, GTM Global

Chris has over 30 years of experience in key sectors such as MedTech devices, Pharma, Bio Pharma, CRO and Academia. He has great access to mission-critical clinical trial and evaluator channels as well as funding, investment, government, and regulatory bodies and networks.

Juhi Naithani

Principal, bGlobal Consulting

Juhi, with a background in economic development, offers a suite of strategic solutions for emerging technology businesses looking to land in the USA; especially in the Washington DC Metro region and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mark Stimpfig

Co Founder GTM Global

Providing advice & guidance for tech and digital scale up brands to expand internationally & support companies looking to land & expand into the Greater Phoenix region USA

Ian Collins

Co Founder, GTM Global

30 years’ experience of business development and general management in hi-tech industries, investment and strategic ICT consulting in the UK and internationally.

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