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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Andrea Santo
<asanto@MIT.EDU><br>
Subject: March BioMatrix Members' Dinner</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:11:45
-0500</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Dear
students,</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">We invite you to
our next monthly members' dinner:</font></blockquote>
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face="Verdana"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica" size="+2"><b>Speed
Networking: The Elevator Pitch</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Tuesday, March 11,
2008</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Fourth floor,
Stata Center (</font><a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go"><font
face="Helvetica" color="#0011EE"><u>See map</u></font></a><font
face="Helvetica" color="#0043FD"><u>)</u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Free parking is
available after 4:00 p.m. in the East lot (</font><a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P5&Parking=go"><font
face="Helvetica" color="#0011EE"><u>See map</u></font></a><font
face="Helvetica">)</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica"
size="+1"><b>6:00-8:00 PM: Program (R&D
Commons)</b></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Presenting
yourself professionally to a prospective collaborator or employer can
be tricky, especially if you are short on time. This Biomatrix Speed
Networking dinner will teach you all the elements of a successful
"elevator pitch" and give you a chance to practice in the
friendly community of your Biomatrix mentors.<b> José Pacheco,
Program Manager of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, will lead this
dinner.</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">José Pacheco
manages and supports the educational entrepreneurial activities at the
MIT Entrepreneurship center, including the international networking
and education events. He helps maintain the high level of the outreach
activities within and around the MIT community, including the angel
and venture capital community, and advises several entrepreneurial MIT
student organizations and emerging startups. Prior to joining the MIT
Entrepreneurship team, he co-managed angel investment activities
Nexop, and angel investment firm focused on Asia Pacific and was a
Manager in Andersen's Business Consulting Strategy and Simulation
Unit. In addition to his MIT responsibilities José serves on
start-up advisory boards in Latin America and the United States and
regularly hosts government and public-private delegations to MIT
seeking to understand the MIT Entrepreneurial
ecosystem.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">If you have a
member profile,<font size="+1"><b> RSVP by Monday, March 10</b></font>
on the BioMatrix website,</font> <a
href="https://biomatrix.mit.edu:8443/"><font face="Helvetica"
color="#0006EE"><u>https://biomatrix.mit.edu:8443/</u></font></a><font
face="Helvetica">. To establish a website account and have access to
the profile page, contact Andrea Santo at</font> <a
href="mailto:%20asanto@mit.edu"><font face="Helvetica"
color="#0010EE"><u>asanto@mit.edu</u></font></a><font
face="Helvetica">.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Thanks, and we
look forward to seeing you!</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Helvetica">Regards,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Helvetica">Andrea</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">P.S. Save the date
-- our next dinner on "How Doctors Think" will take place on
Tuesday, April 8, at the Stata Center.</font></blockquote>
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cite>____________________________________</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Andrea Santo</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and
Technology</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>77 Massachusetts Ave,
E25-518</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Cambridge, MA 02139</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>(617) 258-7084* <a
href="">asanto@mit.edu</a>* <a
href="http://hst.mit.edu">hst.mit.edu</a></blockquote>
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