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Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Adds Life Science Experts to Coaching Team ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 13 -- The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest (GLEQ) announces the addition of two Life Science experts to its coaching team. Dr. Rochelle Hanley and Marianne Andreach are joining a team of 30 GLEQ business coaches to strengthen its Life Sciences coaching competencies. Entrepreneurs competing in the GLEQ business plan competition can receive tremendously valuable coaching from industry experts. Teams are matched with coaches depending on their specific industry and needs as a business start-up. "The Fall Cycle has been extremely robust, with a particularly strong level of Life Science start-ups," said Art DeMonte, GLEQ Executive Director. "We are delighted to have the caliber of talent Rochelle and Marianne bring to the coaching team to assist Life Science teams with their business plans and commercialization efforts." Dr. Hanley is coaching Fall Cycle teams NeuRxus Inc. and Media Balance, Inc., while Ms. Andreach will work with ThreeFold Sensors, Inc. and Tiresias Medical. Over 50 teams are now competing in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Business Plan competition. Winners will be announced on February 7th, 2006. About our Coaches: 1. Dr. Rochelle Hanley has held a variety of senior executive positions at Pfizer, Parke-Davis and Glaxo Wellcome. She brings broad expertise in drug development and a strong track record in clinical development with emphasis on metabolic and cardiovascular therapeutics. Additionally, Rochelle was assistant professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center and at Duke University Medical Center. She earned her M.D. degree at the University of Michigan after completion of her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology at Smith College. 2. Marianne Andreach has been in the pharmaceutical industry for 22 years, working in a variety of positions at big pharma companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and Parke-Davis, biotech firms -- Esperion Therapeutics -- and currently at Esperion Therapeutics, Division of Pfizer Global Research and Development. During her career, Marianne has mastered a wide spectrum of disciplines including Discovery, Sales, Marketing, Medical Education, Product Planning and Medical Affairs. About the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest (GLEQ) The GLEQ is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational program designed to accelerate the formation of high-growth companies across Michigan. Anyone who lives, works or attends school in Michigan can participate in the competitions and educational programs at no cost. The GLEQ sponsors a statewide business plan competition. The Quest is structured into two distinct maturity "paths": companies with more developed businesses compete in the Emerging Company (EC) path while teams with new or less developed business ideas compete in the New Business Ideas (NBI) path. The EC teams must complete and submit an 8 to 12 page business plan, while the NBI teams must develop and submit a five-page executive summary describing their business or business idea. The GLEQ provides the help of coaches and educational programs to assist all entrepreneurs with their business plans. A cash award is given to the winner of the EC path in the spring, while additional cash and in-kind awards are provided to the EC and NBI winners. The GLEQ's primary sponsors are the Ann and Carman Adams Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, Wayne State University, Apjohn Group, Southwest Michigan First, and Esperance BioVentures. Founded in 2000, the GLEQ has awarded $600,000 in prize money during the first four years of its annual business plan competition and provided over a thousand hours of free training and coaching. Additional information is available at http://www.gleq.org or by calling Art DeMonte, Executive Director, at 734-913-0090. To register for training classes, learn more about the competition's eligibility requirements or register for the Fall Cycle please visit http://www.gleq.org . --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Source: Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest http://www.arizonabiotech.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/ http://www.azhttp.com/ http://www.arizonabiotech.com/ <a href="http://www.arizonabiotech.com/";>Arizona Biotech</a> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/";>Biotech News</a> http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/ <a href="http://www.arizonaentrepreneurs.com/";>Arizona Entrepreneurs</a> http://www.azhttp.com/ <a href="http://www.azhttp.com/";>Arizona High Tech</a> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biotech-news/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
