Pitching in: Life sciences summit raises money for McMaster Children’s Hospital - The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery:Jim Wilson organizes the Next Great Big Ideas Summit, a two-day event attended by chief executives, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors in the life sciences industry. EDUARDO LIMA/The Globe and MailThe organizer: Jim WilsonThe pitch: Raising $65,000 and climbingThe cause: McMaster Children’s HospitalShortly after Jim Wilson joined the board of the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation nine years ago, directors were asked to come up with some ideas to attract the next generation of donors. Mr. Wilson works in commercial real estate in Toronto and specializes in the life sciences sector. He suggested tapping into that community. “There seems to be a lot of really cool stuff going on in that field and I don’t think anyone has wrapped a fundraising event around that community. Maybe we should do that,” he recalled telling fellow directors. “The reply was, ‘Great idea. Why don’t you go do that?’”Mr. Wilson took up the challenge and tried to organize an event. His efforts fell through and he put the idea on hold. “We had the format, but we had to figure out how to create relationships,” he said.
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