One of the most challenging things for life science and healthcare entrepreneurs is developing a compelling presentation that will wow investors and motivate them to invest in their companies.

But there are a lot of components to that pitch that entrepreneurs may not even have considered. And what about the investor questions? How would you handle a provocative question from an investor that seems to diminish your work? A flash of anger and you may lose even the potential investors who believe in what youre doing.

Mid Atlantic Diamond Ventures, an entrepreneurship advisory and venture forum program, is affiliated with Temple Universitys Fox School of Business. It runs a coaching program that seeks to get startups to the golden chalice: a second meeting with investors.

In addition to a second meeting another goal of the program is to get entrepreneurs hardwired into the entrepreneur ecosystem.

The coaching process we use is a scrub process, said Lucas. For scrub sessions, entrepreneurs come in with an investment pitch, half of the board [from Mid Atlantic Diamond Ventures] will be in the room to provide feedback on presentations. Investors include entrepreneurs across life science technology, marketing, engineering so they are getting rich, well-rounded feedback.

Its a tough love approach. Entrepreneurs might hear, Weve seen this before and it doesnt work. Go back and take a different approach.

The program has four pitching events each year with presentations from eight to 10 companies across IT, life science, and physical science the next forum is scheduled for September 21.

One goal of this program is to get them a second meeting so can do a deeper dive into [their service or product] but another goal is to help them build contacts, build a customer pipeline, guide them through the grant process, help them find a manufacturer if they need one, Lucas said.

Even serial entrepreneurs sometimes neglect or cast aside advice they receive from the coaching program and that can come back to haunt them. Among those potential pitfalls are providing a valuation too soon, not doing enough market research on needs of customers, and blurting out your intellectual property or failing to present complex concept in terms that non-insiders can understand.

Originally co-founded as Diamond State Ventures in 2003 in Newark, Delaware, the investor forum was was acquired by Temple Universitys Fox School of Business in 2006.

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Supporters involved in tasteless chants at football matches should be banned for life, according to former Manchester United player Joe Jordan.

His comments came after a minority of United fans took part in anti-Liverpool taunts during the 4-0 win against Wigan, days after the report into the Hillsborough disaster was made public.

What they come out with has nothing to do with a football match. Neither they nor I can imagine the pain those people have gone through

"I can't quite get my head around why people come to football matches with that first and foremost on their minds," Jordan told BBC Sport.

"You have to eliminate it."

The former striker added that anyone found guilty of tasteless chants on Saturday should be "banned for life".

United released a statement after the Premier League match against Wigan saying they "deplored" the chants from fans at Old Trafford.

Earlier in the week, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson called for both United and Liverpool fans to end the terrace barbs against each other.

The teams meet next Sunday at Anfield.

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Even as she went through high school, Katherine Stoltenberg had a pretty good idea of what she eventually wanted to do with her life.

I would like to be physical education teacher and coach, I knew that probably before I even went to college, said Stoltenberg, a Montgomery High graduate who has taken over as the new head tennis coach at Stuart Country Day School. I was an Education Studies major in college.

Stoltenberg, who graduated from Trinity College in Connecticut in 2011, is working as a pre-school aide at Stuart. Last year she was an assistant tennis coach at Montgomery and also coached middle school basketball at Stuart which she is planning to do this year as well.

After a strong athletic career in high school and college, Stoltenberg is well prepared for a career in coaching.

She played two years of soccer at Montgomery, followed by two years of tennis. She also played basketball and softball all four years for the Cougars. Following a softball career that saw her named the Princeton Packet Player of the Year as a senior, she started for four years at Trinity as well.

The reason I got into tennis was my assistant softball coach at Montgomery, Matt Vahrly, was an assistant tennis coach at time, Stoltenberg recalled. He was only my coach for one year and he was great. Now he coaches at Westfield and they were in the Tournament of Champions last year so he has become a great tennis coach.

That was great. And so were the softball coaches I had at Montgomery Johnny Rooney, Suzanne Trautwein and Tom Wain they were excellent coaches and learned a lot from them. And at Stuart, Missy. Bruvik has been such a great help to me. I have known the Bruviks a long time. Kelly and I played sports together growing up and having Missy at school helped me so much in basketball and has already helped me so much with tennis. It has been so nice being new to Stuart and knowing someone who has been there and can help me whenever I have questions about anything.

This will be Stoltenbergs first high school head coaching opportunity. She coaches a travel softball team in Montgomery, but coaching tennis has a different feel than basketball or softball.

It is a lot different coaching tennis in general than most sports, she said. In softball you are right there on field coaching at third base or first base or in the dugout. In basketball you are subbing and calling out plays. Tennis is different. You get a ladder, the girls are in place and you can only talk to them at certain times during a match.

It is a lot more sitting and watching and picking out small things. Maybe you can pick out a strength or a weakness of their opponent. But there is subbing once team is set. So it is a lot different than coaching the other sports.

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George Curry was enjoying life away from coaching.

He finally had a chance to take extended vacations with his wife, Jackie. He had more time to spend with his six grandchildren. And his high school football fix was eased by his work as a radio and television analyst.

In mid-June, Gary Campbell, who had replaced Curry at the Northeastern Pennsylvania school, announced that he was stepping down and taking a position in his home state of Massachusetts.

"The other coaches wanted me to take it, the school board wanted me to take it, and the players wanted me to take it," Curry said. "It was a whirlwind, to be honest with you. I was totally retired."

Life as a retiree was nice, but not good enough to keep Curry away from his beloved Dawgs. He took the job on June 17, ending a three-year sabbatical.

"I told my wife I'd see her at Christmas," the 68-year-old joked. "That's just the way it is."

This is Curry's second return to the sideline. When the coaching bug hit him almost immediately after he stepped down at Berwick in 2005, he coached for three years at nearby Wyoming Valley West.

So far, his second stint with the Dawgs has been a major success. The squad has won its first three games by a combined 139-35. It routed visiting Dallas, 50-14, Friday night.

"Once I got in it, it was like I never left," said Curry, a part-time driver's education instructor. "I love it. I love what I'm doing."

All but two of Curry's coaching assistants have played for him. And many of the 72 varsity players are second-generation Dawgs.

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George Curry was enjoying life away from coaching.

He finally had a chance to take extended vacations with his wife, Jackie. He had more time to spend with his six grandchildren. And his high school football fix was eased by his work as a radio and television analyst.

Then, unexpectedly, the opportunity to return to Berwick, where he spent 35 seasons and guided the Dawgs to six PIAA Class AAA state championships, presented itself.

In mid-June, Gary Campbell, who had replaced Curry at the Northeastern Pennsylvania school, announced that he was stepping down and taking a position in his home state of Massachusetts.

"The other coaches wanted me to take it, the school board wanted me to take it, and the players wanted me to take it," Curry said. "It was a whirlwind, to be honest with you. I was totally retired."

Life as a retiree was nice, but not good enough to keep Curry away from his beloved Dawgs. He took the job on June 17, ending a three-year sabbatical.

"I told my wife I'd see her at Christmas," the 68-year-old joked. "That's just the way it is."

This is Curry's second return to the sideline. When the coaching bug hit him almost immediately after he stepped down at Berwick in 2005, he coached for three years at nearby Wyoming Valley West.

So far, his second stint with the Dawgs has been a major success. The squad has won its first three games by a combined 139-35. It routed visiting Dallas, 50-14, Friday night.

"Once I got in it, it was like I never left," said Curry, a part-time driver's education instructor. "I love it. I love what I'm doing."

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Janice Gowing shows there is life after cancer

8:00am Saturday 15th September 2012 in News

A NORTH Yorkshire woman who endured months of gruelling treatment after discovering a lump in her breast says she now wants to show others there is life after cancer.

Janice Gowing, 61, was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and underwent a mastectomy and reconstruction operation followed by five months of chemotherapy and three weeks of radiotherapy.

The treatment was a success and although she returned to the council job she had held for a decade, she said she knew she could not return to her old life.

As Mrs Gowing had already trained as a counsellor, she decided to set up her own life coaching organisation, as well as taking part in fundraisers for Cancer Research and travelling the world.

Recalling her diagnosis, Mrs Gowing said: I had found something in my breast, but because it didnt feel like a lump I wasnt too worried. I thought it was some sort of a cyst and would be easily dealt with. When the consultant said the words tumour and mastectomy I felt as if the floor had opened up and I was falling through it.

The treatment was a success and Mrs Gowing, of Knaresborough, said: I knew my life would never be the same after cancer and decided I needed to make a big change and do something different, to not put off the dreams that I had, to stop playing safe and to take some risks.

I really believe in the phrase carpe diem seize the day. My husband, Eric, and I no longer put off things that we want to do. I feel I have been given a second chance and dont intend to waste it. I have always been a positive person and am here to prove that there is life after cancer and it can be a better life than before.

Mrs Gowing is due to take part in the Bramham Park Fun Run for Cancer Research at St Jamess Hospital in Leeds, on Sunday, October 7.

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May 14, 1950 - Sept. 11, 2012

Roger J. Eyrolles loved playing baseball when he was young and loved coaching young baseball players. That's why he continued to donate his time and expertise as a baseball coach for Baldwin-Whitehall for nearly two decades after his son was done playing.

His longtime friend and fellow coach, Jim Munn of Bethel Park, said that was because Mr. Eyrolles, of Baldwin Borough, wanted to help the 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds he coached to learn life lessons as well as the fundamentals of hitting and fielding.

"He knew baseball and he cared passionately," Mr. Munn said. "To most people he seemed gruff ... but the kids liked him. He really understood the game, but the bottom line was that what Roger cared about most were the kids on the team.

"He was there to teach them and a lot of his players are now doctors, lawyers [and college professors]. He taught those kids how to be men."

Mr. Eyrolles died Tuesday in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He had been diagnosed in July with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Susan, said. He was 62.

She noted that Mr. Eyrolles succeeded in coaching because "he worked well with this age group. He just really felt a connection and felt he could make a difference. He truly dedicated himself to these kids in Baldwin and Whitehall."

Mr. Eyrolles was a four-year baseball letterman at the former Snowden High School, now South Park High School. He received scholarship interest from some colleges but with the Vietnam War raging he chose instead to enlist in the Coast Guard and served stateside.

Upon returning to civilian life, he attended CCAC South, where he continued his baseball career.

For 30 years, he owned and operated Roger's Baked Goods, a distributor of baked goods to Mon Valley pizza shops and restaurants.

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Rob Mahoney got a letter in the mail at the end of the 2011-2012 school year and the 39-year-old Billerica resident was shocked with what was inside.

Mahoney was named the MIAAs girls volleyball Coach of the Year for his work with the girls team at Notre Dame Academy in Tyngsboro in the fall and with the boys team at Lowell Catholic in the spring.

According to the official letter sent my MIAA Assistant Director Dick Baker, the selection of Mahoney was based on excellence of character, impact upon students and community and coaching quality.

Mahoney was also automatically made a nominee for the National Coach of the Year award

For Mahoney, it was a defining moment in a career that has spanned 14 years, officially anyway. Mahoneys actual coaching career started when he was 12 and decided to coach an under-8 soccer squad with a friend.

Yes, its safe to say, Mahoney and coaching are in a long-term relationship.

I love coaching, said Mahoney, a 1992 graduate of Billerica High. I love everything about it. If my wife gives me permission, Im usually at a volleyball game every single night. Im a very lucky person.

But it wasnt luck that earned Mahoney his coaching award.

In 14 years with Notre Dame, Mahoney has led the Lancers to the state playoffs every year. Last year in Lowell Catholics first-ever season as a varsity program, Mahoney brought that team to the postseason too.

The year before Mahoney took over at Notre Dame, the team finished 1-19.

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Jim Calhoun was still playing basketball when he married Pat 46 years ago and their life together has been defined by the game.

There was his time coaching in high school before he ascended to a college job in 1972. For more than 40 years, the calendar has revolved around Jim's coaching.

So what will this winter be like in the Calhoun house?

"That's the big question," Pat Calhoun said. "That's the question that I keep asking myself. Basketball has always been very much a part of our lives and I cannot imagine what it will be like to not have a season. I have no idea what it will be like. You'll have to ask me that in April."

Pat Calhoun said she has wondered how her husband will handle sitting on the sideline during a game. Jim Calhoun has missed games for health-related reasons in recent years, but this year he'll be watching games with less of a vested interest.

"It remains to be seen," Pat Calhoun said. "He's never been in that position, as crazy at it seems. Of course, it's not the worst position to be in, certainly."

The Calhouns will now have the freedom of retirement. It's something they've discussed in recent years.

"But going back many years ago, he always said, 'I won't coach when I'm 50,'" Pat said. "And I used to always think it was when he was 50 years old. Then I used to say to him, I didn't realize you meant you were going to be coaching for 50 years. I guess I didn't listen.

"So once we got past that 50 years of age, I realized he was never going to stop coaching. Who am I kidding? So nothing surprises me."

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Overreaction Monday has yielded to Acceptance Tuesday and Turn-the-corner Thursday at New Orleans Saints camp as the team prepares for Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers.

And yet around the Who Dat Nation, the fallout from the demoralizing 40-32 defeat to the Washington Redskins still lingers, like storm debris on our city's curbs.

By all accounts, the setback was one of the most shocking in recent memory, not so much for what happened but how it happened. The Saints were almost unrecognizable in their lack of discipline and sense of urgency, anything but the irresistible force we've come to expect at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

The Saints were penalized 12 times for 109 yards. That's happened exactly one other time in the Payton-Brees era, and not since 2008.

They committed three turnovers. That has hasn't happened at the Superdome since 2010.

And Drew Brees completed less than 50 percent of his passes. The last and only times that's happened in the Payton-Brees era was 2006.

Fluke? Perhaps.

Coincidence? Maybe.

Or is it a sign of things to come?

The Saints knew they faced a big challenge without Coach Sean Payton on the sideline and in the game plan meetings this season. They now know it might be even tougher than they expected.

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