This panel provides real-life insights to both university insiders and outsiders on how to move university research successfully into commercial ventures .The The panel includes local CEOs with lab to start-up financing experience (Caltech, USC, Pepperdine), early stage investor Mission Ventures and the moderators are a seasoned investor/entrepreneur and the Chair of the Entrepreneurship Program at Pepperdine University. Tuesday, December 8, 2009 -- Out of the Lab and into a Business. LAVA Breakfast Meeting.