Gillian Isabelle, “Enlivity COVID-19 Update”
Founder Gillian Isabelle, Ph.D. returns to give us an update on how her startup Enlivity is navigating the COVID crisis. Listen to my full interview with Gillian Isabelle here.
Jeff Behrens, “Why You’re Wrong About Biotech Funding”
Jeff Behren’s doctoral dissertation suggests that life science startups are not funded the way we all think they are. Listen to our discussion of his work and learn why he believes we have to revise what is taught to founders in entrepreneurship classes about how to raise money. HIGHLIGHTS Sal Daher Welcomes Jeff Behrens Back …
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Alex Sakatos, “Ancilia: Defending Healthy Gut Bacteria”
Microbiologist Alex Sakatos felt strongly that valuable science was not making it from the lab to the clinic. This led her to start Ancilia which is finding ways to protect good bacteria in our gut from attack by viruses. A great chat about an exciting field in biotech. HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR INTERVIEW Sal Daher Introduces …
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Wade Lange, “Startups at Purdue”
Purdue wants to be Startup U. They are already the #3 university in the US for producing startups, right behind MIT and Columbia. One of my favorite companies, Savran Technologies, came out of Purdue. I spoke with Wade Lange of Purdue Foundry which is responsible for promoting startups at Purdue. Several interesting Purdue startups were …
Kristen Overly, “Life Science Financing”
Kristen Overly works as management consultant and is a leader at MIT Life Science Angels. Kristen and I discussed various aspects of the funding of life science startups. She, like me, is intrigued by the opportunities in what Jeff Behrens called the scrappy biotechs in his doctoral thesis. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Sal Daher Introduces Kristen Overly …
Siddarth Satish at TEDMED
When Sid Satish saw his first surgery he was struck by the contrast between the advanced technologies in use side by side with ancient practices such as the negotiation over how much patient blood has been lost. He saw an opportunity to apply technology to create an informed calculation of blood loss. This was in …
Martin Aboitiz, “Healthcare & Paella”
In 2013*, my brother-in-law Martin Aboitiz sat in my dining room and sketched out a business he planned to start. I thought “majnun” which is Arabic for crazy! How would this guy who had built software companies in Argentina found a startup to help Americans have better access to their healthcare data? But I underestimated …
Senan Ebrahim, “Hikma Health”
The disrupted life of refugees keeps them from having good medical records. Med student Senan Ebrahim decided to do something about it and made headway. Listen to the story of Hikma Health and of its promising founder. Senan Ebrahim grew up in Silicon Valley but he experienced the Syrian refugee crisis via his grandmother. When …
Mike Singer, MD/PhD, “Polymath Founder”
The genius founder of several great startups, Mike Singer, MD/PHD somehow found time to teach himself patent law, to learn Portuguese and Hindi and even to play lawyer in court and to win a lawsuit on the use of drones. I learned an unusual number of things from this polymath. Founders and angels, don’t miss …
Jeff Arnold, “How to Make Money in Biotech”
To super angel Jeff Arnold the way to make money in biotech is to make few but highly researched bets and then back them to the hilt. His remarkable record is hard to argue with. The interview takes us from his student days at MIT through his various startups and investments; a tour de force. …