Planet Bio

Join us on Planet Bio as we delve into the world of early stage venture capital!

The team talks about what it's like to be investing at early vs late stage startups, and criteria for investing in early stage companies. The team covers lessons learned across a wide range of career experiences, including the value of relationships and leveraging warm introductions when gaining traction as a founder.

And what's exciting now? The team talks about generative AI in drug discovery and protein design.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Claire Smith, an expert healthcare and techbio venture capitalist.

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Join us on Planet Bio as we delve into the world of serial entrepreneurship and what is takes to build successful teams for a company!

The team talks about what it's like to be a serial entrepreneur, and lessons learned from a successful career in serial entrepreneurship. The team explores what it takes to build successful teams and make critical hires when starting a company. Setting clear values is important when building companies, and it can be even more important to think about than company culture.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Bill Seibel, an author and serial entrepreneur, including serving as CEO of nine startups throughout his career.

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Join us this week on Planet Bio as we dig deeper into the world of venture capital! Our team discusses the daily life of a venture capital investor, tips for how CEOs can approach investors, how to know when to pivot, the process of going from introduction to successful investment, and tactics for clearly demonstrating product and company value.

The team also discusses current excitement around leveraging artificial intelligence in healthcare, as well as other innovations that are taking the healthcare ecosystem toward novel diagnostics and care models.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Marc Rosenberg, Life Science and Healthcare Technology Investor.

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Join us this week on Planet Bio as we delve into the world of science communication! Our team discusses practical tips for startup founders and scientists, covering effective blogging, podcasting, and leveraging social media. We explore examples of effective science communication, like the balance between hype and value in generative AI, offering valuable insights for communicators.

In addition, we touch on the essential aspects of mentorship and career paths in the science field. This episode provides an exploration of the tools and strategies that can make you a standout communicator, manager, or mentor in the world of science.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Elizabeth Deyett, expert science communicator and startup data science lead.

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This week Planet Bio explores what it takes to be a successful founder and CEO!

The team explores a range of relevant experiences and observations associated with the founder/CEO journey. Topics include spinning out from academia, applying and participating in accelerator programs (such as Y-Combinator), focusing an early-stage startup, and engaging with investors as the customers of early-stage biotech.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Joey Azofeifa, Founder and CEO of Arpeggio Bio.

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This week Planet Bio explores what it takes to launch a data science consulting firm that supports biotech startups! The team covers a variety of important topics including how to bring together diverse biotech teams, effectively leveraging data, using AI/ML effectively, and even how to launch a successful newsletter!

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Jesse Johnson, founder and principal consultant for Merelogic.

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To learn more about Jesse’s firm and newsletter, check out these links below:

Scaling Biotech: https://scalingbiotech.substack.com/

Merelogic: https://merelogic.net/

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This week Planet Bio explores how to build and grow a successful startup ecosystem, as well as a variety of other insights and tactics for founders. The team covers engagement opportunities and resources for early stage startups, ongoing efforts to break down geographic boundaries for startups, and insights for fundraising.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Caroline Pepek, Senior Director of Innovation at MassBio.

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This week Planet Bio explores how academic alliances are built with pharma. The team covers approaches to risk management while driving innovation, as well as resources and tactics for establishing effective alliances. The team also discussed how academic groups can think about engaging with large companies, as well as considerations for graduate students and postdocs looking to join a lab.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Emily Roberts, Principal IO Scientist and Scientific Lead of Academic Alliances at Takeda.

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This week Planet Bio explores Tims's career journey through a variety of biotech companies, from getting started at a small startup to currently running the Harvard Life Lab. Tim articulates how a wide range of career experiences set him up for success in running the Harvard Life Lab. A big part of Tim’s life is networking, and he gives us advice and tips on building networks. He also provides insight into fundraising and other critical aspects to being a startup founder.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Tim Jarrett, Site Head at Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab.

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This week Planet Bio explores Christopher's career transitions across different types of companies, learning the language of pharma, strategies for startup evolution and growth, and tactics for fostering team psychological safety.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Christopher Woelk, Vice President and Head of Translational Genomics at Verge Genomics.

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This week Planet Bio discusses a range of scientific and entrepreneurial topics including the importance of communication, tactics for effective communication, overcoming the challenges of starting a company, and emerging values in systems biology and AI.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Dan Ryder, founder and CEO of Bridge Informatics.

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This week Planet Bio discusses careers in business development, insights into working effectively with big pharma, and navigating transitions from academia to startups to big companies.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Helena Mistry, expert in business development and partnerships.

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This week the group reviews a case study in which persistence, patience, and understanding brought a group from confusion to an exciting scientific advancement. The result could be new and broader ways of thinking about water, materials, and energy.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Ozgur Sahin, Professor of Biological Sciences and of Physics at Columbia University.

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This week the group discusses the role data can play in successful companies and groups, the importance of FAIR and interoperable data, and challenges currently facing the field of data science.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Jonathan Jacobs, Senior Director of Bioinformatics at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).

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This week the group discusses charting a career course through science and business, impacting human health, and working in the world of venture capital.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Chris Ghadban, Principal at Alix Ventures and Manager at BIOS.

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Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Kareem Barghouti, Co-Founder and CEO of Pragma Bio. Join the group as they discuss emerging trends at the intersection of digital and biology, all in the context of startups and industry.

Topics this week range from career journeys, pivoting a business, and the challenges of founding biotech startups.

Join hosts Geof Hannigan, Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Alexa Goldman as they chat with Mandana Manzari Honu, Head of Business Development at Kaleidoscope.bio. Join the group as they discuss emerging trends at the intersection of digital and biology, all in the context of startups and industry. Topics this week range from career journeys to business development and the increasingly important combinations of technology and bio.

Join hosts Dr Geof Hannigan, Dr Hamdi Cavusoglu, and Dr Alexa Goldman as they chat with Dr Camella Wilson, Vice President at Northpond Ventures. Join the group as they discuss emerging trends at the intersection of digital and biology, all in the context of startups and industry. Topics this week range from the 2023 Bio IT conference, to the path from scientist to venture capital, to the role of VCs on startup boards.

Join Dr Geof Hannigan and Dr Hamdi Cavusoglu as they chat with Dr Natalie Ma, head of business development & customer discovery at Formic Labs. We chat about emerging trends at the intersection of digital and biology, all in the context of startups and industry. Topics range from advice to founders, the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in bio, and the importance of differentiating data.