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The Biotech Startups Podcast

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Biotechnology
Biotech Startups
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Biotech
Life Sciences
Drug Discovery
Pharmaceutical Industry
Artificial Intelligence
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Cell Therapy
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Genomics
Machine Learning
Clinical Trials
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The Biotech Startups Podcast by Excedr features weekly conversations with founders, scientists, and investors driving biotech innovation. Host Jon Chee dives into the challenges of building biotech startups, from pre-seed to IPO. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr: helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

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🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr: helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

As a TBSP listene... more

🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr: helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

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Recent Guests

Javier Tordable
Founder of Pauling AI, ex-Google chemist
Pauling AI
Episode: 🧬 This Ex-Googler Replaced a Whole Drug R&D Team | Javier Tordable (4/4)
Fengru Lin
Founder and CEO of TurtleTree
TurtleTree
Episode: 🧬 From Hong Kong Childhood to Global Sales: Connecting the Dots | Fengru Lin Rerelease (1/3)
Mati Gill
CEO of AION Labs, first-of-its-kind AI venture studio in Israel backed by pharma and technology leaders
AION Labs
Episode: 🧬 The Rule of Three: Career, Family & One Other Thing | Mati Gill (1/4)
Alex Telford
Founder/CEO, Convoke (startup discussed)
Convoke
Episode: 🧬 Pharma's Coordination Tax & the 2 Paths That Could Actually Disrupt It | Alex Telford (3/4)
Sabrina Johnson
CEO of DARÉ, former VP of Marketing at ATS and experienced biotech marketer
DARÉ; ATS (Advanced Tissue Sciences)
Episode: 🧬 Pharma Marketing, Compounding, and the GLP-1 Gray Zone | Sabrina Johnson (2/4)
Martin Brenner
Biotech executive with experience at Stoke Therapeutics, Recursion, iBio, Phenix/Phoenix
iBio, Recursion, Stoke Therapeutics (various)
Episode: 🧬 Resilience, Reinvention & Next-Gen Antibody Discovery | Martin Brenner Rerelease (3/3)
Caitlyn Krebs
Co-founder and CEO of Nalu Bio
Nalu Bio
Episode: 🧬Unconventional Career Moves in Biotech: Finding a Path to Leadership | Caitlyn Krebs (Part 1/4)
Nicole Paulk
Founder, CEO and President of SIREN Biotechnology
SIREN Biotechnology
Episode: 🧬 2 Identity Crises, 1 Mission: From Broken Shoulder to Biotech Career | Nicole Paulk (Part 1/4)
Richard Yu
Co-founder and CEO of Abalone Bio
Abalone Bio
Episode: 🧬 Quitting Physics to Treat Biology Like an Engineering Problem | Richard Yu (Part 1/4)

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 50 ratings
  • Great podcast

    As a pharmaceutical professional wonderful podcast. Learning a lot and love how the host interacts and elicits personal as well as scientific insight from the guests

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    asian bioguy
    United Statesa year ago
  • Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job.Looking forward to many more educational episodes.

    Audible
    5
    Pavan K. Kommareddi
    United States3 years ago
  • Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job

    Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job.Looking forward to many more educational episodes.

    Audible
    5
    Pavan K. Kommareddi
    United States3 years ago
  • One of the best podcasts ever

    If you work in the biotechnology field or if you are interested in it, don’t miss this podcast.

    There are valuable lessons from many actors in this field and inspiring stories.

    A must listen podcast. 🤗🙏🏻

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sébasimo
    France3 years ago
  • Amazing Stories from Biotech & Beyond

    I love listening to this podcast. So many great tidbits and tips for founders, business owners, and just people in the biotech or life sciences industry in general.

    Keep up the great work, looking forward to more episodes!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    McAfiend
    United States3 years ago

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The host is praised for eliciting practical, personal, and scientific insights from guests.
Episodes are seen as essential listening for anyone in biotech startups and funding.
Listeners describe the show as highly informative for biotech founders and investors.

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🧬 De-Risking Biotech's Biggest Bets | David Li Rerelease (3/4)
Q: What does your framework look like when you have a fixed budget and need to decide how many parallel experiments to run?
The guest explains evaluating the budget against the number of parallel experiments that maximize information gain, aiming to reach informed next steps while minimizing unnecessary exploration.
🧬 De-Risking Biotech's Biggest Bets | David Li Rerelease (3/4)
Q: That is a really interesting concept and I'm curious, what is your decision-making framework for measuring and cutting experiments?
The host asks for a structured framework to decide when to stop experiments and how to balance parallel testing with prudent resource use, highlighting a preference for having a clear decision tree and measuring outcomes before cutting.
🧬 This Ex-Googler Replaced a Whole Drug R&D Team | Javier Tordable (4/4)
Q: Who do you see as your primary customers in the near term?
The focus is on small-to-medium biotech firms and CRO-like collaborations that benefit from faster, cheaper simulations; larger pharma is slower to engage, but there are opportunities as the product matures and a dedicated sales team forms.
🧬 16 Years at Google Taught Me How to Scale From 1 to 150 People | Javier Tordable (2/4)
Q: What does the tech lead role entail?
The tech lead owns the technical infrastructure of a product, makes architecture and API decisions, and oversees the technical direction without necessarily managing all people directly, which becomes more pronounced as teams scale.
🧬 The Outsider Mindset Behind Successful Biotech Founders | David Li Rerelease (1/4)
Q: What are two clear entry points into investment banking for biotech professionals?
The two natural entry points are right after undergrad or after graduate school. Some people enter later after working in corporate finance or as a financial analyst, leveraging networking and structured on-campus recruiting opportunities.

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A fast-growing show focused on biotech entrepreneurship, early-stage company building, and investment strategies. Episodes frequently feature founders sharing journeys from idea to commercialization, investors discussing biotech funding and business models, and executives detailing large-company partnerships and external-innovation programs. Across conversations, the spotlight is on AI-enabled drug discovery, economics and incentives in biotech, venture studio models, and practical challenges of scaling teams, navigating regulation, and building sustainable biotech ecosystems. Noteworthy angles include cross-border tech transfers, corporate partnerships with pharma, and candid discussions about funding climates and go-to-market strategies. ... more

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5. Sabrina Johnson
6. Martin Brenner
7. Caitlyn Krebs
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