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If you are like me you are a fan of startup founders who are creating the next generation of companies in the Canadian Life Sciences sector. Saumik Biswas, PhD of Tenomix Inc. is one of those people and I was delighted to have him join me on the NGBiLab podcast to share his story. You can listen to our conversation at NGBiLab.Transistor.fm | #CanadaLifeSciencesPodcast #NGBiLab #NGBi2024 #NGBiSummit #NGBi

The bioprocess industries generate massive data sets at various stages from laboratory thru scale-up, manufacturing, and supply chain. Data analytics technologies can be used to gain insight into this data; but normalizing and structuring this data remains a challenge. I will be presenting at this event on how end-to-end solutions can help facilitate secure integration and access to this valuable data to ensure compliance, quality and speed of delivery to patients.

🚀 “A boost to bring ideas to life, meet partners, and join an efficient ecosystem”! Thanks to his participation in the Innovation Booster Swiss Food Ecosystems, Constantin Marakhov, CEO of KIDEMIS, was able to rework his initial idea into a more radical opportunity and find the necessary research partner to follow up. 🤝 Would you like to follow in his footsteps? 👣 👉 Learn more and participate in an Innovation Booster: https://lnkd.in/esGr2sGw   #swissinnovationbooster

In 2016 the Stämm saga began! Fast forward to 2018, we’re a squad of 7 Stämmers. IndieBio, the powerhouse of biotech accelerators, hits us up – Yuyo Llamazares Vegh and Federico D'Alvia Vegh get the call. By 2019, we're 17 strong, cutting the ribbon on our very own lab in Buenos Aires. Looking back to those times we could never forsee the place we are at now. In 2020, with 25 Stämmers on board, we realized we were short in space, it was time to expand. Lab, offices, and workshops, we created the ideal space for our stämmers to put their disruptive ideas to the test. We entered 2021 with 70 Stämmers – that's almost triple! Hard-working people attract like-minded teammates. Research and development blooms under interdisciplinary teams. In 2022 we've hit 170 Stämmers! Multiplying faster than we can count, a solid teamwork framework helped us grow without losing our focus. And now, in 2023, we're wrapping it up with 216 unique Stämmers, each of them bringing singular talents to the table. Talk about spectacular growth! #StämmGrowth #ExponentialGrowth #TeamGoals #biotechnology

If you are evaluating funding partners, check out the Bullpen Inning 1 interviews, including this one from Salvatore Buscemi!

Our second life science event was another sell-out! Learning so much about the needs of life science tenants and properties. What should we talk about next?

Looking back on an inspiring day at the #HarbourSymposium23 hosted by Roche about Corporate Listening. I was trying to listen carefully and these are my personal takaways: 🧠 Franca Parianen Lesemann explained from a neuroscientist point of view our natural tendency as human beings to fixate on our own perspective when examining events or beliefs #EgocentricBias. Only if we actively force ourselves to listen to other voices we can break out of this pattern. 💊 Roche CEO Thomas Schinecker shared that only 1-2 drugs make it to the market every year while at the same time starting over and over again with a large number of possible candidates. This is done at an annual CHF 13 billion invested. So listening well and having quick response loops in the development process is crucial #FailFast. 🤜🏼🤛🏼 HarbourClub is running a Reverse Mentoring program for communication leaders to listen & learn from young colleagues. What a great initiative! I’m happy to have signed up right away! 🔊Ramon De Marco made us hear sounds we never heard before (like the sound of a dying yeast cell 🥺) and demonstrated in an impressive way how sound can influence the way we perceive a space or a brand. Cutting edge #GenerativeAI tools like audiobreeze make it possible to easily generate individual sound worlds for brands. Simon Ziffermayer , Lena Hoffmann , Micaela Feldmann sure you can’t wait to give this a go ;-)

📣 founders appreciation post 📣 The last weeks brought three board meetings at xista science ventures portfolio companies for me, and each one was well structured and thoroughly prepared. What stood out at all three meetings however was that the #founders included their #teams in the meetings and had them run excellent, enthousiastically presented #product #demos and discuss the status of their developments. So, big shout out to the founders and teams ReCatalyst, Sarcura and CellEctric Biosciences, well done! Founders, keep in mind your board members and investors might not be close to the daily work you do on your products, so while being honest and transparent, do show your #progress and #celebrate your achievements. Build your #team, #attitude and #culture early, it is paramount!

📣 To all visionary life science companies... Are you ready to shine on the global stage and showcase your groundbreaking innovations? 🚀 The European Lifestars Awards - Celebrating Life Science eXecutives & their partners, hosted by LSX, are back! 🏆✨ If you're driving innovation in biotech, medtech, digital health, or any other life science sector, this is YOUR moment to be recognized and celebrated. 🎉 Whether you're a disruptive startup or a seasoned player, there are 17 categories for your gateway to industry-wide recognition, invaluable connections, and the chance to share your success story with the world. 🔬 Why should you participate? 1️⃣ Unrivaled Exposure: Elevate your company's profile on a global platform, getting noticed by investors, collaborators, and industry leaders. 2️⃣ Networking Goldmine: Connect with fellow trailblazers, potential partners, and industry influencers who can help take your growth to the next level. 3️⃣ Validation & Credibility: A Lifestars Award is more than a trophy; it's a seal of excellence that speaks volumes about your company's potential. 4️⃣ Investor Magnet: Attract the attention of investors actively seeking the next big thing in life sciences. There is just 30 days remaining to nominate your company... Visit the site to find out more and register... https://lnkd.in/eGGezs44 🗓️ Save the Date: 13th November, London. Mark your calendars now and get ready to step into the spotlight! #lifesciences #LSX #investment #partnerships

Above all, "scaling up" means being able to hand over! 🤝 In a start-up, it's normal to do everything yourself, be on hand everywhere, put out every fire and take responsibility for everything yourself.  That's right and important, because it's the only way we as founders know what positions we need to build up next. 👩🏻💻 However, this no longer works at the latest when you want to scale up. Of course, the overall #responsibility always remains with us as managing directors and founders, but we have to be able to delegate responsibilities and rely on employees being able to do the job at least as well as we do. 💪🏽 This sometimes means that things are done differently than we founders would do, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it's worse.  It's also normal for things to take longer, because more topics need to be agreed with colleagues - and we founders are no longer the all-knowing dumping ground... 🗑️ But being a good employee in a start-up is not just about having the expertise for the job. If the employees are to be worthy replacements for us as founders, they also need to believe in the vision, have a passion for the product and the will to do everything in their position to make our company successful. 🚀 Sometimes we prefer to leave positions vacant a little longer than to fill them with the wrong person. However, we at Corbiota have been very successful in recent weeks and months when it comes to building our team.  Because that's the only way it works, like here at Andreas Hermes Akademie: Our Junior Product Manager Anouk-Sophie Krings rocks the stage and convinces the audience of us and our vision. Thank you Anouk for believing in our vision just as much as we founders do! 🦄 As you have seen in recent months, our employees represent us on podiums, in programmes abroad and take on responsibility and accountability. Only in this way is it possible to concentrate fully on growth. 📈 #corbiota #scaleup #teamwork #furthertogether #animalnutrition #animalhealth #femaleleadership #diversity Thorsten Kuehn Julia Katrin Rohde Pascal Heithorn Claus-Andreas Boche Tom G. Tino Thaus Annalena Dorn Inken Heck Paul Heck Christian Wienecke Oluwatosin Abdulsalam, PhD