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Episode Description: Imagine a world where you could store all the data ever created in a drop of water. Sounds impossible, right? But that's exactly what Kyle Tomek, the visionary behind DNA data storage, is working on. In this episode, we have the privilege of talking to Tomek about his groundbreaking technology that could revolutionize how we preserve and access information. Tomek tells us how he and his team at DNALi are able to encode digital data into the building blocks of life, creating a storage system that is not only ultra-dense and eco-friendly, but also immune to decay and obsolescence. He also shares with us how DNA data storage can be used for various purposes, such as improving healthcare, preserving cultural heritage, and even exploring outer space. This episode will take you on a mind-blowing adventure of discovering the amazing potential of DNA data storage, and show you how this technology can transform the future of data management and preservation. Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at www.messaginglab.com/groweverything Topics Covered: 00:00:00 - Inside the Biopharmaceutical Revolution: A Primer 00:01:08 - Behind the Scenes: Novo Holdings & Catalant's Innovations 00:03:29 - Biotech & Biosecurity: The U.S. Government's Vision 00:07:07 - Unpacking the Work of Messaging Lab 00:08:05 - Addressing the Global Data Storage Crisis 00:12:27 - Meet Kyle Tomek: Pioneering DNA Data Storage with DNALi 00:25:29 - Envisioning the Next Frontier: DNA for Data Preservation 00:27:39 - The Revolutionary Technique: Storing Data in Modified DNA 00:29:21 - Exploring the DNA Data Storage Alliance & Its Commercial Promise 00:30:59 - Strategic Moves: Navigating the DNA Storage Market 00:32:36 - From Concept to Reality: DNA Storage's Practical Uses 00:36:53 - Spotlight on North Carolina's Biotech Landscape 00:41:48 - The Cutting-Edge: Latest in DNA Storage & Synthesis 00:43:27 - Projecting the Evolution of Biotech Innovations 00:44:23 - Inspirations from Literature and Cinema on the Future of Biotech Episode Links: Nature Journal Podcast (website) Kyle on LinkedIn DNALi AxiosBio Memory Card Get $300 off ⁠Synbiobeta tickets⁠ (May 6-9 in San Jose, CA) using promo code: Grow Everything Have a question or comment? Message us here: Text or Call (804) 505-5553 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠GrowEverything website⁠⁠ Email: groweverything@messaginglab.com Support here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messaginglab/message

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In this episode Neel sits down with Sean O'Dowd of The O'Dowd Group. Sean was just looking to pay off the loan he took out to buy an engagement ring for his then-fiancee when he decided to consult on the side. His very first gig was through Upwork and involved proofreading an email for $30. Neel and Sean discuss: - how having a Wharton degree may have helped him land some clients, but how easily his mom, who was a simple librarian without that elite college pedigree, was able to land a $30k consulting gig with his help - what sort of income you can hope to attain as a one-person shop - platforms like Catalant and Uncommon Elite that have helped to power Sean's growth If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠ If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

In this episode Neel sits down with Sean O'Dowd of The O'Dowd Group. Sean was just looking to pay off the loan he took out to buy an engagement ring for his then-fiancee when he decided to consult on the side. His very first gig was through Upwork and involved proofreading an email for $30. Neel and Sean discuss: - how having a Wharton degree may have helped him land some clients, but how easily his mom, who was a simple librarian without that elite college pedigree, was able to land a $30k consulting gig with his help - what sort of income you can hope to attain as a one-person shop - platforms like Catalant and Uncommon Elite that have helped to power Sean's growth If you want to start your own MaidThis Franchise in your market & skip years of trial-and-error, go to ⁠www.maidthisfranchise.com⁠ If you want a foundations do-it-yourself course on how to start your own remote local business model, check out ⁠blueprint.beremotelocal.com⁠

Rob Biederman has gone from founding his own startup to leading a $100M plus venture capital firm that is eager to fund great entrepreneurs, even at the pre-seed stage. The firm, Catalant, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like General Catalyst, Morningside Venture Investments, 40 North Ventures, and Highland Capital.

Leaders, our industry is in the midst of a massive transformation away from broad horizontal marketplaces and towards skill specific platforms. Take Paro for finance/accounting, or Catalant & Graphite for management consulting, the future of our industry belongs to marketplaces that can use technology and freelancer first practices to ensure a consistent, low friction, high quality experience. NerdApp is the IT ecosystem that best personifies where the freelance economy is headed. NerdApp stemmed from Kelvin's personal experience in the IT services industry for 15+ years, where he saw the inefficiencies and poor experiences that the legacy IT industry routinely delivers. Warning: We're going to get real geeky on the software and user experience driving NerdApp. If you're a nerd or an entrepreneur, you'll love it. 11:12 - Why the freelance economy, the combo of Kevon's corporate experience and the problems in IT Services 17:31 - Secret sauce behind the meteoric 15 month growth of NerdApp 20:59 - What's wrong with the IT Services Industry 22:24 - Why doesn't Nerdapp already exist 27:38 - The importance of user experience 29:42 - Biggest barrier of the freelance economy is company education 30:52 - Biggest barrier of growing marketplaces is the first experience 44:27 - What will change in the next 5 years Find Kelvin's Leader Portal: https://humancloud.work/kelvin-wetherill

Patrick Donley talks with Sean O'Dowd about why he thinks there is a better way to build wealth through starting a business and using the profits to buy real estate investments. Sean graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and worked at Boston Consulting Group. He left behind this traditional path to success to take a bet on himself and built a one-man consulting shop and dumps all of his profits into real estate.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:00:00 - Intro09:28 - How buying a diamond engagement ring provided the impetus to start a consulting side hustle.05:25 - What he learned working for one of the top consulting firms in the country.05:25 - How he grew his side hustle into a one-man consulting shop that nets $500,000 per year.12:57 - Why picking the right partner in life is so important.24:04 - What his current real estate strategy is that has proven much more profitable?33:18 - Why his first real estate investments didn't pan out.55:59 - Why does he think house hacking is a terrible idea?And much, much more!*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESRobert's book The Everything Guide to House Hacking.Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard.But What If We're Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman.How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis.Give and Take by Adam Grant.Richer, Wiser, Happier by William Green.Atomic Habits by James Clear.Check out Upwork.Check out Catalant.Check out Hemlane.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our Real Estate 101 Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.Keep up with the latest news and strategies on real estate investing with the best real estate podcasts.P.S The Investor's Podcast Network is excited to launch a subreddit devoted to our fans in discussing financial markets, stock picks, questions for our hosts, and much more! Join our subreddit r/TheInvestorsPodcast today!SPONSORSGet a FREE audiobook from Audible.Get personalized, expert advice that helps you see things clearly with ATB.Take stock of your finances and investing strategy with Betterment.Let an expert do your taxes from start to finish so you can relax with TurboTax.Talk to your clients about Desjardins Responsible Investment today and support what's right for society and what's good for business.If your business has five or more employees and managed to survive Covid you could be eligible to receive a payroll tax rebate of up to twenty-six thousand dollars per employee. Find out if your business qualifies with Innovation Refunds.Find the perfect piece of jewelry for life's special moments with Blue Nile. Save up to 50% off today!Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.Connect with Patrick (@jpatrickdonley): TwitterConnect with Sean: Website | YouTube | Twitter | LinkedInSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kie started off her career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. She then received her MBA from Harvard Business School before breaking into product through internships at early stage technology companies, including Canary, Happie, and Catalant. She then joined HubSpot, where she is today, and took on various product management roles as individual contributor to leading teams. She recently joined the Payments team at HubSpot to help small B2B businesses get paid quickly and easily from their CRM. Enjoy!

Welcome to Reimagining Company Culture, a series discussing emerging trends and priorities shaping the future of workplace culture and employee wellbeing. We highlight thought leaders who are constantly evolving their strategy and can provide insight to folks about how to address new business challenges.  AllVoices is on a mission to create safe, happy, and healthy workplaces for all, and we're excited to learn from experts who share our mission.In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we're chatting with Amy Knapp, SVP of People at Catalant. Amy Knapp (she/her) has over twenty years experience in recruiting and people operations. Previous to Catalant she led talent for the venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures where she partnered with portfolio companies on their talent and people programs and strategies, after receiving their first investment through different stages of growth.Tune in to learn Amy's thoughts on qualitative and quantitative ways to measure employee happiness, stay interviews, promoting and improving internal mobility pathways, and more!About AllVoicesIn today's workforce, people often don't feel empowered to speak up and voice their opinions about workplace issues, including harassment, bias, and other culture issues. This prevents company leadership from making necessary changes, and prevents people from feeling fulfilled, recognized, and included at work. At AllVoices, we want to change that by providing a completely safe, anonymous way for people to report issues directly to company leaders. This allows company leadership real transparency into what's happening in their companies—and the motivation to address issues quickly. Our goal is to help create safer, more inclusive companies.

Episode Summary: Join us for episode 2 where we speak with Managing Director and Co-founder of General Catalyst Partners, David Fialkow.  In this episode, we learn more about David's journey from documentary filmmaker to venture capitalist and the common thread they share.   What is Uncovered: David's unique path to starting General Catalyst alongside his long time friend Joel CutlerThe importance of mentorship and following your passion The lessons that Joel and David learned while starting their own travel company (last-minute travel) The story behind David signing up and completing his first Ironman with only 90 days of training  Why David and Joel saw themselves as B entrepreneurs and how this realization was the impetus to starting GC Partners What makes a successful VC firm and GC's early wins The common thread between founding a venture capital firm, a start-up, and creating documentary films. Learn More About:David Fialkow is a co-founder and managing director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed to growth stage to build companies that withstand the test of time.  David's focus areas include financial services, digital health AI and data analytics, as well as leading General Catalyst's XIR program. His portfolio of investments includes Casana, Catalant, Crossfit, CLEAResult (acquired by General Atlantic), Datalogix (acquired by Oracle), Datto (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Highwinds (acquired by StackPath), NotCo, OGSystems (acquired by Parsons Corporation), PathAI, TrueMotion, and Vitrue (acquired by Oracle).Before going into business, David studied film at Colgate University, earned a law degree from Boston College and made documentary films. David has raised millions in dollars in philanthropy to support kids' programs by biking, running, climbing, and rowing. He and his wife Nina produce documentary films focused on social justice. Their film Icarus won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2018. His non-profit boards include Facing History and Ourselves, The Pan-Mass Challenge (former chairman), the Dean's Advisory Council at the MIT School of Engineering, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is chair of the Investment Advisory Committee of The Engine (launched by MIT).Select Current Investments: Casana, Catalant, CrossFit, Elysium, NotCo, Outdoor Voices, PathAI, and TrueMotionAlumni Investments: BBN Technologies (acquired by Raytheon), CLEAResult (acquired by General Atlantic), Datalogix (acquired by Oracle), Datto (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Highwinds (acquired by StackPath), Index (acquired by Stripe), OGSystems (acquired by Parsons Corp.), Rue La La (acquired by GSI Commerce), Vitrue (acquired by Oracle)Education: BA Fine Arts from Colgate University; JD from Boston CollegeGeneral Catalyst: General Catalyst is a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments. They provide ongoing momentum that accelerates ideas, careers, and companies toward standout success. They create the ideal conditions for growth, surround clients with the right people, and offer mentorship based on deep experience.To date, General Catalyst has managed eight venture capital funds totaling approximately $3.75 billion in capital commitments.Quotes from David Fialkow: “Founders need empathy to drive their vision and dreams." “Great firms are defined by great funds and great funds are defined by great companies” “In order to win, you need people to win with, nobody is so good that they can do it on their own.” 

Dave is joined by his long-time friend, Amy Knapp, now SVP of People at Catalant after spending the last 13 years in the silicon valley area. Amy takes us through her "whirlwind," "wild" career journey, learning to take risks and building out a blend of HR, talent, and operational roles. She talks about being energized from meeting people and optimizing for team first, the importance of continuously re-recruiting employees, and her advice to create a strong network of peers. Amy also discusses how she approached rebuilding trust with employees after two reductions in force. Up next on the podcast is a friend to both Dave and Amy, Piper Sheer, CPO at AEW.

Sam Richard, Senior Director of Growth at Openview Partners, discusses Product Led Growth, types of companies that can leverage the strategy, and how traditional SaaS metrics can be misleading when applied to PLG.Sam Richard's BioSam Richard is Senior Director of Growth at OpenView, helping its portfolio accelerate top-line growth through establishing best practices and processes to support product led growth. At OpenView, Sam works closely with portfolio leadership teams to discover and implement the most impactful strategies for growth, including onboarding and retention optimization, expansion strategy, funnel optimization and channel/partner strategy.Prior to joining OpenView in 2019, Sam worked as Director of Growth and Engagement at Dispatch, where she was on the founding team. She spent four years leading growth strategy and customer success teams with a focus on small to medium-sized businesses. During her tenure, Dispatch was acquired by Vista Equity Partners. She also previously worked at Catalant and Abt Associates.Time Stamps00:10 Intro03:42 Three Eras of Software purchase06:20 Characteristics of Product Led Growth companies10:50 Retention at PLG12:45 Traditional Metrics are misleading / Natural Rate of Growth15:30 Who can leverage PLGSIGN UP at https://www.saashimi.cloud to receive transcripts of the interviews and news about upcoming guests and events.

Never have we ever been more ready for a new year and we know you are too Tribe! As eager as we are to jump right into 2021, we learn the most by exploring the challenges that we faced this year. We really are ready for the new year though too, and wanted to talk to a leader in the People and Culture space, Amy Knapp of Catalant Technologies to find out what she's learned this year and what she can't wait to do in 2021. We feel so blessed to close out this final episode of the season with Amy!

Richard Godfrey joined BerGenBio as Chief Executive Officer in 2008. He has more than 25 years' industry experience leading many international drug development and commercialisation partnerships. Formerly he served as Chief Executive Officer of Aenova Inc., a specialist biopharmaceutical company. Prior to this he was the Managing Director of DCC Healthcare Ltd and previously he held positions of increasing responsibility at Catalant, Eli Lilly and Reckitt Benckiser in RnD and commercial roles. He qualified as a Pharmacist from Liverpool University and received his M.B.A. from Bath University.

Welcome to the Open Assembly Podcast. In this episode we chat with Rob Biederman, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Catalant Technologies.Rob founded Catalant while at the Harvard Business School. It was one of those ideas for a school project that has blossomed into a very successful business. The Catalant software platform helps companies execute work and align the right people to a strategy. This could be both full-time employees and outside experts or a combination of both. The platform offers visibility needed to digitally orchestrate work, drive alignment and engagement, balance resources, and track work progress against key objectives. Catalant's list of clients include the likes of Unilever, Staples, Pfizer, GE and many, many more.Please enjoy this conversation Rob Biederman, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Catalant Technologies.

A recent CEO study found that 75% of business leaders are concerned about whether they will have the talent they need for the future. More specifically, how a lack of the right talent will ultimately constrain growth. As businesses look to protect their workforce, they will still face the challenge of skill gaps within the organization.How can companies adopt new ways of thinking as they build the workforce of the future?If you ask Pat Petitti this question, he’s confident he has the answer. Pat is the co-founder of Catalant, a software platform designed to help companies get mission critical work done, faster. Catalant’s technology, along with an expert marketplace of over 60,000 world-class independent consultants, is designed to manage work differently, while engaging the right talent at the right time. In this episode, I talk to Pat about the rapid pace of change facing organizations, how an agile workforce can drive innovation and the best piece of advice he received from one of his early investors, entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Take a listen to my conversation with Pat Petitti.

It's now late 2019, over one year since Taymur made his final decision. Follow The Leader host Jeremy Greenberg catches up with Taymur to find out what he has learned from his journey and how things are going at ActNano. If you enjoyed Follow The Leader, please leave us a review, tell your friends, and support our sponsors – Catalant and Entrepreneur magazine. Follow The Leader is produced by Avenue Group. Learn more at AveGroup.com.

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In this episode of Radically Agile, Catalant’s SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing Rich Gardner sits down with Future of Work Expert & Founder of NextMapping Cheryl Cran. Rich and Cheryl discuss the definition of agile, change leadership, and innovation culture. Cheryl offers insight into what’s required of leaders in the radically agile world, including, most important, a flexible mindset. Tune in to hear examples of how leaders can help their organizations change as well as practical tips and next steps for building future-ready teams. Download on iTunes

Large firms aiming to innovate or achieve a degree of agility increasingly look for outside help. Catalant has placed itself at the crux of this dynamic by offering a project management software platform and staffing marketplace for harnessing the skills of internal and external personnel. Cofounders, co-CEOs, and HBS alums, Rob Biederman and Pat Petitti talk about the company’s evolution and how it’s providing clients regular insights into their most strategic work.

Richard Godfrey joined BerGenBio as Chief Executive Officer in 2008. He has more than 25 years' industry experience leading many international drug development and commercialisation partnerships. Formerly he served as Chief Executive Officer of Aenova Inc., a specialist biopharmaceutical company. Prior to this he was the Managing Director of DCC Healthcare Ltd and previously he held positions of increasing responsibility at Catalant, Eli Lilly and Reckitt Benckiser in RnD and commercial roles. He qualified as a Pharmacist from Liverpool University and received his M.B.A. from Bath University.

On today's episode of Gritty Founder, Kreig Kent talks with Rob Biederman about his entrepreneurial journey and how he built Catalant Technologies. Rob shares valuable advice on fundraising, productivity, and the type of mindset founders need to achieve success. Rob Biederman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Catalant Technologies, the market leader enabling the world’s leading organizations get from strategy to execution faster. Biederman is also co-author of a book titled Reimagining Work: Strategies to Disrupt Talent, Lead Change, and Win with a Flexible Workforce. Some Questions Kreig asks Rob: - How has the product at Catalant Technologies changed since the early days? (21:06) - What do you think is the most important ingredient for a founder? (21:58) - What advice can you give to a founder who is thinking about raising money but is not sure if they should bootstrap their company instead? (31:48) - When you invest what is the most important thing you look for in a founder? (37:01) - What is one thing about life that you believe to be true that most people would disagree with? (38:00) In This Episode, You Will Learn: - About Rob’s background and how he became an entrepreneur (4:28) - About Catalant Technologies and how Rob started the business (7:54) - Advice on when and why to raise money (32:09) - How to think about regret (39:43) - Why you need to prepare to win rather than just wanting to win (43:55) - Why coffee is a productivity killer (49:34) Connect with Rob Biederman: Twitter Catalant Also Mentioned on This Show... Rob’s favorite quote: “The pond is fed from within, and pleasure can only spring forward from true internal alignment and congruence. Whereas happiness can be achieved through money or other artificial means.” Rob’s book recommendation: The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz More Resources: Good to Great by Jim Collins

Rob Biederman (@biedermanrob) is the co-founder and CEO of Catalant, a company that connects companies to talent and knowledge in real-time and is focused on rewriting the future of work and helping Fortune 100 keep up with the pace of innovation. [spreaker type=player resource="episode_id=19680461" width="100%" height="80px" theme="light" playlist="false" playlist-continuous="false" autoplay="false" live-autoplay="false" chapters-image="true" episode-image-position="right" hide-logo="true" hide-likes="false" hide-comments="false" hide-sharing="false" hide-download="true"]

Rob Biederman (@biedermanrob) is the co-founder and CEO of Catalant, a company that connects companies to talent and knowledge in real-time and is focused on rewriting the future of work and helping Fortune 100 keep up with the pace of innovation. Prior to Catalant, Rob focused on venture capital and financial markets.In today’s episode we discuss:- How the gig economy is affecting corporations and will unfold- What the government can and should do about employee rights and work- The future of work as autonomy looms- Ways to improve government productivity through incentives- How the job market changes in the world of outputs- The issues and importance of universal healthcare- Why Rob is skeptical on the timeframe for self-driving- How we need to shift our views on education to support our future- What are Rob’s thoughts about Uber and gig workers- Why Rob isn’t that worried about privacy- What the DMV would do differently if it were a business- Why corporations are so damn inefficient

A newfangled way to help Fortune 500 companies find success: Hourly Nerd. The name didn't work, but the idea exploded. Plus, wine that tastes great and helps save oysters. And sea turtles. And bees. The Language of Business looks at newfangled businesses. Host Greg Stoller talks with Pat Petitti, co-founder of Catalant Technologies, business agility software that works. Also Brian Thurber, co-founder of Proud Pour, dedicated to making your happy hours more celebratory. Pat Petitti of Catalant with Greg Stoller Brian Thurber of Proud Pour with Greg Stoller.  

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Our Syndicates Seasoned entrepreneur Nancy Briefs on her startup’s daring swing at Type 2 diabetes. AltrixBio is creating a pill that simulates the benefit of the best gastric bypass surgery: remission of diabetes in 80 percent of cases. With co-founders Jeff Karp and Ali Tavakoli, she is re-purposing an existing treatment with a great safety profile to address this daunting problem. Highlights include: Nancy Briefs, co-founded 7 companies and managed, or been on the board of, several others. Together with Dr. Karp and Dr. Tavakoli of Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Nancy co-founded AltrixBio to emulate the results of gastric bypass in a pill. Sal saw Nancy pitch at MIT Angels and Walnut Ventures and was impressed. Ali Tavakoli, M.D. performs the Roux-en-Y procedure which is the gastric bypass operation with the best record of success. Tavakoli and others observed that diabetic patients who experienced the procedure had their Type 2 diabetes go into remission about 80 percent of the time. Seven and a half years ago, upon observing this phenomenon, Dr. Tavakoli approached Jeff Karp, PhD, who trained at MIT’s renowned Langer Lab and works on new ways to deliver treatments to the body, wondering if the results could not be duplicated using a pill. The Roux-en-Y is irreversible and has considerable side effects. Drs. Karp and Tavakoli set to finding a reversible and benign way of mimicking the results of the procedure. Needless to say: Type 2 diabetes is a huge problem that currently eats up one in four dollars spent on healthcare. It a global problem. The team zeroed in on Sucralfate, a drug presently used to treat peptic ulcers that could be modified to produce the desired outcome. Sucralfate is designed to stick only to the ulcers. The modified Sucralfate can be made to adhere to the healthy lining of the digestive tract. The re-engineered drug, called LuCITM, thus, in theory, could be used to coat strategic parts of the intestine to control the uptake of sugar by the patient’s body. LuCITM was tested on mice with encouraging results. There is at present no drug that can cause diabetes to go into remission reliably. The treatment is expected to make part of the digestive system unavailable to nutrients only part of the day. The dosage would permit absorption of critical nutrients the rest of the time. An interesting quality of LuCITM is that it is easy to tune how long it stays in the gut. It is a platform that could be adapted, due to its versatility, to treating other diseases such as NASH or for the targeted delivery of biologics which are highly perishable in the body. Sal loves platforms. SQZ Biotech, Savran tech etc. Nancy says: it gives you more shots on goal. Plus: Sucralfate has a 30-year safety record, which could simplify the approval process. It has an expedited FDA approval path, given the history. It’s possible there could be a signal that it works in humans with the investment of five to seven million dollars. Sal talks about portfolio company SQZ Biotech. Nancy explains how an angel can make money investing in an early stage company. Hint: value creation needs to outpace fundraising by a lot. Nancy Briefs mentions the acquisition of Tilos Therapeutics by Meck for $773 million as an example of the type of exit possible. Silicon Valley Bank study reveals that 80% of companies are acquired at Phase II trials. She believes AltrixBio could be through Phase II trials in four years. Repurposing a drug such as Sucralfate that has a 30-year record of safety with the FDA can greatly shorten and the time to approval and reduce the cost from hundreds of millions to tens of millions The FDA has the files from the five generic suppliers of Sucralfate that show no heart risk, no cancer risk etc. The near-term inflection points for AltrixBio is (1) moving the compounding of the drug from the lab to an outside supplier, Catalant, and (2) once there is usable formulation of the drug AltrixBio will have a “pre-IND” meeting with the FDA to get initial guidelines for the approval process such as how many subjects will be required and what they acceptable endpoints might be in the first clinical trials. This information is expected to de-risk the investment substantially and to allow a sharper focus on how much money will be needed to fund clinical trials through Phase II. At the end of 2020, AltrixBio will already be at first-in-human trials and to have enrolled 15 to 20 patients. Nancy recalls pivotal times in her career. As a young sales rep for Pfizer she was impressed by a heart valve surgery she witnessed and realized at that moment that she wanted to spend her life in healthcare. Nancy’s decision to work in healthcare was reinforced by getting her MBA. Nancy recollects the various positions she had and what she got out of it. Nancy’s father ran a Pillsbury plant. Her mother was a small banker. Nancy discovered leadership early. She was student body president at her high school. Innovation = Invention X Commercialization, Ed Roberts from MIT/ Sloan Nancy says that in order to have a business in biotech you need a platform technology. Nancy talks about the work patent attorney Peter Fasse of Fish & Richardson is doing for AltrixBio. Nancy’s decision to found her first company came from the conviction that all the work she had done as an executive and board member had prepared her to take the leap. Taking a company through an IPO with Goldman Sachs back in the 1990s taught Nancy the importance of being able to convey a compelling narrative about the company. Speaking of the daring required to start a company, Sal recalls his business partner Bob Smith’s audacious but well-founded belief that he could build his business in competition with big Wall Street names. Nancy’s views on de-risking startups is consonant with Jeff Arnold’s. Being an entrepreneur is wonderfully fun. Nancy finds Massachusetts a great place to build a biotech company. Sal notes that Boston is a big exporter of ideas and a big importer of capital. Two third of Series A funding of Boston companies is from outside Massachusetts.

Listen to an interview with Maria Thomas discuss the Internet of Things with Catalant (formerly HourlyNerd). Maria Thomas is an Entrepreneur, CEO and public company board director who leads businesses at the intersection of commerce, media and technology. She currently serves as a board member, angel investor, and advisor to early stage companies, including participating in Catalant's Series B round of financing. Previously, Maria held various leadership positions at SmartThings (CMO and Chief Consumer Officer), Etsy (CEO), NPR (SVP & GM, Digital Media), and Amazon (Dir. of Product, Consumer Electronics).

Diane Mulcahy is the author of the bestselling book, The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want. Diane created the first course on the Gig Economy, an MBA class she teaches at Babson College that was named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 most innovative business school classes in the country. Daine consults to companies about the gig economy, is a Forbes contributor, and speaks globally about the future of work. You can learn more about Diane’s work at DianeMulcahycom.   Key Takeaways: [1:37] Marc welcomes you to Episode 136 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Career Pivot is the sponsor of this podcast; CareerPivot.com is one of the very few websites dedicated to those of us in the second half of life and our careers. Check out the blog and the other resources delivered to you, free of charge. [2:06] If you are enjoying this podcast, please share it with other like-minded souls. Subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, or any of the other apps that supply podcasts. Share it on social media or just tell your neighbors and colleagues. The more people Marc reaches, the more people he can help. [2:26] Marc has released five chapters of the next edition of Repurpose Your Career to the Repurpose Your Career review team. Sign up to be part of the review team at CareerPivot.com/RYCTeam. [2:41] You will receive new chapters as they become available. Marc is looking for honest feedback and would love to get an honest review on Amazon.com after the book is released. [2:52] Marc’s plan is to release the book in late September and do both a virtual and a real book tour. He will be in Austin, the NYC Area, and D.C. in late September and in October. Marc would love to meet his readers and listeners. [3:13] Reach out to Marc at Podcasts@CareerPivot.com if you’d be willing to give him some advice on venues or groups who would be interested in hosting an event. [3:23] Next week, Marc will interview Mark Silverman of Amava.com. [3:29] Amava™’s mission statement is, “We want you to live a long, fulfilling life. We focus on social engagement because, according to research, it can be more important to wellness than genes, nutrition or fitness routines. It’s downright scary how dangerous it is to become isolated.” [3:54] This week, Marc is interviewing Diane Mulcahy. Marc shares her bio.to the Repurpose Your Career Podcast. [4:43] Marc welcomes Diane to the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Marc notes that most listeners are over 50, from the corporate world, with an employee mindset. One of the chapters in Diane’s book tells of an opportunity mindset. [5:24] How you work affects how you think about things. The employee mindset is relatively passive and conformative. The mentality is to outsource your professional development and financial stability to an employer, taking whatever benefits somebody gives you; you are reactive. [6:16] When you work independently, in order to be successful, you really have to change to an opportunity mindset or an entrepreneurial mindset; you are proactive. It takes ownership and going out and getting what you want. You have to think about what you want to get out of your professional life, take the reins, and drive toward your goals. [7:25] The opportunity mindset is about choosing the type of work you want to do, the level at which you want to operate, the rates you want to charge, and your revenue targets, then going out and getting them. [7:46] Marc says even employees should drop the employee mindset. It doesn’t make sense today. Employers expect employees to take care of their own training and professional development. [8:19] Diane agrees that even if you are an employee, you can really benefit from thinking about your mindset, and how you approach your work life and your professional life. You can bring an opportunity mindset to your work. If you don’t find the benefits you want at your existing company, you can find a new opportunity at a different company. [9:17] Diane suggests thinking about where you fit on the spectrum between employee mindset and opportunity mindset. Whichever way you are leaning, how does it affect your opportunities and how your career is going? How might you want to move along that continuum in the future? [9:40] Marc had an employee mindset for a long time, and it took something to really shake him up to get him to change. Several people in Marc’s online community now have portfolios of gigs; they would not have thought of that until Marc presented the idea to them that they didn’t have to have a single job. They are all over 60. [10:26] Diane explains the pathway to a portfolio gig. First, take the pressure off. Not every gig has to pay. Gigs that don’t pay can be valuable, too. They are easier to get. Volunteer gigs provide the opportunity to expand your network and develop new skills by doing. When you have finished that term, you have an actual portfolio to talk about. [12:44] It can be hard to figure out what you want to do if you have always had a corporate career. Gigs can be a nice, low-risk, low-commitment way to try things that you’re curious about or interested in and see if they fit. Try an industry new to you. Diane uses the example of film. Volunteer at a film festival. Get involved. [14:00] For gigs that pay, consider whether you can hang up your own shingle and deploy your skills to a new client base. Ask yourself if there is a way to stay involved with past clients or colleagues from the corporate world, for projects, referrals, or consulting gigs. [15:32] There are now online platforms for just about every industry there is. Go online, bid on some projects, and create a portfolio of gigs. Search for platforms in the industry and the sector where you’ve worked. [16:13] Marc recalls the art walk he visited last summer in Mexico. There were 90 artists and most of them were ‘gringos’ over 60. Most of them had not started creating art before moving to Mexico. They almost invariably started learning how to do their paintings by watching YouTube videos. [16:49] Diane notes resources for taking classes on edX.org, mooc.org, coursera.org, LinkedIn Learning, and more. For anything you want to learn, you can find an online class. Some are free, some are low-cost; they are all on-demand from the convenience of wherever you are. It’s an amazing opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills. [17:29] Marc tells everybody to listen to podcasts. “There’s a podcast for everything.” [17:51] To find gigs, first look toward your former employers and colleagues. You are a low-risk, known quantity to them with internal knowledge. Secondly, reach out to the broader network of people you have met over the years in work-related contexts or community situations. Ask for ideas for projects or consulting opportunities. [18:59] Thirdly, there are platforms popping up for every industry, every sector, and every skill set. Some fit small niches. Diane names a few: Upwork for a wide range of projects, Catalant matching consultants with companies, axiom for attorneys, toptal for software coders, and 99designs for graphic designers and marketers. [19:47] Look for a platform that targets our sector, industry and skill experience. [20:00] Diane created and teaches a class on the gig economy in the MBA program at Babson College in Boston. Diane gives her students an assignment to brainstorm a list of 10 potential side gigs that they could do to make money. Almost anyone can come up with a list of three to five. You have to stretch think of 10 gigs. Then they discuss them. [21:10] Talking about this list with someone else may spark new ideas based on what they thought of or they might suggest a gig for you that you hadn’t imagined. Other people see us differently than we see ourselves. They may have a different perspective on our talents that we take for granted. [21:52] This is a really good exercise if you're in transition, or thinking about transitioning. Spend some time in a creative mindset to come up with new ideas. See where that leads. [22:08] Marc talks about MSU (Making Stuff Up) disorder. Marc says it’s a very dark place when you’re inside your own head and you don’t know what you don’t know. Talking to other people can give you new ideas. So much has changed in employment over the last five years. Marc has a friend starting a Fulfillment by Amazon business. [23:44] Technology has really augmented and expanded the opportunities that are available. A lot of people ‘snowbird’ someplace else in the winter. That used to make it challenging to work. Now if you create something online where you can work remotely, you can really take your work wherever you go. [24:33] Diane interviewed people for her book who had jobs as coaches, design consultants, and even a psychologist, all of whom were operating their business online. They interact with their clients through Skype, Zoom, or Webex. It’s very freeing to be able to do that. [25:05] Daine’s book has a chapter on facing fears by reducing risks. She directed the chapter more at people who are considering making the transition from a job to a portfolio career. If you have already transitioned, you have overcome that fear. But all of us have fears about the future. [25:50] Diane recommends taking your fear and “wrestle it to the ground.” Put a name to it. What is the fear? Take that feeling of fear and articulate it for what it is. “I’m worried that I’m going to run out of money,” for example. Then lay out the risks around that and think of specific acts you can take to mitigate the risks. [27:14] One risk is that you’ll outlive your money. So, look at an investment. Another risk might be a big health problem. So, look at Long Term Care insurance. Or maybe change your living situation to a population center, with mass transit, deliveries, and health services close at hand. [28:15] Another risk might be the cost of living. Think about ways to earn additional income to supplement your retirement savings. [28:43] Diane recommends breaking down your big fears into specific actionable risks. Fears become a lot less scary when you break them down on paper. Then you can talk about them with other people who have already been retired for five or more years. Ask them how they dealt with these fears. Ask what else you should be thinking about. [29:51] Do the work yourself, to understand what your own fears and risks are. Then find ways to check and validate those fears and also create opportunities for action by discussing them with other people. It is calming and allows you to take control of your fears and manage them. This is an exercise that Diane’s MBA students say is powerful. [30:37] Marc is a fan of Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.com. Darren did a podcast episode where he asked, “Why don’t you figure out what’s the really worst thing that can happen if you do this?” Usually, you’ll find that the worst thing is not so bad. But if it is really bad, then you know you’ll need to do something about it. [31:06] Diane says that most people do jump to the worst-case scenario when they’re considering a specific action. It is helpful to assign probabilities to the likelihood of the fears coming to pass. Research and take action on reasonably likely scenarios to make sure they don’t happen. Triage the risks. [32:29] Time management as a gig worker is a topic that people leaving a traditional job don’t often think about. It is a real issue. [32:55] Diane talks about hiring a research assistant part-time to help while she was writing her book. The assistant came in at 9:00 and left at 6:00 because that was how she had always worked in her recent corporate job. It hadn’t occurred to her that she could work a different schedule. [33:58] As you transition to working for yourself, think about time differently. Give yourself time to experiment with the structure of your day to see what works. In a full-time job, other people structure your time for you. You may never have learned the skill to structure your own time. Figure out when you do deep, concentration work best. [35:02] Figure out when you are the most energetic and able to interact with the outside world. When is the best time for you to do meetings and phone calls, as opposed to deep work? What breaks should you take during the day? Do you need to go to the gym and reboot for the rest of the day? [35:44] You also need to structure your weeks. Diane tries not to schedule anything after 3:00 on Fridays. She takes a couple of hours to reflect on the week, create a priority list for the next week, and go to a yoga class or do something that allows her to mentally wind down and transition to the weekend. [36:30] Experiment and find your own habits that work for your productivity. Reflect on what it was like to go from a really structured full-time job to having a lot of time and learning how to structure it. It’s a challenge with a learning curve. It requires some compassion and kindness to yourself with a sense of learning and experimentation. [37:09] Marc largely does not work on Fridays. Friday morning, he blocks off for his hiking club. He doesn’t work on Saturdays, but he does work on Sunday afternoons. This is a schedule that works for him. He uses a virtual assistant. She has deadlines, which helps Marc. [37:37] Diane agrees you don’t have to be the hero and do everything yourself. A virtual assistant is a big help. It is good to build a team around you to keep you accountable and on track. Diane works with someone to do her monthly newsletter and keep her social media on track. Working with other people keeps Diane on time with deliverables. [38:29] As you leave your full-time job, consider whether you need that kind of outside accountability to get things done. That works really well for Diane, who is very deadline-oriented. Your team can be very part-time and still help you accomplish the goals that you want. [38:59] Marc is very horizontally-skilled. He knows how to do a lot of stuff. It took him so time to realize he didn’t need to do all of it. He had to be willing to find people to do things he either didn’t like to do or wasn’t very good at doing. [39:27] Diane emphasizes the point and ties it to building a portfolio of gigs. When you are faced with finding your own work to do, how do you start? You can learn all the new media skills yourself, or you can work with someone who is an expert in them. Focus on what you like to do and what you are good at and interested in; outsource the rest. [41:09] Some people run into problems in keeping momentum when they work independently. You have to sustain the motivation and the momentum yourself. If you are working with other people, you have projects underway, you have a plan outlined, you have interim deliverables, with deadlines. It’s a great way to maintain momentum. [42:08] Baby Boomers may not be used to building a team and hiring people to do things. Diane asks her students why shouldn’t they hire someone to free up their time to do the things that they want to do and that they’re good at doing? What is the highest and best use of your time? [42:50] By being a client, you are actually helping somebody else to build up their independent business and validating their skills and expertise and learning from them. Maybe you can refer them to other people you know. [43:26] You can reach Diane at DianeMulcahy.com and sign up for her monthly newsletter there, and for her question of the month to reflect on as you transition to working independently. Diane’s book is available on her website or on Amazon. [44:13] Marc thanks Diane for being on the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [44:23] Marc hopes this episode gave you some things to think about. [44:30] The Career Pivot Membership Community continues to help the approximately 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project to grow and thrive. The community has moved on to the next phase where community members who have experienced success share their successes and teach others. [44:48] This is a community where everyone is there to help everyone else out. Marc is recruiting members for the next cohort.[44:55] If you are interested in the endeavor and would like to be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. When you sign up you’ll receive information about the community as it evolves. [45:09] Those who are in these initial cohorts set the direction. This is a paid membership community with group coaching and special content. More importantly, it’s a community where you can seek help. Please go to CareerPivot.com/Community to learn more.[45:33] Marc invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn.com/in/mrmiller. Just include in the connection request that you listen to this podcast. You can look for Career Pivot on Facebook, LinkedIn, or @CareerPivot on Twitter. [45:53] Please come back next week, when Marc will interview Mark Silverman of Amava.com [45:59] Marc thanks you for listening to the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [46:04] You will find the show notes for this episode at CareerPivot.com/episode-136.  [46:11] Please hop over to CareerPivot.com and subscribe to get updates on this podcast and all the other happenings at Career Pivot. 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Serving as a corporate finance executive for an organization on the perilous journey from “small and private” to “large, publicly listed, and thriving” taught Catalant CFO Anitha Gopalan what to hone in on as a finance chief. That experience and others like it also sharpened her gambling chops. She says that her Silicon Valley start-up experience showed her “how important and relevant it is to completely understand the company story and strategy” along with “the drivers that create value for shareholders.” Aligning corporate finance’s activities with that plan and its related plot points enables CFOs, she adds, to “optimize everything you do depending on what you are betting on and where you are doubling down.” The 20-year corporate finance veteran is now betting on her dynamic leadership skills to help Catalant to accelerate and scale its mission of enabling client companies to revolutionize their human capital strategy.

This week on Radically Agile, we share an exclusive panel of speakers at Catalant’s recent Reimagining Work Summit. This impressive panel entitled “The Disruptors” included Uber’s North American General Manager Megan Joyce, General Assembly’s General Manager Charlie Schilling, and Wayfair’s Head of Talent Kate Gulliver. Moderated by Catalant’s Vice President of Growth Pat Griffin, the panel discussed the opportunities they saw and the strategies they used to make their companies more agile and, ultimately, more successful. Tune in to hear more!

This week on Radically Agile, we share an exclusive presentation given by Catalant’s co-CEO and co-founder Pat Petitti at the recent Reimagining Work Summit. Pat talks about today’s rapidly evolving market demands, and explains why companies need be nimble and even consider disrupting themselves in order to adapt and stay competitive. Tune in to hear more!

In this week’s episode of Radically Agile, Catalant’s SVP of Strategic Partnerships and Marketing Rich Gardner sits down with Bill Kerr, Professor and Co-Director of Managing the Future of Work Initiative at Harvard Business School. Rich and Bill discuss the future of work, specifically regarding the impact of technological advancements on companies and culture. Bill talks about his new book, The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society, wherein he explores the global race for talent. Bill also gives a few examples of companies at the front of the class when it comes to how they’re adjusting to the new ways of working, and offers insight into how CEOs and others should be thinking about the impact on culture as they’re adapting their businesses for the new reality.

Welcome to Episode 53 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Jodi Goldstein, Executive Director at Harvard Innovation Labs. The Harvard i-lab is an incubator and ecosystem to help Harvard students build their startups and gain valuable connections. Since starting seven years ago, the i-lab has helped incubate over 1,200 companies, and altogether, they have gone on to raise over $1.5 billion. This includes companies like Handy (which was just acquired), Lovepop, Catalant, and Artlifting. Another amazing statistic from the companies participating in the i-lab is the fact that 50% of their founders are female. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: -Jodi's background going back to her early foundational years in Vermont, being part of an entrepreneurial family in the hospitality industry, and what that taught her. -Why she choose the startup path out of HBS, and the details behind early-to-market companies that ended up being precursors to Facebook and Instagram. -What led her down the path of starting her own company, Drync, one of the first apps in the App Store. -How she got involved in the Harvard i-lab, the mission behind this initiative at Harvard, and why they don't take equity in companies. -Her views on what are the best measures for success, and how they are striving to give students an unfair competitive advantage. -Advice for founders who are looking for a technical co-founder. -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

In this week’s episode of Radically Agile, Catalant’s co-founder and co-CEO Rob Biederman sits down with Scott Kirsner, Founder & Editor of Innovation Leader and Columnist at the Boston Globe. Scott offers insight into how to be a change agent of one by creating a subculture of people who are working in different ways, using new tools, and embracing agile and design thinking.

"Using conventional means to solve unconventional problems is just not very likely to succeed." In this Episode, Rob and Chad discuss the constant disruption and innovation forging the future of work, and secret to keeping your head above water: agility. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by ZeroChaos. This week features an in-depth discussion with Rich Gardner, SVP of Strategic Partnerships at Catalant.

Shoobx DRIVE, 11.14.17 www.shoobx.com/drive/ Session: Startup Stories from Zero to 150 employees and $75M Panel: Rob Biederman and Patrick Petitti, Founders, Catalant Technologies This is the Impact Innovation Podcast by Rebel Method. Bringing you events and panels on different topics to keep you on the edge of innovation and accelerating impact founders from zero to impact. What your event covered? Or have comments or suggestions? Message Sergio on LinkedIn here: www.linkedin.com/in/sergiomarrero Music credit: Starlight by NUBY https://soundcloud.com/nubymusik/starlight Contributor: Eric Tuttle

Companies are increasingly faced with the challenge of finding and retaining the right knowledge talent to meet key business initiatives and project demands. Innovative companies are opting to venture outside of traditional staffing models to the on-demand economy, where experienced business experts are choosing to work independently. In this webinar, Forrester VP, Principal Analyst and guest speaker Marc Cecere joins Catalant's VP of Strategic Partnerships Rich Gardner to discuss some of the key findings from the June 2017 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Catalant Technologies. In addition, Rich talks through a few case studies of companies that are using new sourcing methods to fill critical skills gaps. Download and enjoy the on demand version of the webinar.http://pages.gocatalant.com/Webinar-Are-You-Using-the-Tools-of-the-Future-to-Find-the-Skills-of-the-Future.html

For this episode of the Utterly Biased Podcast, Dennis Keohane sits down with the founders of Boston-based Catalant to discuss growing a disruptive consulting business in the shadows of the major industry incumbants, raising their most recent ($41M) round of funding from inside investors, and how to hire while growing. Enjoy.

Catalant had the opportunity to sit down with Diane Mulcahy, an Adjunct Lecturer, Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation and author of the book, The Gig Economy to discuss the flexible workforce and the future of work.

 Rory Crawford is co-founder and CEO of BevSpot. BevSpot is a hospitality management software that allows restaurants and bars to monitor and order inventory three times faster and provides visualizations to help identify trends in usage, inventory, profitability, sales, and variance.   In this episode, Rory talks about:   Why building out a prototype allowed him to stand out and attract co-founders   Biggest trends happening in the bar and restaurant industry   Why they wanted to make BevSpot a SaaS (Software as a service) product   What has been keeping the hospitality industry from adopting data-driven, decision-making tools   Rory Crawford   BevSpot   Catalant   SaaStr   Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.   Biography of Winston Churchill   Biography of Albert Einstein   Biography of Benjamin Franklin   No.9 Park   If you liked this episode:   Follow the podcast on Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review   Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com   Music by: Broke For Free

Rob Biederman’s co-founded Catalant (formerly HourlyNerd) while getting his MBA at HBS as a requirement to for his Field III Course. They started by going to small businesses surrounding the campus and asking what problems they were facing and how they could help. MBA students from surrounding schools would then carry out the work needed for the small businesses. Today, Catalant has over 28,000 experts on their platform and has completed projects for small companies and enterprises such as GE. Companies turn to Catalant when they have a project they need completed but don’t have experts in-house capable of completing the work. Catalant experts cost a fraction of hiring a top tier consulting firm because they remove resources who aren’t necessary in solving the problems the company is facing and only include resources that are necessary for your need.   In this episode, Rob talks about:   How freelancers on the platform are vetted   How freelancers on the platform can stand out   What drove the decision to rebrand from HourlyNerd to Catalant   The difficulties with building a two-sided marketplace   Why he decided to continue working on the company after graduating from HBS   How he sees the gig economy affecting the overall job marketplace in years to come   How they were able to get Mark Cuban as an investor   Links from today’s episode:   Bain   BCG   Behance   Uber   Lyft   Postmates   UpWork   GoDaddy   InsightSquared   Kuvee   Slack   Sonos   Zero to One   The Hard Thing About Hard Things   Sales Acceleration Formula   The Challenger Sale   If you liked this episode:   Follow the podcast on Twitter   Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review   Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com   Music by: Broke For Free

Catalant (fka HourlyNerd) CEO Rob Biederman discusses exactly what it takes to start a tech company without a tech background. From his experience, he supplies 6 brilliant tips for anyone looking to take the dive.

In this episode, I interview Shea Coakley, founder and CEO of Leanbox, which provides businesses with a fresh food kiosk by blending technology and food service. Their target customer is the ~150 person office that wants to provide employees with a fresh and healthy food service without the need to build a cafeteria. Leanbox eliminates the need for customers to place orders when supply runs low since each Leanbox and its contents can be monitored by the Leanbox team. This means they’re able to provide preventative maintenance and restock the Leanbox before it runs out of food. Businesses are charged a monthly fee and the end customer purchases the food at cost, twenty to thirty percent below retail price.   In this episode, Shea shares amongst other things:                 Their pivot from a restaurant to a healthy food services business                 Designing a business so that you can excel                 The moment he realized Leanbox was onto something special                 How they are able to minimize food waste while providing fresh, never frozen food options                 How technology plays a major role in ensuring each Leanbox is always stocked                 The process for sourcing new food items   Links from this episode:                 Sweetgreen                 Dig inn                 New Grounds Food                 Suja                 Stumptown                 Taza                 LogMeIn                 Rue La La                 lovin’ spoonfuls                 Deuxave                 Grill 23                 Slack                 Bevi                 Drink                 Sportello                 Brewer’s Fork                 Catalant (formerly HourlyNerd)                 Drizly                 The Growth Show                 Freakonomics                 Adam Carolla                 Zero to One                 The Hard Thing About Hard Things If you liked this episode: Follow the podcast on Twitter Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com

Wondering what you should do about “big data?" We sit down with Catalant expert Dave Herman to talk about two rising technologies that can drive deep insights into your business and give you a leg up on the competition. Dave shares how to get started with one of these technologies (data visualization) and the biggest mistake to avoid when trying to integrate it in your organization. He goes further into neural networks, sharing the story of how he became convinced of the power of such advanced analytics while working at a metal smelter in the Australian outback. Dave is advising leading industrial clients on these technologies and others and we're excited to share his insights in this episode. About Dave Herman: CEO at Anthros Consulting Former consultant at McKinsey & Company PhD, Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University BS, Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University Interested in working with Dave? Visit www.gocatalant.com to get started. Episode highlights: 2:00 - Overview of data visualization and advanced analytics 3:30 - A firsthand story of seeing data visualization catapult a manager's career and spark organizational change 7:00 - How data visualization can reduce meeting time, drive insights, and result in decisions 7:45 - Advice for managers on getting up to speed on data visualization 9:15 - How NOT to incorporate data visualization into your company 11:15 - Dave's additional advice on how to get going with data visualization 13:30 - Neural networks as an advanced analytic technique and its power to drive insights 16:30 - The first steps a manager can take to get up to speed on neural networks or other advanced analytics 19:00 - The best advice Dave ever received and how managers can apply it Mentioned in this episode: Tableau Neural networks Microsoft BI Microsoft One Note Tableau For Dummies

Rob Biederman, co-CEO of HourlyNerd, talks about raising an early round of funding in the company. He and his colleagues applied to be on Shark Tank, were accepted, and then had to decline when they learned that the show taping would conflict with the beginning of their second year of business school. The contacted Marc Cuban directly and got a favorable response that enabled them to secure a seed round. Storytime Friday is a podcast produced by Red Cup Agency. In each episode, communications director Lee Schneider reads from a chapter in progress of his upcoming book, Inside the Mind of Your Angel Investor.