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Welcome to the Firearms Insider Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 629. This episode is brought to you by Walker Defense, XS Sights, Hi-Point Firearms, and CMC Triggers. In this show there's a MAC IX review. We talk with Rimfire Radio about Odin's Trail, a FPC 22, and a competition 22 trigger. As you may know, we showcase guns, gear, and anything else you might be interested in. We do our best to evaluate products from an unbiased and honest perspective. I'm Chad Wallace, host of the most dedicated firearms podcast around With me tonight are: Tony, AR-Drew and The Gat Lab Sponsor #1: Hi-Point Hi-Point firearms has been crafting American made firearms for over 30 years. If you are looking for your first firearm, or just want something fun for the range, Hi-Point has you covered with models including handguns, pistol caliber carbines, and AR15's. They even have a new suppressor line. 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This is NOT legal advice, nor should it be considered as such. Viewer discretion is advised. Main Topic is sponsored by: XS Sights For over 25 years, XS Sights has helped you get on target faster. Offering tritium sights in all different types and styles, low light is no longer an obstacle. Most options come with a brightly colored photoluminescent ring around the tritium. That colored ring makes them work great in the daylight also. XS Sights has sight styles for everyone: Big Dot's, Ghost Rings, Standard Notch and Post, Minimalist, Suppressor Height, all offering tritium options. Available for a plethora of firearms types, from shotguns to handguns, XS sights has you covered for all your low light sighting needs. 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Funding novel therapeutics isn't just “harder than ever”—the rules have changed entirely. The wild rush of capital into early-stage biotech during 2020–2021 gave way to a drought, making investor priorities sharper and startup hurdles higher than most founders realize.Michael Rome, Managing Director at Foresite Capital, joined the Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast to dissect what's really driving funding decisions today, and what early-stage founders must do to stand out.Key topics discussed:The financial cycle of biotech investment before, during, and after the COVID-19 boom (02:47)Why investors are now focused on clear pathways to approved drugs and how founders should frame their proposals (06:10)The evolving importance of CMC expertise and manufacturing readiness for startups at different stages (07:44)Leadership traits and execution qualities investors appreciate in biotech founders and teams (09:18)Promising scientific and market areas including small molecule oncology, degraders, and heterobifunctional molecules (11:24)Practical advice for founders preparing for fundraising: focusing on unmet medical needs and market analysis (14:55)The impact of recent M&A activity and regulatory challenges at the FDA on the future of biotech investment (16:27)The importance of open communication and collaboration between scientists and investors (18:47)Smart insight: For those preparing their next fundraising push, Michael advised:Start with the end in mind: Outline the unmet need, the clinical and market pathway, and the product vision firstReverse engineer your innovation: Work backwards from market and regulatory needs to inform your technical approach, not the other way around.Frame your business case: Make it obvious to investors how your solution advances value in the ecosystemIf you want to go deeper into the themes from this conversation with Michael Rome—how investors evaluate biotech companies, why CMC and execution matter, and how founders can better frame their science for funding—these episodes are a strong next listen:Episodes 189 - 190: Why Smart Biotech Founders Plan CMC First (While Competitors Burn Cash Later)Episodes 165 - 166: Why Your Funding Pitches Fail Despite Brilliant Science (And How to Fix It)Episodes 183 - 184: From Lab to Market: Secrets to Commercializing Cutting-Edge Biotech Innovations with Chervee HoEpisodes 231 - 232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannConnect with Michael Rome: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rome-5067616b/ Foresite Capital website: www.foresitecapital.comNext: If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. By doing so, we can empower more scientists like you. Stay tuned for more inspiring biotech insights in our next episode.Support the show
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 18th Season starts up and Episode 2 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for May 2026.Sonal's Trusty Tip highlights May's Stroke Awareness Month.Spark inspires us all to reflect on all things fear based on the inspirational words of Anaïs Nin.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
What if the busyness you've been wearing as a badge of honor is actually the most expensive and most well-defended excuse you've been making for not doing the strategic leadership work your business most urgently needs? In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, host Maurice sits down with Liz Weber, CMC, CSP — one of fewer than 100 people in the United States to hold both the Certified Speaking Professional® and Certified Management Consultant® designations, founder and President of Weber Business Services, LLC, author of 10 leadership books, named a Top 30 Global Guru on Leadership and Global Top 100 Leadership Influencer, faculty at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown, and a consultant who has worked with organizations across more than 20 countries — for one of the most direct, credentialed, and immediately actionable conversations about leadership, busyness, and strategic clarity we have ever had on this show. Liz does not traffic in motivation or theory. She tells leaders the truth — and then gives them the specific, practical frameworks to act on it. Ace & Arrow In this episode, you'll discover:Why "I'm so busy" is the most expensive lie in business — and what it's actually covering forThe most costly behaviors in Liz's Stop series — and the single Stop most business owners refuse to makeThe difference between operational planning and genuine strategic leadership — and why it changes everything about how a business growsWhy succession planning is not an exit conversation but an urgent strategic priority for every business owner, right nowHow candid conversations — the ones most leaders systematically avoid — are the ones that change relationships and build the organizations that actually performThe Leadership E.A.S.Y. framework and why the complexity most leaders complain about is almost always self-generatedIf you have been performing busyness while your organization waits for the strategic leadership only you can provide — this episode is the wake-up call you've been too busy to hear until now.
Columbus is getting a National Women's Soccer League team—and with it, a powerful new chapter in the region's sports story is beginning. Set to begin play in 2028, the franchise brings major-league momentum, prominent ownership, and growing excitement around the future of women's sports in Central Ohio. How did Columbus land the bid, and how can the region make the most of the opportunity? How are leaders navigating both the opportunities and tensions surrounding the project? As anticipation builds, we examine not just what it took to win a team—but how Columbus can turn its win into lasting and equitable public value. Featuring: Andrew J. Ginther, Mayor, City of Columbus Linda Logan, CEO & President, The Greater Columbus Sports Commission Mary Shepro, President of Business Operations, Columbus Crew The host is Kristen McFarland, former professional soccer player and News Reporter, WBNS 10TV. This forum was sponsored by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and Osborn Engineering. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum. If you would like to keep exploring this week's forum topic, our fantastic partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library recommend reading The Fast Track by Jane McManus (2025). This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on June 10, 2026.
summaryDr. Debbie Ozment explores how ultra-processed foods and additives like emulsifiers impact gut health, emphasizing the importance of discerning ingredient labels to promote vitality and overall well-being.keywordsgut health, ultra-processed foods, emulsifiers, CMC, polysorbate 80, gut microbiome, health tips, food labels, vitality, inflammationkey topicsImpact of ultra-processed foods on gut healthRole of emulsifiers like CMC and P80 in gut inflammationHow to read food labels for better health choicesDisclaimer: This podcast is for general information and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical or dental advice. Any mention of products, services, tests, or supplements is not an endorsement and may include affiliate links. Guest views are their own and may not reflect the views of Dr. Debbie Ozment or this podcast. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for advice specific to your situation.Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.
Strong science alone won't get your biotech startup funded—investors are sizing up much more than just your molecule.Michael Rome, who leads therapeutics investing at Foresite Capital, brings a rare dual lens as both scientist and investor. Having trained as a Caltech biochemist and incubated dozens of biotech companies, he's seen first-hand how world-class discoveries become market-ready solutions—or get left behind.Topics discussed:Why strong science isn't always enough to secure funding (00:25)Insights on diverse biotech investing strategies, time horizons, and mandate differences between venture firms (02:44)The advantage of Foresite's multi-stage and cross-sector investment model (03:32)Michael's journey from science and math enthusiast to biotech investor (04:49)The importance of founding team track records and repeat entrepreneurs in early-stage company building (12:53)The evolving global landscape: company formation, investment, and biotech innovation in Asia (with a focus on China) (15:56)Effects of shifting geopolitical and regulatory landscapes on US, European, and Asian biotech partnerships (20:25)The practicalities and tradeoffs of outsourcing drug development, R&D, and manufacturing overseas (22:04)Smart insight: Engage with investor perspectives early: align your work to real market needs. Seek partnerships with industry leaders and proven entrepreneurs, embrace global resources, networks, and collaborations to maximize both scientific and commercial potential.If you want to go deeper into the themes from this conversation with Michael Rome—how investors evaluate biotech companies, why CMC and execution matter, and how founders can better frame their science for funding—these episodes are a strong next listen:Episodes 189 - 190: Why Smart Biotech Founders Plan CMC First (While Competitors Burn Cash Later)Episodes 165 - 166: Why Your Funding Pitches Fail Despite Brilliant Science (And How to Fix It)Episodes 183 - 184: From Lab to Market: Secrets to Commercializing Cutting-Edge Biotech Innovations with Chervee HoEpisodes 231 - 232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannConnect with Michael Rome: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rome-5067616b/ Foresite Capital website: www.foresitecapital.comNext: If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. By doing so, we can empower more scientists like you. Stay tuned for more inspiring biotech insights in our next episode.Support the show
In this episode of BioTalk with Rich Bendis, Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, M.D., Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer of BioFactura Inc., and Darryl Sampey, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Biologics, join the conversation to discuss the launch of Capitol Biologics as BioFactura's CDMO division. Jeff and Darryl explain how BioFactura's experience building biologics development and clinical manufacturing capabilities created the foundation for a more personalized CDMO model. The discussion explores the gap Capitol Biologics is designed to fill for emerging biotech companies that need integrated development support, scientific depth, analytical expertise, phase-appropriate quality, and early GMP manufacturing without being pushed into a large commercial-scale CDMO model too soon. The conversation also highlights what biotech CEOs and CMC leaders should consider before choosing a CDMO partner, including developability assessment, cell line and process development, analytical characterization, quality systems, cost of goods, regulatory readiness, and timing. Jeff and Darryl also discuss the growing importance of U.S.-based biologics development and manufacturing capacity, especially for emerging biotech and government-aligned programs. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant. Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., is a physician entrepreneur, biotechnology executive, investor, and healthcare innovator whose career spans clinical medicine, life sciences, healthcare real estate development, and entrepreneurial leadership. A graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and recipient of an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Hausfeld is an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at George Washington University and has been actively involved in national medical societies and healthcare leadership organizations for more than four decades. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer of BioFactura Inc., Chairman of Capitol Biologics, and Chairman and Co-Founder of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs. His work focuses on advancing healthcare innovation, biotechnology commercialization, physician entrepreneurship, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies that improve patient care. Darryl Sampey, Ph.D., is a biopharmaceutical executive and company builder with more than 30 years of experience advancing biologics from discovery through clinical development and commercial manufacturing. He co-founded BioFactura in 2004 and has guided the company from start-up through incubator stages into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical product development and clinical manufacturing company. At BioFactura, he has raised more than $90 million in non-dilutive and strategic funding, built cGMP manufacturing capabilities, and led development of novel therapeutics, biodefense medical countermeasures, biosimilars, and cell therapies. Dr. Sampey is an inventor of the VeriCyte™ Discovery and StableFast™ Biomanufacturing Platforms and previously held process development and manufacturing leadership roles at Human Genome Sciences and North American Vaccine.
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 years on Feedspot.Sonal's 18th Season starts up and Episode 1 features Newsworthy updates the PEPPER program.Sonal's Trusty Tip and compliance recommendations focus on dermatology claims with modifier 25.Spark inspires us all to reflect on all things fear based on the inspirational words of Lewis Carroll.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
Ohio's Medicaid program covers more than three million people, but major policy and funding changes now underway could reshape how care is delivered across the state. This week, healthcare leaders, policy experts, and lawmakers examine what proposed Medicaid changes could mean for hospitals, providers, and the families who rely on the program every day. From healthcare access and rising costs to the long-term sustainability of Ohio's healthcare system, we unpack one of the most consequential public policy debates facing Ohio today. Featuring: State Senator Louis W. Blessing, III (R-Colerain Township) John McCarthy, Founding Partner, Speire HealthCare Strategies, and former Director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid Amy Rohling McGee, President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio Dr. Buhari Mohammed, Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Ohio Family Health The host is Laura A. Bischoff, Ohio Politics and State Government Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch. The presenting sponsors of CMC's long-running Optimal Health Series are Nationwide Children's Hospital, OhioHealth, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. This forum was also sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream and promotional partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum. If you'd like to keep exploring this week's forum topic, our fantastic partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library recommend reading Your Money or Your Life: Debt Collection in American Medicine, by Luke Messac (2024). This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on June 3, 2026.
The gap between a “drug” and a true “product” is where many therapies fail.Milan Tomic, biotech veteran, GMP manufacturing expert, and founder of Albrem, has spent 30 years turning promising science into scalable, executable products that can actually reach patients. His experience spans everything from antibody development to building large-scale GMP facilities. Today, he helps biotech teams align scientific innovation with the operational and regulatory realities needed for successful commercialization.Topics discussed:Milan's path from curiosity-driven research in molecular biology to biotech industry leadership (05:24)The importance of integrating work-life factors into career decisions, and balancing scientific depth with operational and business responsibilities (08:22)The unexpected role that salesmanship plays for scientists moving into entrepreneurship (10:40)Lessons from transitioning between scientific disciplines, including dealing with setbacks like unpublished graduate work (12:57)How curiosity led Milan to oversee the redesign of a 2,000-liter GMP manufacturing facility (16:16)Key advice for scientists on process design and scaling up, especially for those involved in CMC (20:18)Smart insight: A promising molecule isn't enough—successful drug development requires designing early for scalability, GMP compliance, and real patient need. Companies that align science with manufacturability and market fit are far better positioned to advance, attract investors, and secure partners.If you enjoyed this episode you might also like listening to:Episodes 189 - 190 : Why Smart Biotech Founders Plan CMC First (While Competitors Burn Cash Later)Episodes 123 - 124: Manufacturability: Why Most Protein Candidates Fail (And How to Pick Winners Early) with Susan SharfsteinEpisodes 213 - 214: From Developability to Formulation: How In Silico Methods Predict Stability Issues Before the Lab with Giuseppe LicariEpisodes 231 - 232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannConnect with Milan Tomic:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/milan-tomic-phdAlbrem Biopharma: www.albrem.comNext Step:If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. By doing so, we can empower more scientists like you. Stay tuned for more inspiring biotech insights in our next episode.Support the show
In this episode of the For Construction Pros Digging Deeper podcast, join Joe Cavanaugh, P.E., VP and GM of Geopier, a division of CMC, to discover more about the company and what they can do to ensure construction projects get off the ground on the right foot.
Not even the murder of an apostle can hinder the Lord's conquering of His enemies and the advance of His word. CMC, let us be confident in Jesus' promise to build His church.
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Pete returns from Amsterdam and reunites with the Badge Bros (Jon and Nez) for two BBM drafts. Topics include: Rashee Rice situation, Zero RB late-round RB targets, and the recent Bucky Irving news. Hope's kidney donor request.☕ Become a "Best Ball Value Hounds" Youtube member for access to weekly DFS After Dark shows & a private DFS Discord channel
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 years on Feedspot.Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 17 features Newsworthy updates on the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Sonal's Trusty Tip and compliance recommendations focus on modifier 25.Spark inspires us all to reflect on beauty, abundance, and innovation based on the inspirational words of Abhijit Naskar.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Subhi breaks down ICH Q12, the guideline focused on post-approval change management and pharmaceutical product lifecycle management.The core question behind ICH Q12 is simple: once a product is approved, what is actually binding, what is supporting information, and how should future changes be managed?This episode covers the major Q12 concepts, including reporting categories, Established Conditions, supporting information, Post-Approval Change Management Protocols, the Product Lifecycle Management document, and the role of the Pharmaceutical Quality System.Subhi also discusses why Q12 matters for drug-device combination products, where lifecycle changes may involve CMC information, device constituent parts, functional performance characteristics, and the broader control strategy.Key topics covered:Why post-approval change can become difficult after approvalHow ICH Q12 supports more predictable lifecycle managementReporting categories for post-approval CMC changesEstablished Conditions versus supporting informationExamples of EC candidates, including CQAs, CPPs, material attributes, methods, sites, and process informationWhy overcommitting or undercommitting ECs creates lifecycle riskHow PACMPs help companies plan future changesWhat belongs in the PLCM documentHow ICH Q12 applies to drug-device combination productsWhy a strong PQS is essential for making Q12 workTimestamps:00:00 Introduction to ICH Q1200:46 Why post-approval change gets difficult02:45 Reporting categories03:14 Established Conditions vs supporting information04:10 EC examples: CQAs, CPPs, methods, sites, and process information05:32 Post-Approval Change Management Protocols06:38 PLCM document08:08 Drug-device combination product callout10:11 PQS and change management10:28 Closing thoughtsQuestions or feedback? Email subhi@letscombinate.comSource referenced in this episode: ICH Q12, Technical and Regulatory Considerations for Pharmaceutical Product Lifecycle Management, Final version adopted 20 November 2019. Screenshots shown in this video are from the ICH Q12 guideline and are included for educational commentary. https://database.ich.org/sites/default/files/Q12_Guideline_Step4_2019_1119.pdfSubhi Saadeh is the Founder and Principal at Let's Combinate, where he helps teams develop and control drug-device combination products by aligning quality systems, development, and regulatory expectations across drug and device domains. He is a consultant, auditor, trainer, and speaker with experience across Pfizer, Gilead, and Baxter, supporting the development and launch of combination products across vaccines, biologics, and generics.
The giving of the Holy Spirit obliterated the dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles who then lived out a happy connection in mission and in love. CMC, do we evidence the fruit of Spirit-wrought unity in our church?
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In this episode of Molecule to Market, you'll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with: Fred Fleitz, SVP, CMC and Development Chemistry, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Jason Costigan, Head of CMC, Corsera Health Alison Moore, CEO and President, Codexis, Inc. Muthu Kandasamy, VP of Medicinal Chemistry, Wave Life Sciences Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology ecosystem with his guests live from TIDES 2026. The event was hosted by Codexis and Molecule to Market, Molecule to Market is also sponsored by Bora Pharmaceuticals and supported by Lead Candidate. Please subscribe, tell your industry colleagues and join us in celebrating and promoting the value and importance of the global life science outsourcing space. We'd also appreciate a positive rating!
For a special Memorial Day bonus episode of Beernet Radio, we give you Austin Sawyer, founder of CMC, a leading brand / salesforce representation firm for the beverage industry, as we discuss the current tensions within and among the three tiers. =================================Our 3 Daily Bev-Alc Trade Publications: https://beernet.com/Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeerNetRadio/videosPodcast feeds - Audio: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/beernetradio=================================About Us:Beer Business Daily / Wine & Spirits Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher joins his editors and bev-alc industry guests once a week as they grok the beer and beverage business issues of the day. Like and subscribe; it's free.-Our Three Daily Bev-Alc Trade Publications: https://beernet.com/-Twitter: @beerbizdaily#beernews #beerindustry #beer #beerbusiness
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 16 focuses on compliance recommendations for telehealth modifiers, places of service, and common billing mistakes for telehealth services.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine returns to the Columbus Metropolitan Club for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership, policy, and Ohio's future. In discussion with veteran Statehouse News Bureau journalist Jo Ingles, Governor DeWine reflects on his long career in public service while exploring the challenges and opportunities shaping Ohio today and tomorrow—from education and literacy to economic development, public safety, technology, and support for children and families. Featuring: Mike DeWine, Governor, State of Ohio The host is Jo Ingles, Journalist and Producer, The Statehouse News Bureau. This forum was sponsored by Ian Alexander Photography, The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, The Ohio State University, The Robert Weiler Company, and The United Way of Central Ohio. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum. If you would like to keep exploring this week's forum topic, our fantastic partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library recommend reading Profiles in Achievement: The Gifts, Quirks, and Foibles of Ohio's Best Politicians, by William L. Hershey (2021). This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on May 20, 2026.
With the schedule released, we can finally start correlating our teams around the playoff schedule and best Week 17 games. John Daigle fills in for Levitan and then Sam Sherman and Pat Kerrane join. Watch the new episode of SYTCT here.
Pete runs three final BBM drafts before the NFL schedule drops, spinning the wheel to bring on three very different YouTube members. Chris Riley, a cash game grinder and eliminated SYTYCT contestant, kicks things off with a submission debrief and an impassioned Sixers rant. Willis, a four-screen content omnivore, joins for Draft 2 and locks in the double Elite QB build. Josh, an Eagles fan somehow living in Kansas City, closes it out...and Christian McCaffrey ends up on all three teams.
Fantasy Football show for May 14, 2026. Dynasty Week rolls on! Which rookies aren't getting enough attention? Plus, startup draft tips, dynasty trade values, reactions to De'Von Achane's contract extension, and more! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. Get the lowest price on the 2026 UDK at UltimateDraftKit.com - Instant access to the Dynasty Pass with the UDK+ (00:00) Intro (04:30) Rookie Sleepers (04:55) Nicholas Singleton (07:40) Zachariah Branch (10:25) Ted Hurst (13:29) NFL News (25:00) Dynasty Mailbag (25:20) Dynasty startup advice (28:25) Is Christian Watson a Trade For candidate? (31:10) Trade block philosophy (34:10) CMC for TreyVeon Henderson? (37:45) What are the positional ‘age cliffs'? (40:20) Bijan Robinson for Omarion Hampton + 1st? (43:40) Jadarian Price at 1.02? (48:25) Dak Prescott or Patrick Mahomes? (52:00) Tetairoa McMillan or Drake London? (53:35) Brian Thomas Jr. or Luther Burden? Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on X Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 15 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for April 2026.Sonal's Trusty Tip highlights reporting requirements for postoperative visits.Spark inspires us all to reflect on beauty, abundance, and innovation based on the inspirational words of Coco Chanel.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
The AI economy in Central Ohio is creating entirely new businesses. At the same time, it's reshaping nearly every existing business. The key to both these upheavals? Visionary leadership of the human kind. Will Columbus lead, follow, or just watch the AI revolution from the sidelines? Innovative leaders are determined to do just that - lead - and are racing to harness the power of AI to stay ahead of the competition. Can key players team up in Central Ohio to create a fertile business ecosystem that fuels AI innovation and nurtures the next generation of AI thinkers? Featuring: Shereen Agrawal, Executive Director, Center for Software Innovation, The Ohio State University Alex 'Fro' Frommeyer, Founder and CEO, Stack Health, and Chairman, Beam Benefits Tim Grace, Managing Director, Techstars Columbus The host is Carrie Ghose, Senior Reporter, Columbus Business First. This forum was sponsored by Roetzel & Andress. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum. If you'd like to keep exploring this week's forum topic, our fantastic partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library recommend reading AI Startup Strategy by Adhiguna Mahendra (2023). This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on May 13, 2026.
Chuck and Chris catch up on recent travels including the Pediatric Hand Study Group meeting in Atlanta. We discuss a few cases including a 5th CMC fracture dislocation, a 5+ year old scaphoid nonunion, a nightstick fracture, and more. We also respond to listener submitted questions including 4th compartment tenosynovitis, CMC arthritis with MCP hyperextension including the role of CMC fusion, and ulnar nerve transposition.We are still in need of a podcast intern! We would appreciate any referrals!See www.practicelink.com/theupperhand for more information from our partner on job search and career opportunities.The Upper Hand Podcast is sponsored by Checkpoint Surgical, a provider of innovative solutions for peripheral serve surgery. To learn more, visit https://checkpointsurgical.com/.As always, thanks to @iampetermartin for the amazing introduction and concluding music.For additional links, the catalog. Please see https://www.ortho.wustl.edu/content/Podcast-Listings/8280/The-Upper-Hand-Podcast.aspx
Join Ryan Wormeli and Pat Fitzmaurice as they tackle YOUR questions LIVE on Discord on the 1st Tuesday evening of each month at 5 PM ET at fantasypros.com/chat. The fellas break down some changes to the dynasty trade value chart before diving into your questions in the second half of the show! Timestamps: (May be off due to ads) Intro - 0:00:00 Pristine Auction - 0:01:40 QB Changes - Cam Ward & Tyler Shough - 0:03:52 Matthew Stafford, Ty Simpson & JJ McCarthy - 0:08:20 RB Changes - Jadarian Price & Cam Skattebo - 0:12:20 Jeanty or Love? - 0:19:34 Tyler Allgeier - 0:20:37 Jonathon Brooks - 0:21:01 WR Value Changes - Carnell Tate & Emeka Egbuka - 0:22:02 Devonta Smith - 0:28:31 Luther Burden - 0:30:16 Elijah Sarratt - 0:32:36 Tight End Value Changes - Kenyon Sadiq & Eli Stowers - 0:35:01 Terrance Ferguson & Justin Joly - 0:39:38 FantasyPros Trade Analyzer - 0:41:21 Rebuilding team, how am I doing? - 0:42:08 FantasyPros Discord - 0:46:17 Should I chase 2027 first round picks? - 0:46:41 Give up 2x2027 1sts for Jahmyr Gibbs? - 0:48:55 Drew Allar or JJ McCarthy - 0:50:09 AJ Brown for a 27 1st? - 0:50:56 Burden or Odunze, who has the best outlook? - 0:52:11 Sell or Hold Michael Penix and BTJ? - 0:56:32 Tanner Kuziol, worth drafting? - 0:57:27 Is Malik Washington a sleeper? - 0:57:51 CMC trade value - 0:59:23 Joly or Rairdon? - 1:00:43 Worm's Dynasty Picks - 1:02:07 Helpful Links: Hard Rock Bet - Sign up for Hard Rock Bet and make a $5 bet and you'll get $150 in bonus bets if you win. Head over to Hard Rock Bet, sign up and make your first deposit today. Payable in bonus bet(s). Not a cash offer. Offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in FL. Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC, in all other states. Must be 21+ and physically present in AZ, CO, FL, IL, IN, NJ, OH, TN or VA to play. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling? In FL, call 1-888-ADMIT-IT. In IN, if you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-9-WITH-IT. GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (AZ, CO, IL, NJ, OH, TN, VA) Dynasty Rookie Draft Simulator - Our Dynasty Rookie Draft Simulator lets you complete a mock in minutes with no waiting between picks! Customize your league settings to match your league’s exact format. Premium subscribers can test trade scenarios by mocking with their traded draft picks. Prepare for rookie drafts AND dynasty startup drafts in one place! Use the Dynasty Rookie Draft Simulator to dominate your rookie draft today at fantasypros.com/simulator! Trade Analyzer - Evaluate trades with confidence using FantasyPros' Trade Analyzer. Instantly see the impact of trades on your team and get expert recommendations. Whether you're making a 2-for-1 deal or swapping a couple draft picks for that stud who will help you win now, the Trade Analyzer will help you optimize your roster and make smarter decisions. Try the Trade Analyzer today at fantasypros.com/myplaybook or on the Fantasy Football My Playbook app and dominate your league! Join us on Discord - Join our FantasyPros Discord Community! Chat with other fans and get access to exclusive AMAs that wind up on our podcast feed. Come get your questions answered and BE ON THE SHOW at fantasypros.com/chatSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to the Dynasty Nerds Fantasy Football Podcast as Rich Dotson, “Handsome Matt,” and “Gorgeous Garret” dig into Superflex startup ADP to find where the market is sharp—and where it's completely losing the plot. Listen to This Episode: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube The crew breaks down a top-12 that includes Josh Allen at 1, Bijan Robinson at 2, and Drake Maye at 3—then gets spicy when Jeremiah Love shows up at 9 overall. The consensus: rookie fever is one thing, but paying first-round startup prices for a back without proven “can't miss” insulation is a massive bet. They also call out the head-scratcher of Trey McBride being drafted ahead of Brock Bowers, especially given Bowers' target competition and quarterback upgrade. As they move through rounds three and four, Christian McCaffrey becomes the “win now or bust” fork in the road. If you're drafting CMC there, you're consciously trading away multi-year value for a title shot. In round four, Chase Brown is the name that gets labeled as the biggest “doesn't belong” pick—productive, sure, but viewed as a short-term RB profile being priced like a foundational piece. Meanwhile, the group keeps circling value in younger quarterbacks and receivers who can hold or gain value as the 2027 rookie class pushes older assets down the board. Start Using the Film Room Today! FFPC: New Users: Use promo code NERDS for $25 off your first FFPC Orphan Team! 00:00 Start 01:51 Round 1 ADP 04:38 Round 2 ADP 20:39 FFPC 22:11 Round 3 ADP 30:26 Round 4 ADP 39:20 Rest of the ADP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 14 features E/M guideline reminders, as well as revised G2211 and G0136 updates.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
Vào ngày 8/4, Quân ủy Trung ương Trung Quốc (CMC) triệu tập một khóa đào tạo "chỉnh đốn" dành cho các sĩ quan cao cấp còn lại trong Quân đội Trung Quốc (PLA). Chủ tịch Tập Cận Bình đọc diễn văn khai mạc. Trên bục danh dự bên cạnh ông tại Đại học Quốc phòng ở Bắc Kinh chỉ có duy nhất một đồng nghiệp: Trương Thăng Dân.Xem thêm.
As Central Ohio grows, the question isn't just how fast—but who benefits. In this timely conversation, leaders from economics, community development, and education explore what truly drives economic mobility, why generational poverty persists, and what it will take to create more equitable pathways to opportunity. From systemic barriers to promising solutions, we examine how Columbus can ensure prosperity is shared more broadly across the region. Featuring: Dr. Joyce J. Chen, Professor of Economics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University Will Crossley, Executive Vice President, The Woodson Center and President, The Piney Woods School Stephanie Hightower, President and CEO, The Columbus Urban League, and Co-Chair, The Equity Now Coalition The host is Rodney Dunigan, Evening Manager and Anchor, WSYX ABC6. This forum was sponsored by The Oakwood Management Company and The Robert Weiler Company. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc., The National Veterans Memorial and Museum, and by Tom Bolon and Keith Jones. If you would like to keep exploring this week's forum topic, our partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library recommend reading "Poverty, by America," written by Matthew Desmond (2023). This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on May 6, 2026.
Getting an NDA signed shouldn't take weeks. If your CRO needs more than 48 hours to start the paperwork, your project timeline is already moving in the wrong direction.Ron Najafi knows what rigorous analytical work actually looks like under pressure. As founder and CEO of Emery Pharma, he led the investigation that identified NDMA as a degradation product of ranitidine — findings the FDA formally validated and that reshaped how the industry approaches nitrosamine risk assessment. In Part 2, he moves from that scientific foundation into the operational questions that determine whether a CRO partnership accelerates your program or quietly slows it down.If you haven't heard Part 1, it covers Ron's career arc and the technical details of nitrosamine contamination in pharmaceutical development. This episode stands on its own for anyone focused on CRO selection, bioanalytical strategy, and what three decades of building analytical companies actually teaches you.Topics discussed:How to tell if a CRO's workflow is robust—or just rigid (05:51)The importance of method validation and product stability testing (07:27)Managing expectations and trust-building in client relationships (08:29)Entrepreneurial lessons: raising capital, team-building, and finding the right partners (10:00)The hidden costs of public vs. private biotech ventures (12:31)Reducing bioanalytical costs in biologics through mass spectrometry (13:23)The future of analytical workflows and personalized medicine (14:48)Smart insight:In biotech, success isn't just about the science—it's about strategic discipline. Ron emphasizes a few hard-earned principles: raise more capital than you think you'll need, don't fixate on valuation, and invest in smart, creative talent. Just as important, real value is unlocked through strong partnerships and the ability to manage collaborations and acquisitions with intention.If this topic resonates with you, here are a few related episodes on building strong CMC foundations and avoiding costly development mistakes:Episodes 231 - 232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannEpisodes 203 - 204: Mastering CRO Selection: Essential Questions for CMC Analytical Development with Daniel GalbraithEpisodes 199 - 200: Mastering Quality by Design: From Product Failures to Commercial Success in Biologics CMC DevelopmentEpisodes 189 - 190: Why Smart Biotech Founders Plan CMC First (While Competitors Burn Cash Later)Episodes 139 - 140: Regulatory Secrets Revealed: Why Your CMC Strategy Could Make or Break Your Biotech Startup with Rivka ZaibelEpisodes 57 - 58: Crafting a Solid CMC Strategy: Key Factors and Common Pitfalls with Matthias MüllnerEpisodes 23 - 24: Strategies for Success: Master CMC Development with Gene LeeConnect with Ron Najafi:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ronnajafiEmery Pharma: www.emerypharma.comSupport the show
Pete and Jon bring in Mark Dankenberg from ETR to break down how the sushi actually gets made. He walks through the methodology behind their 2026 best ball projections, the specific player spots that sparked the most internal debate, and how they're handling uncertainty around 22 new play callers, and post-draft landing spot chaos. The crew then puts the Solver to work and drafts a BBM team live with Mark.☕ Become a "Best Ball Value Hounds" Youtube member for access to weekly DFS After Dark shows & a private DFS Discord channel
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 years on Feedspot.Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 13 features Newsworthy updates on the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Sonal's Trusty Tip and compliance recommendations focus on documentation.Spark inspires us all to reflect on beauty, abundance, and innovation based on the inspirational words of Brian Tracy.Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
When drug safety fails, patients and entire markets pay the price. Understanding your CMC isn't just compliance — it's the line between therapeutic promise and product recall.Ron Najafi has lived that reality firsthand. As founder of NovaBay Pharmaceuticals and Emery Pharma, he spent decades building companies at the intersection of analytical chemistry and drug development. His investigation into nitrosamine contamination in ranitidine — which led the FDA to formally validate Emery Pharma's findings — remains one of the most consequential episodes in recent pharmaceutical quality history.In Part 1, Ron traces the scientific and entrepreneurial path that led him there, and shares what CMC teams working in drug development need to understand about impurity risk before it becomes a regulatory crisis.Episode highlights:Early academic experiences and inspirations that Ron Najafi to a science career (05:46)Challenges and milestones in building companies like CP Lab Safety and NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (07:59)The invention and impact of the ECO Funnel® on lab safety and environmental responsibility (12:01)The formation of Emery Pharma following industry setbacks and lessons in adaptation (17:03)The fundamentals of impurity risk analysis, especially nitrosamine contamination in pharmaceuticals (20:56)The ranitidine (Zantac) NDMA discovery, its investigation, and consequences for drug regulation (23:33)Common sources of nitrosamine and practical advice for bioprocess risk management (27:51)Differences in impurity risk between small molecule and biologic drug processes (28:03)The necessity and regulatory expectation of impurity and leachable/extractable analysis (30:07)Smart insight:One of Ron's clients conducted a superficial nitrosamine risk assessment, proceeded to manufacturing, and spent approximately $6 million producing three batches. At final FDA-required testing, NDMA came back at 11,000 nanograms per pill against an acceptable daily intake limit of 96 nanograms. The batches were unusable.A thorough risk assessment run earlier would have cost a fraction of that. If you are developing a drug with secondary or tertiary amines in your process and have not yet conducted a formal nitrosamine risk assessment, that is the one action to take after listening to this episode.If this topic resonates with you, here are a few related episodes on building strong CMC foundations and avoiding costly development mistakes:Episodes 231 - 232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannEpisodes 203 - 204: Mastering CRO Selection: Essential Questions for CMC Analytical Development with Daniel GalbraithEpisodes 199 - 200: Mastering Quality by Design: From Product Failures to Commercial Success in Biologics CMC DevelopmentEpisodes 189 - 190: Why Smart Biotech Founders Plan CMC First (While Competitors Burn Cash Later)Episodes 57 - 58: Crafting a Solid CMC Strategy: Key Factors and Common Pitfalls with Matthias MüllnerEpisodes 23 - 24: Strategies for Success: Master CMC Development with Gene LeeConnect with Ron Najafi:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ronnajafiEmery Pharma: www.emerypharma.comSupport the show
A young professional steps into leadership faster than expected and learns what really drives success. In this conversation, I sit down with Dana Prenger, a rising marketing manager at SmartSolve, who shares how growing up in a small town, competing in sports, and navigating college shaped her mindset around drive, resilience, and growth. You will hear how she turned uncertainty into clarity through programs like Life Design, how early career risks helped her step into leadership, and why she believes failure is simply a learning moment. We also explore SmartSolve's mission to create water-soluble packaging and reduce waste, showing how purpose-driven work can fuel motivation. This episode is a reminder that progress comes from consistent effort, not one defining moment, and that your mindset will shape how far you go. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how stepping into new opportunities before feeling ready builds real confidence 06:02 Learn how sports shape discipline, time management, and long-term success habits 10:00 Understand how exploring different paths helps you find the right career direction 20:00 See how real-world internships can define and accelerate your career path 34:36 Discover how early sales experience builds resilience and confidence under pressure 51:39 Learn how reframing failure as a learning opportunity changes how you grow and move forward Bottom of Form About the Guest: Dana Prenger is a Marketing Manager at SmartSolve, a zero-waste packaging technology company with a bold mission to make packaging no longer trash. In her mid-20s, Dana has quickly built a career in B2B marketing, contributing across content creation, social media, email campaigns, event marketing, video projects, website management, and brand storytelling. As SmartSolve celebrates its 10-year anniversary, she is grateful for the opportunity to wear many hats and help bring an innovative, sustainability-driven vision to life. She grew up in a small town in Ohio, where she learned the value of hard work, teamwork, and community. A three-sport athlete in high school, Dana was a member of the 2019 Ohio state basketball team and graduated as her class Salutatorian—experiences that shaped her competitive mindset and leadership style long before her professional career began. Dana earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing from Bowling Green State University. During her time at BGSU, she was a Dean's Scholar, recipient of the Women in Business Leadership Scholarship, and an active member of the American Marketing Association. She was selected for the inaugural Ohio Export Internship Program, where she was matched with SmartSolve—an experience that ultimately launched her career with the company. Driven by curiosity and connection, Dana thrives in fast-paced environments where creativity meets strategy and marketing feels intentional and human. Outside of work, she loves to travel and has visited more than ten countries and counting. She is motivated by meaningful work, strong relationships, and conversations around marketing, sustainability, packaging innovation, and career growth. Ways to connect with Dana: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-prenger/ SmartSolve website: https://smartsolve.com/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson 00:04 What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe Welcome to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. I'm your host. Michael hingson, speaker, author and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head on and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear, together, we focus on mindset resilience and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hello everyone, and welcome once again to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I'm really excited to be here today. We've been waiting for this one for a while, and I'm glad we were finally able to do it. I found Dana Prenger online, and her boss and she decided to come on, and then we'll have to get her boss on, because then we want to find out the real truth about Dana. Dana Prenger 01:28 Yes, thanks, Michael, thanks. Michael Hingson 01:31 I'm such a big help, right? But Dana, Dana Prenger 01:35 I was debating on joining. I was like, we should have John, the president of smart solve, share about our story first, and I didn't feel worthy enough to share my story right away, but Michael was very reassuring, and it's like you got this let's give it a go. Michael Hingson 01:48 Yeah, you can tell us a little about smart solve. It's not going to affect having John on because he'll tell more of the story, and he'll tell it from his point of view. So I'm not too worried about that? Well, Dana. Dana is a marketing person. She graduated from Bowling Green State University. I didn't know it was a state university, Dana Prenger 02:10 yep, BGSU. A lot of people get confused with Bowling Green. They think of Kentucky, but northern Ohio, yeah, nice College in town. Oh, cool. Is it? How large is it? Pretty big. It's a d1 school. Michael Hingson 02:25 When I went to UC Irvine, out here in California, one of the reasons I went was that it was a small school. It was actually a new school. The year I was a freshman, was the first year they actually had a graduating class at UC Irvine, there were, like about 2500 2600 students. They had their first graduating class, and I went and visited it in 19, excuse me, in 2024 because when I left, they were just getting ready to start a phi, beta, Kappa chapter, and it was too late for me to become a member. And in 2023 the there was a, there's a magazine that generally is all about Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society. And they discovered me, and they wanted to do an interview. And during the interview, as I love to put it, I shot off my mouth and said that, in fact, I was was going to the school when they were forming the phi, beta, Kappa chapter, but it was too late for me to join, because I was leaving. And one of the people who read that story was a physics professor who came to UC Irvine, basically the year I left, and she is still there. She's still a professor. And she called me and she said, I am the historian for the local mu chapter of Phi Beta, kappa, and we want you to come back and become an honorary member of Phi two. Well, a member of, I guess it'd be an honorary it's not an honorary member. I'm actually a member, but it's of later on, not at the time being a student. So anyway, I went back down and there are 32,000 undergrads at that campus. Now it's crazy. Dana Prenger 04:16 Wow. So cool to see the growth. Michael Hingson 04:18 Of course, UC Irvine or UCI, as they love to say. UCI actually stands for under construction indefinitely, because they're always building something there. Dana Prenger 04:30 It's crazy. Yeah, yeah. BGSU has around 4000 students, so it's cool that it's a big enough college, but they had really great professors and instructors where you didn't feel like just a number there, you got to know people by name. I was involved, yeah, and a lot of different student groups. One of the programs that was really cool was being a life design student ambassador. Michael Hingson 04:53 Ah, well, we'll have to talk about that. But I like, I like the size 4000 is plenty low. Large that's pretty cool. Well, tell us a little bit about you, the the the early Dana, growing up and all that. Where did you grow up? And tell us about some of that. Dana Prenger 05:10 Yeah, of course. I grew up in a small town, Minster, Ohio, so that town's a lot smaller than, Bg, about a square mile. Very good community. A lot of my family's from there. My mom's a school teacher at the school. So very great place to grow up, good traditions, and it's still close to Bowling Green, so it's an hour and a half drive away, so I still go home quite frequently and visit family and friends. Michael Hingson 05:36 So you went you went to school. What time were you Where did you come from? Where were you born? Dana Prenger 05:43 Yeah, born in a local hospital, right near Minster, Minster, Minster, Ohio. We have a lot of German heritage. We do a big Oktoberfest festival every year, which draws a lot of people to it. But besides that, a lot of corn fields. Grandpa's a farmer family. Michael Hingson 06:01 So are you a beer drinker? Dana Prenger 06:05 Yes, I am. I Michael Hingson 06:07 never did like the taste of beer, but that's okay. I did take three years of high school German, so maybe that counts for something. Yeah, there you go. Well, so you, you, you went to school. There you went to high school and all that, and then you decided to go to Bowling Green, huh? Dana Prenger 06:26 Yep, and that's the thing I liked about being in this from a small town, you got to do a lot of things. I was very much a multi tasker, or tried to be well rounded as I could be So, doing school, different clubs, sports. I was a three sport athlete, doing volleyball, basketball and track. So coming to BG, it was fun. I did like an intramural volleyball league. And, yeah, I chose BG. A lot of people, kind of from our area, went there. After being on campus, it did feel kind of like a second version of home. Michael Hingson 06:59 So Wow. So three sports, that's that's pretty cool. That kept you busy. Dana Prenger 07:05 Thanks, yes. And I graduated minster in 2021 so I'm not sure if you, I might be your youngest podcast guest you've had on, Michael. You might Michael Hingson 07:15 be well. You clearly have done well. So you graduated from school in minster in 2021 Dana Prenger 07:22 Yeah, I was born in 2000 to June of 2002 so yeah, nine months after 911 911 Michael Hingson 07:30 so for you, though you were at Bowling Green State four years, Dana Prenger 07:37 three years. Oh, you graduated a year early Michael Hingson 07:40 for you. Now, when you graduated, you were what second in your class? Dana Prenger 07:50 Yep, from Minster. Yep, I was a salutatorian, so had to give a speech at my high school graduation ceremony, Michael Hingson 07:57 and so, so what did you talk about as a as a speaker, as a salutatorian? Dana Prenger 08:05 I shared a story and equated kind of the grade schools reflecting on memories as a clock. So I was like, as the clock strikes one, and I would throw in a funny little memory from first grade to second to third, kind of going around until it was clock striking 12 as we're about to graduate. Michael Hingson 08:23 There you go. So you you had some experience at public speaking? Do you still do public speaking today? Dana Prenger 08:30 I've joined a few podcasts before, but being in marketing too, when students come or groups visit, smart solve, I'll do some speaking there, but not near as much speaking engagements or experience that you have well. Michael Hingson 08:48 So you, you went right into Bowling Green, and you decided right up front you were going to do marketing. Or what did you major in at first? Or did you always stick to one? Dana Prenger 08:59 I was debating between two things. So yeah, I liked marketing, like the business element. I had an older brother who went to BGSU as well. He was in the College of Business. But I also liked design. And in high school, I was on the yearbook committee. So I liked to take pictures, like to design the pages. So I tried out a few different classes before officially declaring my major. VCT is the program visual communication technology. I took a few classes in that but ultimately, after my first year, decided to go on with business and marketing as my specialization. Michael Hingson 09:37 Well. But even so, VCT is, in a sense, related to marketing, although I understand it's a specialty as well, correct? Dana Prenger 09:48 Yep, very much related into it work hand in hand. I'm actually hiring for a digital content coordinator right now, so it's cool to have somebody that I'm looking for. With more of that specialized experience Michael Hingson 10:04 and and are we looking at people from Bowling Green? Dana Prenger 10:08 Yep, it's a in person position. So looking at people around the area or willing to commute? Michael Hingson 10:15 Yeah, because otherwise, bringing somebody in from out of state or from a long way away, and paying moving expenses and all that. That's a bigger challenge. Dana Prenger 10:25 Yeah, and one of the things I was involved at at BGSU that I really loved this program, it was a new program they were implementing called Life Design. So basically, it's based off of the book and research that the Stanford Bill Burnett and Dave Evans did, designing your life, but basically saying that a lot of students come and come to college and don't know their major and are undecided and trying to figure out classes. So it's just a way to build community along the way, and it's a class for first year students to help them prototype different pathways and different avenues for their life. Michael Hingson 11:05 And so do they get a chance to look at different kinds of curriculum, different disciplines and so on? Dana Prenger 11:11 Yep, different curriculum, different careers, thinking, planning out your years. If you would go in this major, join this major, do this club, basically just getting people to think outside of the box, and prototype is a big word that they used in design different pathways that work for you. How's that working? Yeah, it was really great program. I was one of the first people to come as a freshman, to have that class, and then the class evolved and grew. My second year at BG, when I became the life design ambassador, I joined the class and was helping the first year students out, and the program continued to grow, continued to grow. We actually had a new building dedication, Jeffrey, Jeff and Jan, rad, Bill center for life design, so I got to be a part of the whole new building opening, grand ribbon cutting ceremony. And just cool to see something build up. Michael Hingson 12:10 Is it still going on? Dana Prenger 12:12 Yeah, still going on. And it's a big kind of differentiator of what BGSU has compared to other colleges across Yes, Michael Hingson 12:20 I can imagine that is pretty unique, but it really sounds like a great tool, because I think a lot of people aren't necessarily as ready, and I don't know whether as ready as is the right way to put it, but as ready to make a commitment as to what major or maybe this Is that people want to really look at options before they make a decision. But either way, it's great to have that kind of a program, Dana Prenger 12:47 and being a student ambassador just helped students get adjusted. Like this is the first time a lot of kids are living off on their own, and so just being there as a reference and resource for them some things they don't feel comfortable asking a professor even just about living in a dorm or college life. I was there for a group of students. Michael Hingson 13:08 Yeah, well, I remember going down to UC Irvine and starting and I didn't know a lot about a lot of the different things that would go on. But for us back in the day, as it were, you were just kind of thrust into it and you you could learn it and but again, I think that's one of the reasons I really liked the fact that it was a fairly small college or university at the time, and I remember I was put in the dorm with all of The athletes for the campus not being an athlete, but they had World Champion water polo team and other things like that. And people would occasionally pray play pranks on me, until the day came when I got to play a prank on them. Gained a lot of respect for that. So I was pretty cool. Dana Prenger 14:00 Are you going to share the prank or keep it a secret? Michael Hingson 14:03 Well, what happened was my my guide dog, my first guide dog, Squire, who's a golden retriever with a wicked sense of humor. Squire was in my room and I was next door with another freshman. We were trying to solve a physics problem. My master's is in physics. I went back into my room and there was no squire. Well, it turns out that they had stolen squire, and they hid him and and I kind of figured that part out, but I went through the dorm looking and of course, everybody was snickering and watching me. I went into the restroom and called him, and he didn't respond. He you know, I didn't hear him anywhere. I even opened the showers, and there was no response. And finally, one of the students who had seen all this happen came over and he said, Look, Squire is in the shower. Or and we went in and opened the door, and Squire comes right out, bouncing and having a good old time, having put it all over on me, as it were. But what we did was they didn't, you know, most all the students weren't paying attention to the fact that this guy was showing me where Squire was. We hit squire again, and I went out and got really ticked, saying, What did you guys do with my dog? I'm sure you took the dog, and everybody was laughing, always in the shower, and they went in the shower, and there's no dog because we hit him elsewhere. So, you know, we got back at him. It was kind of fun. And Squire made no noise when I was looking for him, what a horrible sense of humor. Dana Prenger 15:44 Golden Retrievers are great dogs. Michael Hingson 15:46 They are. Well, it was fun. I mean, you know, it was all in it was all in good fun, but still not the best thing to do to a guide dog. But that's okay. But the the jocks were, were were, were the major players of the campus. Actually, there's a great story. Every room had a phone in the dorm. And so in one of the women's dorms, one day, one of the women started getting some obscene phone calls from somebody, and she told her boyfriend about it, who was one of the jocks, and they, one day, they they told her, if you get him on the phone, this guy calls back, try to keep him on the phone and get somebody to let us know. And they, when this guy called, One day, she got word to her, her boyfriend, and all of the other jocks. They went through the entire phone book on campus in 10 minutes, dialing every number. Found three numbers that were busy, two of which were clearly not the right ones, because they were offices and all that. And so there was this one, and they all went over, knocked on this guy's door. Can you imagine all these big water polo and football players and all that went over and knocked on his door and they said, Hang up the phone and don't you ever do it again. It was great. I mean, teamwork, what? What teamwork? So, you know, they were all pretty neat guys. I gotta Dana Prenger 17:19 say, Yeah, being part of a team is just so good, and for building your character, like growing up being on basketball team, volleyball team, my basketball team actually made it to state in the year 2019, so you really do form a nice bond with them. And even now, as I'm in a different phase of life, your work, team, workplace, just really important, Michael Hingson 17:47 just really important too. Yeah. Well, if you were to describe your hometown with one word or whatever, how would you describe it? Dana Prenger 17:55 Ooh, that's a good one. I would say tradition, just because we do have so many traditions that bring the community together, or minster school motto is tradition of excellence. So that's what I would use. Michael Hingson 18:09 So that's pretty cool, though. But you had, you've had parents who who honored you, but who also, I'm sure, did a lot to teach you things and and help you grow up in the right way. Dana Prenger 18:26 Yes, yeah, a lot of thanks to both my parents, yeah, Mark and Jody. And then I had two siblings, two brothers, siblings and one sister. So family of six, wow, the second oldest, so I had older brother kind of paving the way me younger sister, and then a younger brother, who's a senior right now, and he's debating on where to go for college, and I think he's also going to be going to BGSU Michael Hingson 18:56 well, and I'll bet Older brother especially made sure that sister was treated well, Yep, yeah, brothers do that, right, what? That was fair. That's okay. Well, so you, you worked pretty hard at it all and, and, and had a lot of fun. So tell me more about your your whole time at college, getting marketing degrees and and what all that was like, and then how you ended up going to work and going to work for somebody close by. That must have been a joy. Dana Prenger 19:34 Yeah. So yeah, I loved marketing. And as I said, VCT, I was considering that, and I could have graduated like I did in three years with just marketing, or I could have stayed longer and did an international business specialization. I love traveling. I've been to 10 plus countries, and yeah, thought about doing a study abroad because that older brother of mine, he did do a study abroad in Strasbourg. Of France, and loved it, but instead, I came across this program called the Ohio export internship program. So basically, it's a program designed for small to mid size companies in the state of Ohio, and the state helps them out by going through the whole interview process for candidate, all the screening, teaching them adequate coursework, and then they'll pay for half of the interns wages for the summer. So in the spring, I did a three credit hour course. Had a group of 20 students in my cohort, and then all different colleges in the state of Ohio participated in this too. But then I could have been matched up with the business anywhere in the state of Ohio for my summer internship, summer of 2023 and I just so happened to get matched up with smart solve and that's how I came to know about them Michael Hingson 20:57 cool well, so having been a three sport person and all that. What do you find today from all of your sports experiences that helps you in your career and and how is that all stuck with you? Dana Prenger 21:15 Yeah, definitely the hard work and the grit and drive being able to focus your energy and really go when you have to go, yeah and yeah, managing your time effectively, like when I was in sports, you still had school, you still had other things you had to do in the evening. So being able to manage your time and get a lot of things done. Michael Hingson 21:42 So you you learned a lot about time management, having to juggle three sports and everything else that you were doing. And so how did all that work when you got to Bowling Green, though, did you? Did you have as many different kinds of activities you weren't doing three sports at Bowling Green, I presume? Yeah, no Dana Prenger 22:01 less sports and more trying to focus the academics and, like I said, what I wanted to do with my life. So, yeah, I spent a lot of time being the ambassador for life design. Still did sports just for enjoyment, fun. I did an intramural volleyball League. Yeah, I was involved in the American Marketing Association. Once I found out my true passion, I really liked marketing. Was involved with that, and I was also involved in through the College of Business Dakota Dean's Advisory Council on diversity and inclusion. Michael Hingson 22:37 What did you think about that? Dana Prenger 22:42 Yeah, it was really good for me to be a part of and opened my eyes to a lot of things, because my small hometown, though I love it, and we have great tradition, we are kind of a little bubble of not a ton of diversity. So being opened up to new, new perspectives and new things that was really beneficial. Michael Hingson 23:06 Well, certainly there were other small colleges around. Why did you specifically choose Bowling Green? Dana Prenger 23:13 Yeah, I think I wanted it was a perfect distance. I still wanted to be close to my family and close to home, but also I wanted to go out and experience on my own. If I chose a school too close to home, I would just be driving home, coming, eating dinner with my parents, and not really fully immersing into my independence. Michael Hingson 23:34 So so it was kind of just the ideal distance, if you will. Dana Prenger 23:42 And being like I said, a bigger college, so there is more opportunities sporting events and games, but they had it at an affordable price too, like going to football games my friends and I love to go watch and cheer on the Falcons, but it wasn't like a big school where we had to pay a lot for the tickets as well. Students got free tickets to all sporting events. So I enjoyed that. Michael Hingson 24:06 Oh, that's cool. How big was the stadium? Dana Prenger 24:10 Pretty big. I don't know the exact size, but yeah, it's right off the highway too. So as you drive on 75 through Ohio, you'll see the stadium in the road Michael Hingson 24:24 well, but you, but you enjoyed it. Do you still do any work or activities at Bowling Green? Dana Prenger 24:32 Yeah, so I'm living in BG right now, as I work at Smart solve, they do have a program called the regional network leaders, which tries to keep alumni engaged. So I joined that, and I'm on a team with seven other individuals just helping keep the alumni connected to the university. How's that working? It's good. It's good. Great to meet. With people, and just gives me something else to do besides work in the evenings. But it's not a huge time commitment. We meet about once a month, Michael Hingson 25:10 but it works out pretty well. Well, so you worked, you worked as a life design ambassador. Do you still do anything with that program today? Dana Prenger 25:24 No, not as much as I would like to. I think they are also in the progress, because I was one of the first people to graduate with having to keep us engaged and involved. I still am connected with a lot of them on LinkedIn, and sometimes one of the life design coaches will message me if a student has questions or wants to just have a quick prototype call or conversation to learn more about marketing or their field. Michael Hingson 25:53 You're you're available to help. Which is cool. It's neat to be able to to be a part of all of that. Yeah. Which is cool. So anyway, you you were part of the export internship program and so on, and that eventually got you connected with smart solve. What attracted you to specifically to smart solve? Why did you decide that that's what you, at least were were willing to explore? Dana Prenger 26:20 Yeah, I really liked smart solve. How strong we are with our core values and vision, mission and purpose statement. Most companies say these are our core values, but they're just words on the wall, and they don't get lived out each and every day. But here at Smart solve, we do something called the daily word of inspiration. So we have about 20 full time employees on our team, and we'll just have a calendar we rotate whose day it is for inspiration, and it's just a brief 15 minute meeting, how we start our day every day. And you can share a personal life story. You can share a Bible verse, any watch a video, motivational video, anything you want to give for your inspiration. And then we start our day with word of prayer, optional. Word of prayer. Michael Hingson 27:13 Well, that's pretty cool, and certainly that's a lot of commitment. I was going to ask, why you feel that the whole idea of smart solving what it's doing generates so many important values, but it's pretty clear why that's the case. Dana Prenger 27:31 Yeah, the core values are character, drive, innovation, joy, humility and growth. All right, it's really cool to hear those lived out, and you can see our team members each embody it smart. Solve is a faith based company, but we don't discriminate or only hire people of the same faith. In fact, not everybody's Christian that works here, but we are open about it because we want people to be comfortable about it, or be knowing that we do have that optional daily prayer every day Michael Hingson 28:07 well, and I think there's value in that. I mean, it's, I think, important to recognize that there are a lot of different religions in the world. And the fact is, if you really study most religions, they all pretty much essentially end up going to the same place, and they all believe in the same basic rules anyway, which is, which is pretty important, which is, which is kind of good. Well, where did the term or the title of the company, smart solves come from? Dana Prenger 28:38 Yeah. So John, he's our current CEO, co founder of smart solve. He smart solve. He calls himself intrapreneur, because smart solve was under CMC group, which is they had a bunch of different businesses. One of their main things was supplying labels, any and all kind of labels. And this is kind of the evolution story of smart salt, water salt. One of the customers was like, our labels are great, but it would be nice if they could just dissolve or wash away, because it was an application in the back of a kitchen. How you have, like, containers, the plastic containers you have to label food days of the week and expiration dates for food safety loss. But when they were putting the containers in the dishwasher, after trying to, like, peel or scrub the labels off, there would still be adhesive, sticky residue on it. Yeah. So, so, yeah, they developed water soluble label. And so, yeah, a label that can dissolve and wash away. So day mark still sells water soluble labels to food rotation business, but John was an intern at that time and was like, I think there's a much bigger. Market for water soluble materials, besides just label for food rotation so he can, they allowed him to take that idea and run with it. So smart solve is specifically water soluble materials. We sell just water soluble paper that dissolves the labels and then also pioneering water soluble, flexible packaging, so power stock applications Michael Hingson 30:27 I remember many years ago, and I still don't know how they knew it, but I got a package in the mail and it had popcorn in it, you know, the shipping stuff, and somebody said, Oh, this is that water soluble popcorn. If you put it in water, it'll it'll melt. And I was going, No. And sure enough, it was, I don't know what visually was the clue that that was water soluble, but it was, Dana Prenger 30:58 yeah, so our company, smart solves vision is to make packaging no longer trash. We realize the increased amount of plastic packaging, or just any packaging unnecessary consumption going on in the world today. So having an avenue or a smart solution of how to solve the problem, Michael Hingson 31:21 well, you can always come up with a new kind of straw that everybody can use, that they if they throw it away, it's not going to fill the world full of plastic. That's another story. Dana Prenger 31:35 Yeah. But in microplastics, to the increasing research and studies how microplastics are impacting human health and the environment. One of the fun facts we like to share is, well, not fun fact, but sad fact that by 2050 they project that plastic in the ocean will outweigh fish in the ocean. Michael Hingson 32:04 I hadn't heard that one, but I'm not surprised which it's so unfortunate. Dana Prenger 32:09 Yeah, great garbage patches of just waste forming out in the ocean. Michael Hingson 32:15 Is there a way, has anybody looked at the fact that, yeah, there's a lot of trash out there and so on, and it's great to come up with trash that won't be trash that will dissolve. But what do you do with all the stuff that's there? Has anybody been working at all on finding ways to dissolve that stuff as well? Dana Prenger 32:35 Yeah, I think that's harder, because it's already all out in the ocean, but there are efforts and people who go out and try to collect it, but then it's like, once we take it out of the ocean, where do we put it, just into massive landfill areas? Well, that's Michael Hingson 32:51 why I was wondering if there is some sort of a chemical process that could be introduced that would dissolve a lot of that material, rather than trying to collect it and take it somewhere, but I realize it's a much more of a significant challenge to do, because you don't want to hurt the fish and you don't want to hurt the ocean. But nobody has come up with a way to just dissolve all that plastic Dana Prenger 33:15 and stuff yet. Yeah, and our material is non toxic to fish, so it's we don't want people to we wouldn't say, just throw it in the ocean, but if it would end up litter becoming there, it would dissolve. Be safer fish. There's multiple end of life avenues for smart solves packaging, which is, yeah, flushable too. So some customers of ours are like toilet bowl cleaner cleaners or feminine care tampon packages that is flushable, so you can just flush the packaging down the toilet Michael Hingson 33:49 right, which, you know, and all of that is very important, but it still seems to me that hopefully somebody someday will figure out a way to dissolve All the stuff that's out in the ocean, yeah? Because I think collecting it is never going to happen as fast as it gets thrown in the ocean in the first place, Dana Prenger 34:09 yeah, especially in different countries around the world where there's not as adequate systems set up for landfills or recycling and waste is just much more incremental. Michael Hingson 34:22 So when you graduated and you started at Smart solves full time, what did you do? Dana Prenger 34:31 Yeah, so, actually, so the Ohio export internship program, I was a full time intern for the summer of 2023, okay, and then I was finishing my final year at school at BGSU, but they offered me to stay working part time. So I did work part time at Smart solve. My senior year of BGSU, I was a sales development rep, so business development, I had to do a lot of cold calling, so you just pick up the phone try to call people. So tell them about smart solve and so, yeah, I did that until I graduated in May, and then they kind of knew that they wanted more marketing support, and I liked marketing better than the sales prospecting. Sales, yeah, so they created a position for me, marketing coordinator, what was Michael Hingson 35:22 it like selling smart solve did you find that there were a lot of people who were very pessimistic or skeptical about what it could do? Or were you able to demonstrate pretty, pretty easily that in reality, sports fans it works? Dana Prenger 35:38 Yeah, I think smart solve products were easier than most things to sell and communicate about because, like we said, it really is a product that is better for people, better for the planet. I said our core values earlier in our vision, but our mission statement is enabling people to better care for the planet by pioneering Zero Waste packaging technologies, so smart solves. Big slogan is zero waste, zero hassle, zero hassle in the consumer. So it's cool to share that with prospects, and they would be more receptive, I feel like, than selling products that people don't necessarily need or want, but still in any industry, no matter how cool the product you have, when you're cold calling people on the phone, you're going to get some of those people that are like, how did you get my number? Or I don't want to talk, or just denies and ends the phone on you. So yeah. Well, that happened a lot of character building, doing that. Michael Hingson 36:38 I experience it oftentimes today, looking for speaking opportunities, even so, same concept, yep, and I've been selling my whole life, so I'm I'm fine when there are objections, when I at least there's a lot of truth to the to the fact when I at least get an objection, at least I can then go off and deal with it, but the people who just shut you down and you don't even get the opportunity to deal with the objection. That's a different story. Dana Prenger 37:06 Yeah, it really does. Michael Hingson 37:07 So was John a chemist? Or how did he develop Dana Prenger 37:11 all of this? Yeah, so John had a team of like, independent contractors that he would work with, and also just some of the knowledge with the water soluble label coming from CMC, but yeah, we have a lot of different team members now, research chemist employees that helped bring this product to life. And one of the cool things is doing a new product launch. So all of our typical water soluble materials we have today you can still buy, but we just now launched a new product called Pure nil zero, which is a completely plastic free, 100% bio based packaging substrate solution Michael Hingson 37:58 is packaging constructed like that, more are less stringent or sturdy than the more traditional kinds of packaging. Or is that something that you've been able to overcome and it's not any less durable? Dana Prenger 38:16 Yeah, it depends. It all depends on what you're trying to package in it. Yeah, it won't be as strong as plastic, but a lot of customers will use it for, like, powdered solutions. So obviously, if you have, like, liquid hand soap, you can't put that in our package, or it will start to break apart. But there's a lot of like, travel and convenience powdered packets that work great in our material. And the thing about pure no which is this new product, it is approved for direct food contact. So our other packaging is more agricultural, personal care, laundry, dish, a lot of those applications, this new product is approved for direct food packaging. So say you would have a powder drink, pack, mix, instant coffee, and eventually we want to get into more snack packaging, but there becomes certain limitations with oxygen and moisture barrier, Michael Hingson 39:12 yeah, well, you know, but that's still, it's it is really fascinating to hear about this, though, because there's, there's so much that that goes into it, it's really kind of fascinating to to see. Do you have customers all over or mainly in Ohio or what? Dana Prenger 39:33 Yeah, we do have customers all over the world. In fact, a lot in the European, European union, union that area, a few customers in the UK, since sustainability, new laws are happening all over. Michael Hingson 39:49 So you recently became the marketing manager. Tell us about that. Yeah. Dana Prenger 39:54 So yeah. I was very, very rapid upward marketing coordinator. For a while, and then just the end of this year, I got the promotion to Marketing Manager, which is great because I yeah, thank you. Get to manage content creators, to have somebody that creates blogs for us, somebody that helps with video support, especially because the water soluble material, it is so cool to see it, dissolve yourself. So yeah, doing a lot of video creation, and then, as I mentioned earlier, we're hiring for a digital content coordinator, a full time in office role. Michael Hingson 40:34 So are other companies doing the same kinds of things that smart solve does? Dana Prenger 40:39 There's a few, not a ton, but there's other bio based solutions. So for example, one company is using seaweed to make packaging, and there's other bio based materials, but not many water soluble packaging. Michael Hingson 40:57 So what makes smart solve unique? Dana Prenger 41:00 Yeah, we are unique for the ability to help you come to market with it. Our materials printable too. So some of the other like plastic PVA based, say laundry packs or dish packs, it's that plastic ours. You can print on it so you can have certain branding or safety warning instructions. Remember the challenge few years back when kids were trying to eat Tide Pods? We say, how different would it be if you could have had a big warning logo or image on the pod itself for them not to consume? Michael Hingson 41:38 Yeah, well, that's of course, the issue is, will they really pay attention to it or not? Dana Prenger 41:45 Yeah, also true, but we do think there's a good branding perspective too. Just to have brand on it, have instructions. We get. Our packaging is a little bit more expensive than just plastic and traditional uses, but we try to show our benefit by being better for the planet, better for the environment, and you do get a lot of good marketing. ROI, some of our customers have said using the materials and videos and being able to make a lot of sustainable claims has helped their company Michael Hingson 42:21 as a whole. So what kind of goals do you basically have as the marketing manager at Smart solve for what you're looking to do over the next few years? Dana Prenger 42:31 Yeah, one of my big grows goals is just growing, growing our followers, growing our reach. I feel like not a lot of people know about smart solve or know about our materials. So we have a LinkedIn page, since we are a B to B business, we also have Facebook and Instagram, but LinkedIn is our primary social that I'm looking to grow. So I think I shared with you smart solves LinkedIn profile, if you want to include that, or if any of the listeners today want to give us a follow, I'd really appreciate it. Michael Hingson 43:03 Well, absolutely that makes sense to do. Dana Prenger 43:07 Well also just increasing website. I help add new pages on our website, increasing our web visitors, new traffic, and creating more leads and sales qualified opportunities for our sales team, Michael Hingson 43:21 so dealing with diversity and and such, what do you do to make sure that your materials are accessible for people who don't necessarily read the print or who aren't going to be able to see pictures on the websites and so on. Do you have you all done a lot with that yet? Dana Prenger 43:42 Yeah, we're getting into improving and open to recommendations and suggestions. A lot of with the package itself, we leave up to the individual brands who sure have the product, because we're just the packaging supplier, not actually the end brand that uses it, but yeah, our website, I we use a site to do that, trying to become more accessible. There's so many ways to learn and do it, so, yeah, Michael Hingson 44:15 well, but it makes sense to do so with all the sports and stuff background that you've had, and we talked about this a little bit already, but what lessons from sports and leadership and all of your experiences have translated most into what you're doing today? Dana Prenger 44:37 Yes, I would say I'll tie it back to drive that one of our core values at Smart solve, and just as an athlete, having to really drive, whether that be your mental state, getting in the right mindset before a game or big competition meet, you. And just putting your effort into your skill to perfect it Michael Hingson 45:06 well, and an important thing to do by any standard. So, you know, a lot of people have jobs, they have worked in various places, they've matured and so on, but a lot of times there's kind of a defining moment that shows them that what they're doing is really what they wanted to do and so on. Do you have a defining moment like that that said this is really it? Dana Prenger 45:37 Yeah, that's a good question. And I think life is a journey, and there's always going to be small moments throughout I haven't had one big knock me off my feet moment that's shaped everything, but more kind of collectively built up small moments, small hurdles, small challenges that's got me where I am Today, any specific challenge that comes to mind, yeah, I would say. I would say, just going through college and yeah, figuring out my path and different setbacks along the way, throughout, trying to figure out my major and things and one of a small, funny setback, but not that big of one. I mentioned it as I was 16 years old, going to get my driver's license from sports. I had an injury and sprained my ankle, so I couldn't walk at the time, but I really wanted to get my driver's license, and it was my left foot, so not my right foot. So I my parents, the car that we had was a minivan with all my siblings, so Driver's Ed test, I'm pull up in this minivan, and I didn't want to let that setback delay me from passing my driver's test, so I had my crutches, crutched out, put my crutch in the back of the car, and then drove, using my right foot to pass my driver's test. Michael Hingson 47:10 And you passed your test, huh? Yes, and you did well on the written part as well, yep. Well, all I have to say is I think you should come out here to Victorville and spend a little bit of time the way people drive out here is crazy. I still submit that they ought to let me have a license, because I am sure that the way I would drive is every bit as good as the way people drive in Victorville right now. Wow, I don't see the problem myself. Dana Prenger 47:40 Yeah, and it's crazy. With innovation, the new things coming up, like nowadays, the autonomous vehicles, I'm curious to see in the next years how that will impact driving. When I am older and have children, when will they have to get their driver's test like that? Or there's some bold suggestions that say in many years to come, you won't have to drive a car. Michael Hingson 48:07 Well, I, in all seriousness, am really of the opinion that it will be great when autonomous vehicles are really as stable and as foolproof as they ought to be, because I think that we really do need to take driving out of the hands of drivers. It's just too many people to do too many crazy things on the road. The reality is that for blind people, and it's not going to be in prime time, certainly in the very near future, but the National Federation of the Blind challenged private universities and companies to develop a car a blind person could drive, and I don't mean an autonomous vehicle, but literally one that would provide the information so that a blind person could drive it just like a sighted person. And if you really look at driving, what is driving and why is it that blind people can't do it well, the answer is, because we don't have a way to get the information in as timely and as functional a way as sighted drivers do with eyesight. And the the people who realize that actually developed a vehicle that a blind person could drive. If you go visit the website of the National Federation of the Blind nfb.org, and search for Blind Driver Challenge, you can actually see a video of a blind man driving a vehicle around the Daytona Speedway right before the 2011 Rolex 24 race. Wow, and he wasn't driving it with people communicating with him through walkie talkies or anything like that, the car was literally transmitting the information to him that allowed him to drive the vehicle, drive through obstacle courses and do a variety of other things, pass a vehicle and so many other things. Because the fact is, today, the technology exists to provide that information to blind people, but it's not ready for prime time, and probably won't be, but autonomous vehicles are coming, and I really am looking forward to the time that they really work and work well, because they're going to make life a whole lot better for everyone. And I'm serious when I say taking the hand, the driving out of the hands of drivers, is pretty important to look at, yeah, so it'll be interesting to see how all that goes. So we've been talking about drive why other why? Else wise, did you really want to use Drive and make that kind of a theme for what we're talking about today? Dana Prenger 50:48 Yeah, I think drive just reflects the path that people have for life. And drive you always want to keep going being a goal oriented, focused person. There's a lot of things, and other people do experience many setbacks. And what I've learned from your story as well. When trouble would come your way, you didn't just stop. You kept moving, kept driving in a direction. Sometimes you might not always get from point A to point B. You might have to do a little bit of a detour in the journey of the drive, but yeah, that's kind of why I thought drive would be a good conversation topic word for today's podcast. Michael Hingson 51:29 But the reality is that that you can succeed. I tell people all the time that I reject the concept of the term fail, because if you fail, that's kind of an end all. You just, you just screwed up. Well, you didn't screw up. The issue isn't failure. The issue is what do you learn from it? And the issue is how you you move forward. And so I've learned that in reality, when things don't go right, I'm my own best teacher. I'm the one that has to take that information and internalize it and figure out how to move forward, people can suggest people can help. And I think that's important. But for me, personally, and for every individual on the planet, ultimately, we have to internalize it and make it succeed, which is, I think, so very important. Dana Prenger 52:19 Yeah, connecting some of those points is what we would talk about in life design too, because students would come and if they wouldn't pass a certain class or wouldn't do a certain thing, they would see it as a failure. And it's reframing failure and redefining it that, yeah, it's not, in fact, a failure, but a learning opportunity and experience Michael Hingson 52:41 it is. It's a growth opportunity by any standard, and that is something that we all really need to work on, because failure just isn't isn't fair and it isn't right, and we've got to get away from thinking that it is, Dana Prenger 52:56 and even reframing your experiences or statements you choose to say and think and believe about yourself like I could. I'm, as I said, one of a younger professional. Sometimes it can be intimidating or room full of people that know more than you. I could be down on myself. And look at it and say, Oh, I'm the youngest here. I am most inexperienced. I don't have as much skills or sets, or I could reframe it and think of it in a positive light and say, I am young, I do. I offer a new mindset. I bring new skills, new things that aren't already established. So kind of having that confidence and positive outlook to be able to reframe Michael Hingson 53:42 the other part of that. The other part of that, though, is that, yeah, you're young and all of that. But clearly some people have thought that you have a lot to contribute, and you're already doing that. And so obviously life is, is a is a place where we can learn, and we do need to continue to learn, but, but the reality is that we can always find learning as an end, as an adventure, and something that we need to do. And I think that that's exactly what we should we should be doing regularly, because it's always all about learning, yep, which really makes a lot of sense. So for you, what's next? For you? Do you have any notion? Dana Prenger 54:32 Yeah, I think I'm excited to continue developing this role, this new marketing manager role at Smart solve. I do like to travel. As I said, I've been to a lot of different countries, so wanting to further learn more about the world, new people, new places. Yeah, I want to have a family. I have a boyfriend that we're getting kind of serious. So looking for. To that next phase of my life and how well of a role model my mom was for me, I do want to be a mom as well someday. Cool. What countries have you been to? Yeah, I've been to Mexico, been to Portugal, been to Spain, one of the recent family trips. We just got back from Costa Rica. It was gorgeous there. We left right after Christmas and got back January 7 of this year. So that's why I'm still a little tan from the trip for you. But yeah, it was a good mix of adventure, zip lining, rock climbing, hiking, and then also just getting to relax and be in warm weather by a beach. Michael Hingson 55:46 What are what other countries, Dana Prenger 55:49 other countries that I've been to, went to Punta Cana, that was a very nice one, that Dominican Republic as the country, yeah. Michael Hingson 56:02 Cool. So the whole family went, Dana Prenger 56:07 yeah, all six of us. Wow. It works out nice because I have one sister and two brothers, and then my mom and dad. So it's kind of perfect, three and three, three girls, three boys. Michael Hingson 56:18 Yeah, that's, that's pretty cool. I'm glad that you you get a chance to have some of those experiences. What have you learned by going to other countries? Dana Prenger 56:29 Yeah, I've learned a lot just the way of life, the way they do things. Speaking of since we just got back from Costa Rica, one of the sayings they say all the time is Pura Vida, just pure life and kind of a more, not as upbeat, fast, hard paced environment as the US more free, yeah. But also it depends on the trip too. I've done some local mission trips. I wanted to do an international mission trip. I had it scheduled, but then that's when covid happened, so I had to cancel that. So bucket list coming up soon, I'm going to do a international mission trip. But it is different when you're traveling for just enjoyment vacation versus other purposes. Michael Hingson 57:19 You find that a lot of places where you visited, don't tend to take, and I don't mean this in a negative way at all, but don't take life as seriously as we tend to try to do here. Yeah, yeah. And it's, and it makes a lot of sense to lighten up a little bit, and then ought to do more of that. Well, if people want to reach out to you, how do they do that? Dana Prenger 57:42 Yeah, they can message me on LinkedIn if they have a LinkedIn profile, or they can go to smart solve website, contact us through there. What's your LinkedIn name to me? Yeah, Dana, just my name. You can search it. Dana pranger. Dana, D, a n, a pranger, P R, E N, G, E R, Michael Hingson 58:04 okay, well, I hope people will do that. This has been fun, and you've got a lot of good insights that you've offered, and we're going to have to after you your marketing for a while, we'll have to have you come back and tell us Dana Prenger 58:19 more stories. Yeah, that would be wonderful. And, yeah, thank you for having me as a guest. Super fun. Yeah, we'll see you, John. Yeah. Now we'll get John on and he can, I gave you a little warm up to smart solve. He can get into more of the details. Michael Hingson 58:36 Well, I want to thank you, and I want to thank everyone for being here today. We really appreciate it. Love it. If you'd give us a five star rating wherever you are, and also, even more important than a rating, please give us a very positive review. We really love your reviews. People will and do monitor and read and watch these podcasts more when people review them. So we'd love you to voice your thoughts. If you'd like to reach out to me. I would love to hear from you, and especially if you might know and Dana you as well. If anyone else, in addition to John, who ought to come out on on unstoppable mindset podcast, feel free to email me, and we're changing the address so it's easy. It's speaker, S, P, E, A, K, E, R, at Michael hingson, M, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, O, n.com. Love to hear from you. Love to get your thoughts. And we'll we'll value them a lot. And if you know people who ought to come on, please introduce us. But again, Dana, I want to thank you for being here. This has been absolutely a lot of fun, and hopefully we'll get to do it some more in the future. Dana Prenger 59:48 So thank you. Yes, this was great. Thank you, Michael, Michael Hingson 59:55 thank you for being here with me on unstoppable mindset. I hope to. Day's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about if you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others, I have a free gift for you. 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Today, we're diving into autoimmunity—what it actually is, why it happens, and how ultra-processed foods may be contributing to the problem. Autoimmune disease is often misunderstood. Some will tell you diet has nothing to do with it. Others claim diet is the cure. The truth is more nuanced—and that's exactly what we explore in this episode. You'll learn: What autoimmunity really is (and why it's a case of mistaken identity) How inflammation and the immune system interact The critical role of gut health and the microbiome How ultra-processed foods disrupt intestinal integrity and immune signaling Why stress and hyper-palatable foods create a harmful cycle A practical experiment you can try to see how diet impacts your own biomarkers This isn't about selling supplements or pushing extremes. It's about understanding the science so you can make informed decisions about your health. As always, this episode is backed by scientific literature. Full citations are included below, with abbreviated versions available on shorter clips. If you're dealing with autoimmune symptoms—or just want to better understand how food impacts your immune system—this episode is for you. Full citation list: Hall KD, et al. “Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.” Cell Metabolism, 2019. Supports the formulation argument: UPF intake increased spontaneous calorie intake and weight gain even with diets matched for presented calories, sugar, fiber, sodium, and macronutrients. This is your anchor for “hyper-palatability and formulation change physiology, not just psychology.” Narula N, et al. “Association of Ultra-Processed Food Intake With Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prospective Cohort Study.” BMJ, 2021. Best human disease-level citation for the episode. Supports the claim that higher UPF intake is associated with greater IBD risk, making the gut-immune link clinically meaningful rather than purely theoretical. Chassaing B, et al. “Randomized Controlled-Feeding Study of Dietary Emulsifier Carboxymethylcellulose Reveals Detrimental Impacts on the Gut Microbiota and Metabolome.” Gastroenterology, 2022. Best emulsifier paper for human translation. Supports the claim that CMC can perturb the microbiota and metabolome and may contribute to barrier-hostile gut ecology in susceptible individuals. Daniel N, et al. “Human Intestinal Microbiome Determines Individualized Responses to Dietary Emulsifier Carboxymethylcellulose.” Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2024. Useful nuance paper. Supports the point that emulsifier sensitivity is not identical across all people and that host-microbiome context matters. Shil A, et al. “Artificial Sweeteners Disrupt Tight Junctions and Barrier Function in the Intestinal Epithelium Through Activation of the Sweet Taste Receptor T1R3.” Nutrients, 2020. Best citation for the “sugar-free does not mean barrier-neutral” point. Supports direct epithelial barrier effects of common artificial sweeteners in experimental models. Peng L, et al. “Butyrate Enhances the Intestinal Barrier by Facilitating Tight Junction Assembly via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Caco-2 Cell Monolayers.” Journal of Nutrition, 2009. Classic mechanistic citation for butyrate. Supports the claim that loss of fermentable fiber and reduced butyrate production can weaken barrier function. Kumar KP, et al. “The Interplay Between the Microbiota, Diet and T Regulatory Cells in Maintaining Intestinal Homeostasis.” Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023. Useful for the tolerance language. Supports the argument that diet and microbial metabolites shape Treg biology and mucosal tolerance. Haase S, et al. “Sodium Chloride Triggers Th17 Mediated Autoimmunity.” Frontiers in Immunology, 2019. Key citation for high salt and autoimmune-prone immune skewing. Supports the claim that excess salt can promote pathogenic Th17 biology relevant to autoimmune disease. Wilck N, et al. “Salt-Responsive Gut Commensal Modulates TH17 Axis and Disease.” Nature, 2017. Strong bridge between salt, microbiome, and Th17 signaling. Supports the point that salt is not just a blood pressure story; it is also an immune-story. Vitales-Noyola M, et al. “Analysis of Sodium Chloride Intake and Treg/Th17 Lymphocytes in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.” Journal of Immunology Research, 2018. Helpful human-facing citation for salt and immune skewing in autoimmune populations. Use cautiously, but it strengthens translation from theory to autoimmune terrain. Phuong-Nguyen K, et al. “Advanced Glycation End-Products and Their Effects on Gut Health.” Nutrients, 2023. Good review for the AGE section. Supports the argument that AGE-rich processed foods may worsen oxidative stress, microbiota balance, and barrier function. Chen Y, et al. “Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products Elicit Toxicological Effects by Disrupting Gut Microbiota and Increasing Colon Permeability in Rats.” Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 2021. Useful mechanistic support for the processing-chemistry section. Reinforces the claim that dietary AGEs can alter microbial ecology and increase permeability. Monteiro CA, et al. “Ultra-Processed Foods: What They Are and How to Identify Them.” Public Health Nutrition, 2019. Dr. Brendan McCarthy is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of Protea Medical Center in Arizona. With over two decades of experience, he's helped thousands of patients navigate hormonal imbalances using bioidentical HRT, nutrition, and root-cause medicine. He's also taught and mentored other physicians on integrative approaches to hormone therapy, weight loss, fertility, and more. If you're ready to take your health seriously, this podcast is a great place to start.
Shear sensitivity is the silent challenge behind many advanced biomanufacturing modalities. Orbital-shaken bioreactors—often underestimated—may be a key enabler your CMC development is missing.Tibor Anderlei, CSO at Kühner Shaker, joined David Brühlmann on the Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast to unpack the hidden physics behind bioprocess reproducibility and next-generation shaking technology. He has seen firsthand how overlooking fundamental parameters can derail scale-up and delay development timelines. In his role, Tibor is responsible for the customer interface—spanning sales, service, support, GMP topics, troubleshooting, marketing, and applied technology—with a focus on orbital shaking technology and small-scale cultivation support.Topics discussed:The importance of measuring oxygen transfer rate (OTR) and carbon dioxide transfer rate (CTR) for reproducible bioprocesses—why DO is not sufficient (02:55)Real-time process analytical technology (PAT) for small-scale bioreactors, including microtiter plates and shake flasks (06:47)Pre-culture reproducibility: transferring at the right OTR and its impact on main cultures (07:56)Price sensitivity and scale-up challenges in cultivated meat—implications for media and equipment selection (10:36)Expansion of shaking technology to fields such as mixing, storage, and thawing, including applications in liquid crystal production (12:10)Leadership lessons from competing with bigger players: how smaller companies stay innovative, agile, and close to their customers (14:20)The significance of strong business partner relationships and trusting gut feeling in decision-making (16:32)Key advice for smart biotech scientists: careful definition of screening conditions and the use of online measurement tools at small scale (18:09)Accessible resources for mastering shaken bioreactor techniques, including webinars and direct contact with Tibor Anderlei (19:38)Smart insight:Treat small-scale shaken systems as real bioreactors and define screening conditions carefully from the start. Using online measurement tools even at early stages provides critical visibility and helps ensure that results are reproducible and scalable.Building a robust scale-up strategy requires looking at the process from multiple angles—regulatory, digital, and operational. Listen to those previous episodes:Episode 03 - 04: How to Master Biotech Scale-up Without Guesswork with Leonardo SibilioEpisode 25 - 26: 9 Critical Steps for a Seamless Transition to Large-Scale ProductionEpisode 231-232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannEpisode 233-234: Why Most Bioprocess Automation Projects Fail with Anthony CatacchioEpisode 237-238: High-Throughput Microbial Screening with Sebastian BlumConnect with Tibor Anderlei:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tibor-anderlei-66342411/Kühner Shaker website: www.kuhner.comShaking Technology Forum: www.shakingtechnology.comSupport the show
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 12 features an exclusive Trusty Tip on auditing with recommendations for achieving alignment between production auditing and quality auditing.Check out Sonal's NAMAS article:https://namas.co/production-vs-quality-what-we-forget-when-we-audit-fast/Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
Why do small-scale bioprocess experiments often fail to translate in scale-up despite “perfect” results on paper?Tibor Anderlei, Chief Scientific Officer and leader of customer support at Kühner Shaker, has spent three decades solving an issue that frustrates CMC leaders and biomanufacturing teams worldwide. He pioneered online monitoring in shake flasks, co-founded AC Biotec, and now helps organizations avoid costly trial-and-error with high-throughput screening and orbital shaken bioreactors.Topics discussed:Why orbital shaken bioreactors are fundamental to successful bioprocess development (03:11)The gap between educational practices and real-world bioreactor expertise (04:00)Tibor Anderlei's journey from the Technical University of Aachen to pioneering online monitoring technology in shake flasks (04:27)Reasons why published shake flask and microtiter plate experiments often fail to be reproduced in other labs (09:47)Key parameters frequently omitted from publications—including shaking diameter—and their impact on experiment reproducibility (13:10)Practical considerations for using microtiter plates and tubes, including automation compatibility and critical shaking speeds (14:13)Common scale-up failures due to oxygen limitation and mismatched aeration rates between small-scale and bioreactor systems (22:22)The effect of bioreactor geometry, such as neck shape, on process ventilation and performance (24:49)Smart insight: If scientists want scalable, reproducible success, the path starts with getting the details right—and keeping a sharp eye on both automation trends and the fundamentals of shaken cultures.Listen to the full episode with Tibor Anderlei to unpack the real “missing links” in bioprocess reproducibility and how to bridge small-scale insight to CMC scale-up.Building a robust scale-up strategy requires looking at the process from multiple angles—regulatory, digital, and operational. Listen to those previous episodes:Episode 03 - 04: How to Master Biotech Scale-up Without Guesswork with Leonardo SibilioEpisode 25-26: 9 Critical Steps for a Seamless Transition to Large-Scale ProductionEpisode 231-232: From IND to BLA: The Biologics CMC Decisions That Determine Regulatory Success with Henri KornmannEpisode 233-234: Why Most Bioprocess Automation Projects Fail with Anthony CatacchioEpisode 237-238: High-Throughput Microbial Screening with Sebastian BlumConnect with Tibor Anderlei:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tibor-anderlei-66342411/Kühner Shaker website: www.kuhner.comShaking Technology Forum: www.shakingtechnology.comSupport the show
Steph Bevan marks sixty years of the Christian Mountain Centre in Eryri, exploring why time outdoors can be life‑changing for young people and transformative for faith. From kayaking and climbing on the North Wales coast to moments of stillness that prompt reflection and prayer, Steph visits the centre at Pensarn Harbour and speaks to staff about their vision for outdoor education in a time of rising anxiety and shrinking opportunities.She also meets CMC founder, mountaineer and minister Mike Perrin, who reflects on the centre's beginnings in the 1960s and the belief that the mountains can open hearts in ways buildings sometimes cannot. An exploration of nature, community and the enduring pull of adventure on the spiritual life.
When a single mismanaged tech transfer threatens an entire development program, pressure on CMC leaders and bioprocess teams is intense. The truth? Tech transfers aren't a black box. They're complex, but solvable with the right mindset and playbook.In this episode, David Brühlmann explores the practical side of tech transfer and scale-up within the biotech industry. With more than 15 years of experience, he shares personal stories and industry-tested frameworks that help demystify the complexities of transferring technologies between sites or organizations. Instead of focusing solely on technical details, he emphasizes the crucial human and organizational factors that often decide project success or failure.Key topics discussed:How mapping and managing stakeholders can resolve hidden issues and accelerate projects (01:55)Case studies highlighting the importance of environmental factors — like light exposure — in process performance and troubleshooting (05:50)A mass transfer checklist for bioprocess scale-up, with specific focus on equipment-related parameters (07:09)The build vs. outsource dilemma: how to choose what to keep in-house and what to partner out, depending on company strategy and project phase (08:05)A 12-week tech transfer preparation protocol, covering foundations, risk mitigation, and execution readiness (10:16)Lessons on leadership, prioritization, and effective delegation to avoid personal and organizational bottlenecks (13:28)Whether you're overseeing a complex CMC program, navigating CDMO relationships, or planning your next scale-up, this episode offers concrete steps to cut through confusion and deliver results.If you're interested in the ideas discussed, here are some of the guests David referenced in this episode.Episodes 91 - 92: Mass Transfer Secrets: Mastering Bubbles and kLa from Bench to Large-Scale Production with Lars Puiman & Rik VolgerEpisodes 79 - 80: Think Before You Build: Holistic Approaches to Biotech Facility Design with Alfredo Martínez MogarraEpisodes 57 - 58: Crafting a Solid CMC Strategy: Key Factors and Common Pitfalls with Matthias MüllnerEpisodes 23 - 24: Strategies for Success: Master CMC Development with Gene LeeSupport the show
Hour Two of the Good Morning Football Podcast begins with the 49ers outlook in the NFC West. Hosts Mike Yam, Kyle Brandt, Manti Te'o, and Mike Garafolo discuss the San Fran roster and CMC's recent workout videos. Freddie McGee III drops by to talk about his viral campaign to get an NFL workout. Fmr NFL RB Steven Jackson talks about his legacy with the Rams and being a mentor to future running backs. Plus, a look at the 'Run Rich Run' charity event coming up at the NFL Draft! The Good Morning Football Podcast is part of the NFL Podcast NetworkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Medical Billing & Coding Podcast for 5 Years on Feedspot. Sonal's 17th Season starts up and Episode 11 features a return to her spotlight series on Newsworthy interviews that are also filled with Trusty Tips. Enjoy this bonus replay!Join Sonal on welcoming Robyn Alvarado and hear her talk about her Journey.Find Robyn on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-marie-alvarado-cpc-cpma-12507a22/Paint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
Rev. Brett McNeill and ruling elder Steve Ethridge of Reformation Presbyterian Church, Olympia, WA, talk about the work of ruling elders before, during, and after a pastor's sabbatical.Information on the Committee on Ministerial Care's grant can be found here, and their policy example (Appendix A) can be found here.Brett's reflections on his sabbatical can be found here.The CMC's video is available here.Brett's recommended books.Paul Tripp, Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do (Crossway, 2015, 2025).Gerhard Forde, On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther's Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 (Eerdmans, 1997).Zach Eswine, Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry as a Human Being (Crossway: 2013) or The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus (Crossway, 2015)Steve's recommended booksSteve Baugh, The Majesty on High: Introduction to the Kingdom of God in the New Testament (2017)Octavius Winslow. Any title by Winslow.
What actually happens when you start investing… and just figure it out as you go? In this week’s Investing Diary, we’re chatting to a Money Bee who has been on a full journey over the last four years. Blue chip stocks, trying to time the market, accidentally buying multiple ETFs that all hold the same companies… nothing has been off limits. It’s the kind of story that will make you feel a lot better about your own investing decisions. We talk about what it looked like starting out with a $10,000 head start, how confidence can quickly turn into “I can outsmart the market” energy, and the moment you realise your strategy might not be as solid as you thought. There’s also a really real conversation about ETFs and diversification, especially when you think you’re spreading your investments… but you’re actually doubling up without realising. Plus, we get into the emotional side of investing, like watching your portfolio move up and down, and how to stay consistent when everything feels a bit chaotic. We also cover the practical side of things, including choosing an investing platform, the differences between CMC and Sharesies, and why automating your investments can be the thing that keeps you on track long term. This episode is relatable, a little bit chaotic, and genuinely helpful. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re “doing investing right” or felt unsure about your strategy, you’re going to see yourself in this one. SORT YOUR INSURANCE: A big thank you to our partner Skye Wealth for bringing this episode to life. If you're ready to get your insurances sorted, you can learn more about them here.We have a long standing referral partnership with Skye Wealth and only ever partner with people we trust. CHECK OUT THE SOTM INVESTING HUB: Full of our best investing freebies, resources, courses and podcast episodes here. INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS: All our best beginner's investing podcast episodes in one place here.Ready to binge more relatable, inspiring, and downright juicy money stories? Check out our ultimate Money Diaries playlist. Listen now Join our Facebook Group AKA the ultimate support network for money advice and inspiration. Ask questions, share tips, and celebrate your wins with a like-minded crew of 300,000+. And follow us on Instagram for Q&As, bite-sized tips, daily money inspo... and relatable money memes that just get you. Acknowledgement of Country By Nartarsha Bamblett aka Queen Acknowledgements. The advice shared on She's On The Money is general in nature and does not consider your individual circumstances. She's On The Money exists purely for educational purposes and should not be relied upon to make an investment or financial decision. If you do choose to buy a financial product, read the PDS, TMD and obtain appropriate financial advice tailored towards your needs. Victoria Devine and She's On The Money are authorised representatives of Money Sherpa PTY LTD ABN - 321649 27708, AFSL - 4451289See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Three of the 49ers' top brass spoke publicly this weekend at the NFL Annual League Meeting in Phoenix, and each confirmed San Francisco has positioned itself strongly ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. On this episode of "49ers Talk," co-hosts Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss the most important takeaways from general manager John Lynch, coach Kyle Shanahan, and owner Jed York's press conferences with the media. From player health and safety to savvy free-agent deals and trades, Matt and Jennifer asses how San Francisco's offseason work thus far can propel them into next season. -- (2:00) Trent Williams contract heading in right direction (6:00) A look at Brandon Aiyuk's future (10:00) 49ers taking players' health and safety seriously (13:00) Jed York wants to keep Lynch and Shanahan for a long time (20:00) What will CMC's role look like in 2026? (26:00) Discussing Raheem Morris' defensive scheme (35:00) 49ers aren't thrilled about starting the season in Australia (40:00) 49ers factor history of health in free-agent signings Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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