Entrepreneurship

Discover how Martin identified a crucial need and forged his unique position, combining his PhD in biotechnology with a background in economics.

Simon Rittman, shares with our host, Tina Persson, all about his experience with founding a company while still holding a position in academia.

In this episode, Tina Persson and Sajni Haria discuss the entrepreneurial mindset that PhDs can train themselves with if they start thinking of the bigger picture of commercialising their research.

In this episode, Marisa Pereira, a biotech project manager who also owns a unique company, shares the highs and lows of her career path.

With 20+ years of experience in the biotechnology and healthcare sectors, Andrew McKee talks about his journey of experimentation and self-discovery, after quitting his PhD.

Mark Herschberg is an entrepreneur who has launched several successful ventures in his career. Mark has trained himself to become an entrepreneur and now shares these tips with us. If you want to become an entrepreneur too, listen to this episode to learn some valuable tips.

In this episode, Tina interviews Lauran Fuller. Lauran talks about her experience being an entrepreneur, doctoral student and a mother at the same time.

Dr. Rui Cruz holds a PhD in biomedical sciences and currently works at his startup Connecting Biotech. In today's episode Dr. Cruz shares with us valuable tips and lessons he learned along his journey.

Dr. to be Natalia Bielczyk is just about to get her PhD in Neurosciences. Meanwhile, she launched a foundation and founded a company that helps researchers to develop careers beyond academia. In today's episode Natalia shares her story and how she became an entrepreneur.

Dr. Ben Hartwig is a German scientist, entrepreneur and actor that founded his own company. This is the second episode featuring Dr. Hartwig, and in today's episode he will talk about resilience and will share tips on how to stay resilient and how to deal with stress.

Dr. Ben Hartwig is a German scientist, entrepreneur and an actor who founded his own company. In this podcast, Dr. Ben Hartwig shares the lessons he learnt during his PhD and explains how he successfully combined his analytical and creative side together.

Dr. Sonia Jaeger is a German-French psychologist and psychotherapist that works as an online therapist. In today's episode you can learn about her PhD work and her transition into living as a digital nomad.

Dr. Per Arnäs is a logistics researcher, podcaster, public speaker, blogger and entrepreneur with an - as he puts it - unhealthy interest in the digitalization of transportation.

Dr. Karin Bodewits founded the career platform NaturalScience.Careers. She works as an author, speaker and seminar leader for a range of communication topics. She is the author of the novel ‘You Must Be Very Intelligent — The PhD Delusion’, published by Springer Nature.

Dr. Martjin Bijker shares his journey into the pharmaceutical industry and how he became a career coach.

Alex Rutherford is a freelance data scientist and entrepreneur. Alex has a masters and PhD in physics from the University of Warwick and University College London, respectively. Alex has undertaken post-doctoral work in complexity science and computational social science.

With a background in both academia and business, Åsa Burman is passionate about bridging the gap between these two worlds. Listen to her inspiring story on how her years as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley paved the way for her career today.

Michael Gralla is a PhD student at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and also a Leadership Consultant and Career Coach who has just started his own company: fby – find the best in you.

Sara holds a BSc in Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and has completed various courses in Business and Marketing. She works as freelance consultant, as recruiter (Rekryteringsspecialisten AB) and marketing/sales consultant.

Dr Filippo Guarnieri earned his PhD in theoretical physics in 2014. He is currently working as a postdoc in theoretical physics at the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA in Stockholm, Sweden and is the chair of the Max Planck Alumni Association.

Dr Fatma Guettou is a structural biologist with a PhD in X-ray crystallography from Karolinska Institute. After completing her PhD, Fatma moved to Munich for a postdoc position. She is is currently working as a crystallographer at Medivir.

Dr Johanna Havemann works as a trainer and consultant in Science Communication for universities and research institutions in Europe and Africa.

Samer Yammine has a PhD in Cancer Epigenomics from Karolinska Institutet. In this episode, he will walk us through his journey from a PhD student toward co-founder of 2 biotech companies and project manager at the Unit for Bioentrepreneurship at Karolisnka Institutet.