š§¬ Jacob Glanville - Centivax - Part 3 | Building a Biotech without Venture Capital | Picking Lab Space & Company Growth | Equipment Leasing & Runway/Cash Flow Maximization | Process Drift & āThe Respiration Modelā
Jacob is the Founder, CEO, & President of Centivax and was formerly the Co-founder, CEO, and President of Distributed Bio. Join us as we sit down with Jake, discussing his three-part plan for building Distributed Bio without traditional venture capital, how reality differed from the plan, and how the acquisition by Charles River Laboratories occurred. Learn more about his thoughts on natural team growth and how to handle process drift. Hear Jakeās view on how equipment leasing provided a solution for growing a business when cash was tight and needed for investing in internal operations. Discover Jakeās insight into what he calls āthe respiration modelā of leadership, balancing hierarchical and organic structures to promote organization and innovation. Hear more about his experience spinning out Centivax.
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My guest for this weekās episode is Jacob Glanville. Jacob is the Founder, CEO, & President of Centivax and was formerly the Co-founder, CEO, and President of Distributed Bio.
Join us as we sit down with Jake, discussing his three-part plan for building Distributed Bio without traditional venture capital, how reality differed from the plan, and how the acquisition by Charles River Laboratories occurred.
Learn more about his thoughts on natural team growth and how to handle process drift. Hear Jakeās view on how equipment leasing provided a solution for growing a business when cash was tight and needed for investing in internal operations.
Discover Jakeās insight into what he calls āthe respiration modelā of leadership, balancing hierarchical and organic structures to promote organization and innovation. Hear more about his experience spinning out Centivax.
Please enjoy my conversation with Jake Glanville.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:47 Episode start
02:11 Building a biotech without traditional venture capital
05:29 How reality differed from the 3-part plan
07:25 The difficulties of having to get lab space
09:16 Natural team growth & the relationship with the University of San Francisco
12:30 Equipment leasing, how to grow a business when cash is tight and needed for growth
14:40 Jakeās challenges & experiences that were the toughest, managing your partners
17:01 The process drift problem & implementing a buddy system
18:56 Realizing what you really need, when to spend vs. save
20:30 The biotech VC ramp, striking a balance between the hierarchical vs. organic models
22:05 āThe respiration modelā of leadership
24:20 Moving on to the next thing, what made the SuperHuman-2.0 special
28:00 Spinning out Centivax, winning the Gates Foundation Award
31:10 Focusing on what is most important, the importance of the universal vaccine
33:15 Outro
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