Entrepreneurial Insights

Introducing our series of interviews with CEO’s, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Non-Executive Directors offering valuable insight into personal journey’s, wins savoured and mistakes made.

We kick off the series with Janet Downie who’s personal journey from the wild edge of the Atlantic to the cutting edge of science and HUGE success and recognition for building one of Scotland’s most recognised biotechnology brands in RoslinCT.

We’ll be adding to the series regularly so make sure you check in to hear the latest.

Sardinia, Dundee and ultrasonics give us the mix of the century with Nico Fenu of Nami Surgical

PROMO Sardinia

Dundee and ultrasonics give us the mix of the century with Nico Fenu, Nami Surgical

Advice I would give myself

A compilation of our interviewee’s responses to the question – If you could go back in time, what advice would you give yourself?

The bootstrap journey

With Kevin Fallon of FlexMedical Solutions

Academic to Entrepreneur

Xavier Golay the CEO of Gold Standard Phantoms tells us his story.

PROMO Academic to Entrepreneur

Xavier Golay, CEO of “Gold Standard Phantoms” tells us his story

If you want to know the challenges you’ll face starting and growing a business – have a watch!

A compilation of interviews, discussing the challenges that early-stage organisations face.

Full interview – A Serial Entrepreneur relates how setbacks didn’t stop him

Jack Hooper, Rhizocore Technologies.

Taster – A Serial Entrepreneur relates how setbacks didn’t stop him

Jack Hooper, Rhizocore Technologies.

Full interview – CEO – Biocaptiva – how life sciences captured an electronics engineer

Jeremy Wheeler, CEO of Biocaptiva, speaks on his journey into life sciences. From being an electronics engineer to working in life sciences.

Taster – CEO – Biocaptiva – how life sciences captured an electronics engineer

Jeremy Wheeler, CEO of Biocaptiva, speaks on his journey into life sciences. From being an electronics engineer to working in life sciences.

Full interview – Albert Nicholls – Country boys’ global pharma stint ignites a passion for life science startups

How country boy, Albert Nicholls, international journey through corporate pharma and medical devices fed a passion for helping early-stage businesses in life sciences flourish.

Taster – Albert Nicholls – Country boys’ global pharma stint ignites a passion for life science startups

How country boy, Albert Nicholls, international journey through corporate pharma and medical devices fed a passion for helping early-stage businesses in life sciences flourish.

Full interview – Canadian Jamie Blackport, CEO of Mirador Analytics – from a corporate career to entrepreneurship

Canadian Jamie Blackport, the CEO of Mirador Analytics joins Ewan Jardine, where Jamie tells all about launching himself from a corporate career to entrepreneurial one (based in the Scottish borders to boot!)

Taster – Jamie Blackport, CEO of Mirador Analytics – from a corporate career to entrepreneurship

Canadian Jamie Blackport, the CEO of Mirador Analytics joins Ewan Jardine, where Jamie tells all about launching himself from a corporate career to entrepreneurial one (based in the Scottish borders to boot!)

Full interview – Richard Boyd, CEO of Invizius

From Clyde shipbuilding to life-saving dialysis tech: Richard Boyd, CEO of Invizius.

Taster – Richard Boyd, CEO of Invizius

From Clyde shipbuilding to life-saving dialysis tech: Richard Boyd, CEO of Invizius.

Full interview – Michael Roberts Founder of Synpromics and Chromatin Bioscience

Michael shares a great insight into the journey he’s been on in life sciences and the backdrop to founding Synpromics and Chromatin Bioscience. He’s got some great tales to tell and advice for those following in his footsteps. From taking the highly unusual step of paying private tutors to help him out of his school Saturday job income (while the rest of us blew it on music, sweets and magazines I think I can safely say) to spending 10 years in Greece before setting up one of Scotland’s most successful start-ups in the Life Science industry here in Scotland, it’s a story well told.

Taster – Michael Roberts Founder of Synpromics and Chromatin Bioscience

Michael shares a great insight into the journey he’s been on in life sciences and the backdrop to founding Synpromics and Chromatin Bioscience. He’s got some great tales to tell and advice for those following in his footsteps. From taking the highly unusual step of paying private tutors to help him out of his school Saturday job income (while the rest of us blew it on music, sweets and magazines I think I can safely say) to spending 10 years in Greece before setting up one of Scotland’s most successful start-ups in the Life Science industry here in Scotland, it’s a story well told.

Full Interview – From the farm to fork in the road made Sarah CEO

Promo – From the farm to fork in the road made Sarah CEO

Full interview – How crofting values from the Highlands of Scotland built a Multi-million £ Global CDMO – Janet Downie

The full interview with Janet Downie, the ex-CEO of RoslinCT one of Scotland’s most successful life science start-ups describes the journey from growing up on the wild edge of the Atlantic to building a multi-million £ CDMO at the cutting edge of the cell & gene therapy revolution.

Taster – How crofting values from the Highlands of Scotland built a Multi-million £ Global CDMO – Janet Downie

Janet Downie, the ex-CEO of RoslinCT one of Scotland’s most successful life science start-ups describes the journey from growing up on the wild edge of the Atlantic to building a multi-million £ CDMO at the cutting edge of the cell & gene therapy revolution.

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