The podcast
Our podcast, From Founder to Leader, aims to demystify what it actually looks like to build hard tech startups. Too often, founders share their stories when there are news-worthy successes - the big raises and the lucrative exits.
We want you to hear the real human stories that drive innovation - the crossroads decisions, the messy middles, and practical know-how. We hope that these conversations will help you as you take your ideas out of the lab and build scalable solutions to improve human health and our planet.
Click on the episodes below for each full transcript.
Episodes
Launching + scaling metascience organizations, With Dr. Adam Marblestone
How Dr. Adam Marblestone, CEO + Co-founder of Convergent Research, launched and scaled a new “meta-science” organization as a new model for funding science progress and innovation.
Starting all over, with Dr. Margaret Lumley
Dr. Margaret Lumley, CEO + Founder or Roca Water shares why she shut down her first startup, Chlobis, and re-launched as Roca Water.
Go big or go home, with Dr.Cinzia Silvestri
Dr. Cinzia Silvestri, former CEO + Co-founder of Bi/ond, shares her story about going big - or going home. In 2025, Cinzia and her co-founder made the decision to close down the company after 7 years. Here’s why she did it - and what she wished she had done differently from the start.
Why we decided to launch a podcast
Jaye Goldstein, CEO + Founder of Founder to Leader shares why they decided to start a podcast - and what they hope listeners will gain from from this content.