Bridging the Gap: merging the startup + academic mindsets

On this episode we interview Harvard researcher and entrepreneur Kaveh Daneshvar on how to mesh the academic and entrepreneurial mindsets. Kaveh is a world RNA expert and has lead multiple research teams at healthcare startups, including one that was key in Moderna's development of the COVID mRNA vaccines. This episode is all about bringing together two ways of thinking that can transform society: the curiosity of academia + the ability to build of entrepreneurship.  

We discuss the differences between academic and entrepreneurial mindsets, why RNA's biochemistry makes it a perfect fit for biotechnology entrepreneurship, how an RNA innovation future looks like, the key ingredients in building biotech ecosystems, among other topics.