#4 - Jason Monteleone: CEO CFO CRO

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Hosted by Giovanni Lauricella, in this episode we interview Jason Monteleone, CEO of Avania Clinical. Jason shares his story from CPA to CFO to CEO and the lessons learned along the way. Giovanni and Jason explore what makes a good CFO vs CEO, how to build a business development strategy, leading teams, acquisitions, MedTech vs BioTech, chickens, and more.

You can learn more about Avania Clinical and their services a clinical research partner at www.avaniaclinical.com

This episode is sponsored by Zapyrus, a business development and business intelligence software company based out of Toronto, Canada. To learn more about Zapyrus and the services they offer visit welcome.zapyrus.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:33 Chickens
• 10:32 From CPA to CEO
• 24:09 What makes a great CFO vs CEO?
• 29:51 CFO Blogger
• 33:58 Onboarding a CEO
• 38:41 Virtual vs In-Person
• 44:21 Avania Clinical
• 57:21 Business Development Strategy
• 1:05:40 Onboarding a CRO
• 1:14:40 How to Interview a CRO
• 1:20:04 Growing a Business Through Acquisitions
• 1:31:31 Leading a Small Team vs a Large Team
• 1:36:07 MedTech vs BioTech
• 1:46:55 Product Company vs Service Company
• 1:48:48 Philadelphia
• 1:55:29 Growing a Company while Growing a Family