Why I wake up everyday - Biotech Startup serial entrepreneur, advisor and investor Ron Shigeta - a podcast by Natsune Oki

Ron Shigeta Ph.D. is a serial Biotech entrepreneur who advises and coaches innovative startups, entrepreneurs, and investors and was a Chief Science Officer and co-founder at IndieBio.  IndieBio has become one of the most successful accelerators in the world, building a portfolio total value of around $2B.  As Chief Scientific Officer, Ron helped to build 70+ companies that have created new consumer trends through biotechnology (e.g. Plant-based Seafood; New Wave Foods, Industrial Enzymatic systems; Protera, Lab-Grown Meat: Memphis Meats). He has been a speaker for Digital Garage Japan and at Bio Japan.  Ron did his doctoral training at Princeton University studying protein structure and biophysics. His post-doctoral training at Stanford and Harvard Medical School focused on antibiotic biosynthesis and diabetes.

Today we asked the following questions:  

1. Let's talk about your life. who are you, what have you done?  

2. You wok in such an innovative place where you should witness a lot of new ideas, creativity, and even entrepreneurship, Can you tell me what drives you and excites you working in this environment? 

3. What does it mean to be an authentic (& confident) person in the capitalist environment?  

4. How did you gain your courage to leave a GOOD JOB to start something from bottom-up in a completely different environment?

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