In our inaugural episode, host Dr. Celia Merzbacher, executive director of QED-C, sits down with Noel Goddard, chief executive officer of Qunnect - a quantum communications company based in New York City. The two talk about Noel's career journey in the quantum industry and the growth of Qunnect, the difference in the biotech and quantum industries, the importance of intellectual property for quantum companies, de-risking a startup through federal grants and angel investments, and investment strategies for quantum technology. Check out the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/5kqyxb7Ck-s Been There, Done That is produced by Association Briefings.   Show notes Noel Goddard, PhD, joined Qunnect’s management team in 2020. Prior to this role, she was a seed investor with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund, where she built a portfolio of companies across deep technology and life science sectors in Downstate NY. Noel is a serial entrepreneur, having founded/led two biotech startup companies. Before joining the startup community, Noel was an assistant professor of physics at Hunter College, CUNY. She completed her postdoctoral research as a Fellow at Harvard University and her PhD at Rockefeller University. Noel volunteers as a mentor and advisor to several entrepreneurial initiatives in the NYC region and serves on the Board of Directors for one of her former portfolio companies. Fun fact: Noel was an avid sportbike motorcyclist for 10 years.