#43 - From Lanyards to Lollapalooza: Unfiltered Trade Show Tales

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Helical Brew

Sura Hadi | Mike Ouren | Elizabeth Rodziewicz

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#43 - From Lanyards to Lollapalooza: Unfiltered Trade Show Tales

Helical Brew

49 minutes 2 seconds

2 months ago

#43 - From Lanyards to Lollapalooza: Unfiltered Trade Show Tales

🎙️ Hosts: Mike Ouren, Sura Hadi

🎧 Episode Title: From Lanyards to Lollapalooza: Unfiltered Trade Show Tales

Lanyards, swag regrets, boutique hotels, and a diagnostics mega-show colliding with Lollapalooza.

Your favorite lab automation crew gets real about ADLM 2025, diagnostics business models, and the quirks of conference life—plus some unexpected gaming and tech tangents.

This episode dives into the intersection of science and chaos—from the expo floor to the EDM bassline drifting in from across the park.

☕ What we cover in this episode:

ADLM 2025 recap: size, scope, and why it’s 4x bigger than SLAS
Lollapalooza meets diagnostics: the hotel chaos story
The “money printer” business model of diagnostics
Swag hoarding & the great lanyard purge
Coffee rituals, boutique hotel wins, and deep dish regrets
Gaming tangents: Warzone spin-offs, overlays & streaming setups
Meta fatigue vs. Apple Vision Pro hype
Why Comic-Con might be on our 2026 calendar

If you work in diagnostics, automation, biotech, or just love trade show stories—you’ll feel right at home.

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⏱️ EPISODE CHAPTERS – NAVIGATE THE EPISODE

0:00 Intro & welcome

1:37 Lollapalooza & ADLM collide

3:00 Deep dish pizza & hotel chaos

5:00 Boutique hotel finds & Nespresso loyalty

7:35 ADLM recap: what stood out

10:00 Booths, diagnostics giants & B2B scale

14:00 Contract design & startup strategy

17:17 Business models: diagnostics vs. R&D

18:00 Swag regrets & lanyard purging

24:00 Neck pillows & travel talk

26:30 Upcoming shows: ILMAC, NICLAS Forum, ISPE

30:00 Gaming overlays & Twitch thoughts

34:00 Warzone spin-offs & Call of Duty chaos

38:28 Meta fatigue & Apple Vision Pro

41:00 Google Plus flashbacks & quitting social

43:00 Is LinkedIn still worth it?

44:30 Wrapping up: Lollapalooza crash or Comic-Con cosplay?

📌 SHORTS (Quick Clips from the Episode)

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▶️ • Warzone Spin-Off Rumors? Mike Reacts to th...

▶️ • The Big Expo: Our Take on ADLM’s Size, Ene...

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