The ideaSpace Podcast is a selection of interviews, talks and discussions with successful founders and business leaders, and is for anyone interested in business, innovation and entrepreneurship.
In the Start-up Stories episodes we try to focus on the journey of the entreprenuer, and in Business Basics we concentrate on specific business topics. Either way the podcasts are designed to be entertaining, revealing, and interesting, and our guests talk honestly and openly about the trials and tribulations of founding a business; as well as the gains and successes, they discuss their past business failures in order to help anyone else avoid the same mistakes!
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The ideaSpace Podcast is a selection of interviews, talks and discussions with successful founders and business leaders, and is for anyone interested in business, innovation and entrepreneurship.
In the Start-up Stories episodes we try to focus on the journey of the entreprenuer, and in Business Basics we concentrate on specific business topics. Either way the podcasts are designed to be entertaining, revealing, and interesting, and our guests talk honestly and openly about the trials and tribulations of founding a business; as well as the gains and successes, they discuss their past business failures in order to help anyone else avoid the same mistakes!
ideaSpace is a community of founders and entrepreneurs based at the University of Cambridge, where members share knowledge, experience and expertise to help themselves, and others, in their high-impact venture creation.
Start-up Stories with Jon Moore, Co-founder and CSO of Epitopea
The ideaSpace Podcast
50 minutes 28 seconds
1 week ago
Start-up Stories with Jon Moore, Co-founder and CSO of Epitopea
Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Dr Jon Moore — a biochemist, entrepreneur, and seasoned biotech leader whose career spans both cutting-edge academic research and the commercial frontiers of cancer therapeutics.
Jon is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Epitopia, a Cambridge- and Montreal-based company developing next-generation cancer vaccines using mRNA and immunotherapy technologies. Before that, he co-founded Pheno Therapeutics, an Edinburgh University spin-out focused on remyelination therapies for multiple sclerosis, and held senior roles at Horizon Discovery and RiboTargets, now Vernalis.
In this conversation, Jon traces his journey from a science-obsessed teenager and Duke University postdoc to becoming a biotech founder shaping the future of oncology. He talks about the spark that led to Epitopia, the challenges of building transatlantic biotech ventures, what makes Cambridge such fertile ground for life-science startups, and the importance of curiosity, persistence, and trust in building great teams.
It’s a thoughtful and inspiring look into the mindset of a scientist-entrepreneur turning discovery into impact.
The ideaSpace Podcast
The ideaSpace Podcast is a selection of interviews, talks and discussions with successful founders and business leaders, and is for anyone interested in business, innovation and entrepreneurship.
In the Start-up Stories episodes we try to focus on the journey of the entreprenuer, and in Business Basics we concentrate on specific business topics. Either way the podcasts are designed to be entertaining, revealing, and interesting, and our guests talk honestly and openly about the trials and tribulations of founding a business; as well as the gains and successes, they discuss their past business failures in order to help anyone else avoid the same mistakes!
ideaSpace is a community of founders and entrepreneurs based at the University of Cambridge, where members share knowledge, experience and expertise to help themselves, and others, in their high-impact venture creation.
