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🧬 Jacob Glanville - Centivax - Part 1 | Hospitality Industry’s Applied Lessons | The Benefits of Contingency Planning & Fair Negotiation | How to Seek Translational Skill Sets & Cross Training

25 min • 31 mars 2023
Part 1 of 4.

My guest for this week’s episode is Jacob Glanville. Jacob is the Founder, CEO, & President of Centivax and was formerly the Co-founder, CEO, and President of Distributed Bio.

Join us as we sit down with Jake and talk about how our upbringing and experiences shape us, helping us find success in life science careers. Learn more about the surprising ways that the hospitality industry can relate to biotech entrepreneurship.

Gain insight into Jake’s view on fair negotiation practices and how building a strong set of translational skills can benefit founders. Please enjoy my conversation with Jake Glanville.

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Timestamps

  • [00:00:00] Intro 
  • [00:01:25] Jake’s resume
  • [00:02:07] Episode start 
  • [00:02:42] Growing up in Guatemala 
  • [00:05:52] Unexpected experience crossovers from childhood 
  • [00:06:47] Focusing and its true meaning 
  • [00:08:17] Cheap and scrappy, contingency planning
  • [00:09:31] Fair negotiation and why it matters, building relationships 
  • [00:13:16] Meeting a wide range of people and learning to be gracious 
  • [00:14:48] Being likable but not a pushover, being pushy and smooth 
  • [00:16:36] Listening but deciding intentionally, learning to say no 
  • [00:17:37] What landed you in Berkeley 
  • [00:19:24] Interest in immunogenetics, programming hobby 
  • [00:20:20] Population genetics, and the translation of skill sets 
  • [00:22:41] Cross-training, learn general principles with wide applicabilities 
  • [00:23:21] Outro 

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