Helical Brew

#21 - Julie O'Shaughnessy


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▶️Hosts: Elizabeth Rodziewicz, Sura Hadi, Jeff Nagle, and Mike Ouren

🚀 The best ideas don’t always win—execution does.In the final episode of our Blueprints to Breakthroughs series, we sit down with Julie O’Shaughnessy, COO of Vivodyne, to uncover why biotech operations are the secret weapon behind scaling scientific discoveries into real-world breakthroughs.

🔹 Why do biotech startups struggle to transition from R&D to commercialization?

🔹 How does operational strategy determine whether an idea succeeds or fails?

🔹 What’s the key to building scalable, resilient biotech companies?

Julie brings deep expertise from her time at Barclays, Amazon, Resilience, and now Vivodyne, sharing hard-won lessons on leadership, scaling biotech, and how operational inefficiencies can kill innovation.

📅 Watch now to learn why operations can make or break a biotech startup!

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📌 TIMESTAMPS – NAVIGATE THE EPISODE

00:00 Intro & Welcome to Episode 21

02:00 Julie’s Unconventional Path to Biotech Leadership

07:30 The Role of Operations in Biotech Scaling

13:00 Why Startups Fail: The Missing Operational Foundation

18:45 Compliance, Regulatory Challenges & The Path to Commercialization

23:00 Founder Mode vs. True Alignment in Scaling Startups

30:00 Lessons from Amazon & Large Corporations on Scaling

36:30 How Operational Inefficiencies Kill Innovation

42:00 Digital Tools & Automation in Biotech Operations

50:00 The Future of Biotech & Leadership Advice

58:00 Vivodyne’s Vision & What’s Next

1:05:00 Picks of the Week & Wrap-Up

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Helical BrewBy Sura Hadi | Mike Ouren | Elizabeth Rodziewicz