In this podcast we cover:

1. Personal experience and reflections from being a caregiver

2. Understanding the survival early-stage oncology investing ecosystem

3. Emerging themes and trends in oncology innovation and patient care

About our guest:

Mark Mendel is the Managing Director of Mendel Consulting LLC. They advise fund managers and scientific and technical founders, and guide company-building and fundraising activities at multiple start-ups. Prior to this, he was a Venture Partner at Artio Medical and Director at Intellectual Ventures. Mark served as managing director of RiverVest Venture Partners, which he co-founded. Before RiverVest, Mark was a vice president with ARCH Venture Partners. During his four-year tenure there, he established the firm's New York City operations, co-led the seed financing at Optobionics and served as board observer at Optobionics and GenVec. He has also been a Kauffman Fellow.

Mark holds PhD. in Bioengineering from University of Pennsylvania.

Key Insights:

At 9 minutes and 5 seconds

I would say to the listeners, just substitute the person's judgement - the one who's struggling - and do what they want. Doesn't matter, whatever it is you think.

At 24 minutes and 30 seconds

But you can break that balkanization that there's your family, caregivers, people in your life previously who are caregivers.

At 29 minutes and 32 seconds

I think one of the rules that makes it a safe place for investment has been, that if you ultimately can develop a therapeutic benefit for patients, it's going to be a winner, and the details that don't matter very much.

At 47 minutes at 50 seconds

There's a lot of interest in seeing how to use nutrition to help with cancer therapy. There's hints of efficacy that are very promising. Now how you go from there to developing a therapy thing is a really important question that I find very interesting.

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