The Academic Adventures Podcast

Dr Marc Reid is a chemist, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, podcast host and author based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

In this episode Marc shares the story of his first business venture, Pre-Site Safety, and what he learned from it including:

• The deeply personal mission behind Pre-Site Safety and why he is ultimately grateful that it didn’t work out
• How important conversations and customers are to a budding venture
• Why you’ll never be able to map the road ahead unless you take that first step

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Find out about Marc’s latest venture Kineticolor
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This podcast was a collaboration between the University of the West of Scotland, Converge and Sarah McLusky. The podcast team includes Orla Kelly, Adam Kosterka, Jen Black and Sarah McLusky and is proudly supported by the Scottish Ecosystem Fund 2023-24.

This podcast is all about people who have embraced the opportunity to combine their academic work with entrepreneurial ventures.

This is a short introduction to the series. It includes a taster of some of the upcoming interviews, the story and the people behind the podcast, who we hope will listen and what we hope they will get out of it.

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[This podcast was a collaboration between the University of the West of Scotland, Converge and Sarah McLusky. The podcast team includes Orla Kelly, Adam Kosterka, Jen Black and Sarah McLusky. It was funded by the Scottish Ecosystem Fund 2023-24.]