Episode 261: Leading Through The Eyes of Your Intrinsic Self

I am bringing you therapeutic resources throughout this already intense year, so you and those you lead can face reality at every turn. Because we are in unprecedented times, it is impossible to process everything all at once. Right? Look at the list.

* The pressure and stress with running our businesses and managing our lives are still ever-present and intense.

* We are in the middle of a forest with the COVID-19 pandemic, which means our lives and our children’s lives are far from normal.

* Grieving the loss of over 400,000 people in the United States alone.

* We are exhausted, and unclear of the speed vaccines will be rolled out.

* We are recovering collectively from the attack on our United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

* We are adjusting to a new administration ushered in with the memorable Inauguration of President Joseph R. Bidon, Jr. and V.P. Kamala Harris last week.

* And on and on: growing inequity, systemic racism, its effects, climate crisis, etc.

We plan to move steadily with you through it all with meaningful conversations. Listening to how others are working their way through these times validates your experiences, can spark coping ideas, and facilitate an attitude adjustment when needed and necessary for self-growth. I have reached across the pond to Oxfordshire, England, where Guest Mentor John Patching joins us. He is an experienced life coach, meditation tutor, and holistic therapist and knows how to lead through the eyes of one’s intrinsic self. DOWNLOAD

 “Many therapists help provide solutions to problems and do now work at a soul level to support individuals to release trauma,” John writes. “Therapy should be as much about self-learning and discovery as it is about healing. To understand and balance our finely tuned ‘whole,’ it is first necessary to discover what it is. ‘I Am Me’ should be the core learning enabled by healing, self-acceptance, and self-love.”

John is here to express his self-described battlefield of an upbringing and give you insights into journeying toward your intrinsic self. A timely conversation to help us heal first, discover more, and then unite.  

“People are like milk bottles,” John says. “If you mix fresh milk with stale milk, you get a contaminated bottle of milk.” We need to clear out the stagnant energy to create space for the positivity in fresh energy. We discuss energies in our minds, bodies, home, and office, in towns, in states, across the nation, and around the globe. Releasing stodgy energies in our minds, bodies, and around us will create space for new energy.

 You might remember John from The Wallners Journey to Acceptance. I did an 8-part podcast series with Alan and Rosemary Wallner and their three children on their journey to accept their daughter, Alix, as transgender. Their journey started with Alix coming to terms with who she is. John joined our 8th conversation that aired on April 15, 2019 (See Episode Resources for the series).

 

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Episode 260: Trusting Relationships = A Generational Legacy of Benefits

Guest Mentor Tim Gilk is a clear example of how you can reap generational benefits by forming solid relationships built on trust, hard work, and open communication. Living your core values takes vigilance. We can get off track and mess up under pressure and in extremely stressful decision-making situations. Instead of collapsing into perfectionism and self-criticism, be more forgiving and allow yourself a pathway back to re-engage with your core values.

You will hear how Tim upholds his core values and builds a generational legacy in all of his relationships, from family, friends, colleagues, employees, customers, to vendors, community, and extended family. This is an uplifting conversation about how you can work on yourself and have meaningful relationships when you adhere to your core values and see them as your guiding light.

The foundation of implicit trust started for Tim with self-understanding. Marrying Jennifer gave Tim confidence in the benefits of being engaged and present to each other’s needs. Their values of trust, hard work, and open communication became the heart of how they raised their three-adult and well-adjusted children. DOWNLOAD

 What is unique about Jennifer and Tim is they are both entrepreneurs. How they support each other in achieving their dreams is inspirational. Not a comfortable lifestyle but certainly a fulfilling one for them. Tim owns Wood & Conn Corporation, a wholesale distributor of grain handling and grain storage products. They sell, service, and deliver to dealers all over Minnesota and the Dakotas. He also uses his private plane to get those needing medical treatment to their appointments through Angel Flight Central. A service worth knowing about.

 Jennifer is the founder and owner of Gilk Legacy Law; Her firm does the work of protecting farm legacies for the future. They provide estate and property planning services to farmers and others in their surrounding community. As she helps others preserve their legacies, she and Tim are creating quite a legacy of their own. Impressive.

We also discuss how Tim and his company adapted to the coronavirus pandemic requirements of 2020 and 2021 and how he maintains his calm demeanor as empty-nesters.

* Protecting employees and customers.

* Responding to delivery delays, sales, marketing adjustments, changes in trucking protocols, invoice debacles, and other work process mishaps not experienced before.

* How farmers have been affected and how they are adapting.

* Maintaining a marriage while running two separate businesses.

* Reading as a stress reliever. We briefly discuss three authors and their latest books.

* Two of Bob Woodward’s books – The Legacy of All The President’s Men (includes Alexander Butterfield’s role) and Rage.

* Barack Obama’s new book, A Promised Land

* Jim Collin’s new book – Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company.

The most significant benefit I see in Jennifer and Tim’s legacy so far is the stable foundation they have created to support each of them in their lifework. Equality. You can do more in life when you have the support a...

Episode 259: Accepting An Early Failure Led to a Resilient Comeback

I am determined not to give up on what John Paul Lederach calls our basic social contract. At WeMentor, humanization is honored through respect and having honorable disagreements. We encourage taking responsibility for your actions and outcomes to debilitate blame and diffuse shame. We validate emotions through dialogue, healthy debate, and conversation to replace violence and facilitate self-leadership mastery. On January 21st, 2021, I am starting a virtual Meaningful Conversations LAB you are invited to join. Let’s bind the social fabric of our world together through our businesses. Click here for details. The first conversation is on me.

 Not every venture works out. Today’s Guest Mentor, Tim Gilk of Wood & Conn Corporation, runs the history tables on himself in a free-flowing conversation about how he became resilient after his 1st venture failed. Hear how he mustered up the courage to confront the facts and humble himself after his setback. The old saying, when one door closes, another opens is embedded in Tim’s history and his outlook on life.

Tim became the owner of Wood & Conn Corporation in 2006. A wholesale distributor of grain handling (mainly corn and soybeans) and grain storage products. They sell, service, and deliver to dealers all over Minnesota and the Dakotas. Whatever farmers need to store grain, they find at a dealership connected to Wood & Conn Corporation. DOWNLOAD

Additional things to listen for in our enjoyable conversation:

* Five words describing his mother and father.

* Growing up in an entrepreneurial home with two sisters and two children from the foster care system.

* Perspectives on entrepreneurship as a child and from his adult self.

* Accepting a business failure.

* Four different ventures and the lifestyles created from them.

* Happiness and unshakeable calm and confidence; aspects of resiliency.

* Practicing what you are good at and understanding what you aren’t good at.

* The power of a role model in business.

* Being mentored by Dave Wood.

* Upholding core values from one generation to the next at Wood & Conn Corporation.

* Finding stability and fulfillment in an adventurous life.

 

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Episode 258: Behind-The-Scenes at WeMentor

A beautiful conversation with Mon Frére d’une autre mère, Mike Kabeya (my brother from another mother). Get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes working together on this podcast for five years, how we survived 2020, and what is on the horizon for 2021. Mike has some technology predictions. We start with two descriptive words each.

Mike, Sylvie, and their four boys had the coronavirus. Like many families, each experienced COVID differently from mild to severe. Mike has tips for how to get through it. His healing methods worked when he suffered from Malaria many years ago. If I get COVID, I am going to use his mindset tips and strategies.

Mike and Sylvie have been working on some music over the last 10 years. They just released their first EP album: Butumbi Mbuebe (Glory is Yours!). All three songs are in the Tshiluba language from Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Central Africa. It is in Mike and Sylvie’s mother tongue and oh so inspirational. See Episode Resources for the links.

Last year, I realized the underlying theme of severe psychological distress we all experienced for more than a month, which is what The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) tests. I share a significant relationship disruption with my Dad and the appreciation that one can have in reflecting on our experiences and embracing our fragility as humans. Psychology Today defines this kind of intensity as severe psychological distress following any terrible or life-threatening event. Mine began before my mother’s passing and continued through 2020. Sufferers may develop emotional disturbances such as extreme anxiety, anger, sadness, survivor’s guilt, or PTSD. Ongoing problems include: sleep disruption or physical pain, encountering turbulence in personal and professional relationships, and feeling a diminished sense of self-worth due to the overwhelming amount of stress. Can you relate? Take the quiz.

A new WeMentor Meaningful Conversations LAB will start on January 21st. This is a way to address the severe psychological distress that has impacted us all. We will delve into meaningful conversations that will help you lead from a place of strength and courage in 2021. I am offering this LAB on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Get more information HERE! 

Welcome this New Year with an intentional flashlight focus on what you can control, your breath, and awareness. I loved our conversation and included a 10-minute Breathe Awareness mental activity at the end. Join us to manage your mind.

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Episode 257: “Great Solstice Conjunction” and Your Favorite 2020 Podcast Conversations

On this longest night of the year, a rare sight you won’t want to miss is right outside your doorstep. Immediately after sunset tonight, bundle up as you step outside. Turn your gaze up to the southwest area in the sky—a rare planetary event not seen since 1623. The two most prominent planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, align within .06 degrees to appear as one brilliant light, the Christmas Star. Forbes contributor and star gazing inspirationalist Jamie Carter says, The “Great Solstice Conjunction”  hasn’t been this easy to see since the year 1226.” (Tom Wildoner took the photo of Jupiter and Saturn on December 8, 2020.)

Another part of this ‘exciting day’ is this. Your 5 favorite podcast conversations for 2020 are ready below. You gravitated toward conversations about opportunities, inspiration, meditation, searching for peace, and clarifying your message, which reminds me of a Seth Godin quote. “Define who you are by what you do.”

More exciting news! We have surpassed 150,000 downloads! We can’t celebrate in person, but you can help spread the joy by posting this link PODCAST EPISODES | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.

Also, on this rarest of days, I am asking for your generosity. A donation from you would encourage a teary eye of gratitude and tickle alive some joy in my heart as we invest in a new year of beginnings and new meaningful conversations to boost your ability to feel more deeply to think, act, lead, and mentor others more clearly and more effectively!!!

Every dollar goes into improving and expanding our programming. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

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AND, A Toast to 2021. Let’s choose this time of massive change to ascending to a higher plane of well-being, connection, and collaboration.

Cheers to renewed hope as we welcome in the Age of Aquarius!

See you on January 4, 2021. We are off on December 28th, 2020.

 

YOUR FAVORITE 2020 PODCAST CONVERSATIONS 

#1      Barbara Winter, Pioneer, and Author Making A Living Without A Job

* It Is Time To Explore Multiple Profit Centers | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

* Employee Mindset vs. Entrepreneurial Mindset | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

#2      Dr. Allison Hubel and Karen Dodson, President and CEO, BlueCube Bio

* The Inspiration Ecosystem: How Compassion, Curiosity, and Coaching Led to An Award-Winning Start-up | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

* Expanding BlueCube Bio’s Ecosystem | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

Trahern Pollard, Founder of We Push For Peace

* Trahern’s Push For Peace | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

* Trahern’s Practical Solutions to Create Systemic Change | WeMentor Mondays ...

Episode 256: A Heroine’s Journey to Heal Trauma and Depression

Every Hero/Heroine’s Journey starts with an event. The coronavirus was our unwanted call to adventure. Have you accepted the call, or are you still thinking the pandemic isn’t going to get worse before it gets better? On the hero/heroine’s journey, mythologist Joseph Campbell identified steps involved in self-transformation through mythical characters. It is common for us not to accept the call for change the first time around. Initially, we thought we would be mildly inconvenienced for a few months. Boy were we woken up.

The picture above is a modified version of the Hero’s Journey by Athea (Her last name is not listed on her website). This image reflects the ascent to a higher plane,

I went to my podcast archives for inspiration. Suzula Bidon’s Heroine Journey provides clues we can use in our lives as we continue this strange journey into a new way of working and living. Quarantine restrictions this holiday season and next year allow us time to continue progressing through individual leadership transformation and integration. Understanding where you are will help you acknowledge where others you lead are in their journey.

I have included all three episodes of Suzula’s journey healing trauma and clinical depression. You can binge-listen. Then complete the WeMentor Meaningful Activities below. Keep grounding yourself and face the reality of where you are at any cost.

“Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.” — M. Scott Peck.

Suzula Bidon asserted bravery as she described her journey. A life that began in Spooner, Wisconsin. A place where her Mom, Dad, and brother lived along the picturesque Yellow River. Her Dad and brother enjoyed hunting and fishing together while Suzula swam and caught tadpoles and frogs. A place where she became an avid reader.

In the 1st episode, you will hear how Suzula’s life begins to unravel, and she submerges into the underworld of substance abuse, not recognizing the call to heal. DOWNLOAD

2nd Episode: Compounded grief takes Suzula through a long recovery where she is tested with two spiritual awakenings and a 27-month stay in a federal correctional facility. Allies and enemies await her. The road back to herself isn’t easy. She persists and ascends to a sober life becoming an Ivy League graduate, licensed practicing attorney in private practice, certified peer recovery specialist, and certified yoga teacher. Once you know how to navigate your own transformation, your human spirit is free to evolve at its own pace and in its own way. You awaken to the possibilities of creating a better life. Substance Use Disorder meet Criminal Justice System | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

3rd Episode: Learn 5 ways to use inclusive language. Self-awareness releases a judgmental mind. 5 Ways to Use Inclusive Language | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST

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Episode 255: The Art of Shaping New Opportunities with Skip Thaler, Part III

A dramatic year ends with Skip Thaler’s liberating decision. Not an easy decision but a necessary one when you hear how he assessed the opportunity.

Skip was building Intercontinental Marketing Corporation (IMC) and started another venture purchasing duplexes and fourplexes as a passive investor in the 1990s. It turns out, tires and real estate go together. Once IMC was secure in his son George’s hands, investing in larger apartment complexes became appealing. DOWNLOAD

In December of 2019, Skip purchased his 25th and last acquisition, an 8-unit complex Brownstone apartment building built in 1890 by the Cathedral in St. Paul, Minnesota. He describes another critical point in his success, hiring a management company for real estate to handle the day-to-day business like collecting rents. A common thread to all of his ventures was having a small group of contract workers to handle the details so he could focus on other financial details and growing his businesses. He has other great insights too.

Skip has enjoyed 20+ years of renovating and restoring these 100-year-old apartment complexes making each complex a standout in the neighborhood. He describes himself as the opposite of a slum lord investing to make everything appealing from the curbside to each building’s inside. Skip’s attention to detail is apparent in this venture too. Beautifully landscaped yards with Mums-filled planters outside the buildings in the fall changed seasonally to make tenants feel good. Original photographs from the late 1800s of the Brownstone properties are adorned in the hallways and entryways, giving a personalized touch. New vintage lightwork, 100% wool carpets, restoring the house, and preserving past woodwork are a few examples of Skip’s effort into each building and unit so people could have a nice place to live in.

‘A crowning blow’ to 2020. This year turns into a liquidating year instead of an expansive one when a confluence of events came together to induce a stress-related wake-up call. The coronavirus pandemic hit—riots in Minneapolis and St. Paul. A growing adverse political climate towards Minneapolis businesses and, to some extent in St. Paul created an adverse environment for business property owners. City governments need to work more effectively with small business owners to rebuild our Twin Cities. Private property owners feel abandoned. Skip says, “the long-term problems are greater than people realize.” Hear the details.

This experience brought back a memory from 52 years ago. When Skip started at IBM, an opportunity arose that brought Skip to Detroit, Michigan, for training. Skip describes the sadness and fright he experienced after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on April 4, 1968. Riots broke out for a week. The smell of burning houses and watching tanks roll down the street. These same feelings resurfaced after protests against police brutality broke out upon George Floyd’s death on May 4, 2020, in Minneapolis.

Looking Forward with Resiliency

One of Skip’s endearing qualities is his willingness to acknowledge his limitations as well as his strengths. In Episode Resources, I have a WeMentor Workaholic Quiz you can take. Often entrepreneurs are accused of being workaholics. Are you a workaholic or a hard worker? Skip is gonna take the Quiz too.

Another key to Skip’s success is his long-term stable relationships with Jill and their adult children and their families. Big thank yous to his excellent support staff and many accolades to Jill, who has supported him from the start. Jill is his backbone and soulmate, a real trouper. “Without Jill, there would be no success,

Episode 254: The Art of Shaping New Opportunities with Skip Thaler, Part II

We have had plenty of terrifying moments this year. Multi-venture entrepreneur Skip Thaler talks about his terrifying moment after merging his Fleetwood Franchise with Tires Plus and how he influenced a workable partnership with Tom Gegax and Don Gullett to expand Tires Plus from 11 retail stores to 40 or from $25M to a $50M business.I marvel at Skip’s impeccable timing in the launch of a new venture, growing and shaping it, and am inspired by his ability to let go and the knowingness it takes to move on. Even his hobbies of growing 1,000 orchids and sailing worldwide have a depth of time mastery in their life cycle.When the idea starts taking shape and curiosity grows, does Skip’s passion emerge, engaging his focus, skillsets, and energy?  You decide.We discuss the timing within the windows of opportunity where critical decisions are made that create wealth. Skip has mastered the transitional leaps and lands firmly on his feet with boundaries that support healthy relationships.Here are some of those pivotal moments we discuss.* The business model of the wholesale and retail side of the tire business begin competing with each other. Now what?* Turning over inventory. How about someone else worry about turning the inventory? Skip has another idea that works better for him and his temperament.* Who of the four partners has the most significant financial exposure? How long can one sustain financial exposure? Maybe the better question is, how many nights can you go without sleep before changing your financial model?* A hiring technique that works for each new hire.* Regaining self-productivity by founding Intercontinental Marketing Corporation.* Learning the international marketplace with a $5,000 investment: bank site drafts and third-party freight forwarders lowers financial risk and is efficient.* Tires have cosmetic issues too. How Skip capitalized on blemishes. Building a family-owned business.* Passing the baton from one generation to the next.A meaningful conversation you don’t want to miss!  DOWNLOAD

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After listening, do the following three WeMentor C.A.L.M. Exercises:* Take this risk: create a list of this year’s terrifying moments in your life and business and the opportunities within those moments. You heard Skip’s terrifying moment that led him to get out of his Tires Plus partnership and launch his next venture, International Marketing Corporation. I started a monthly list for this year because so much happened each month.  * Apply Self-Compassion: As you complete your list, make sure you name your feelings tied to the terrifying moment. I felt frozen and a rude awakening like I am coming out of a trance or horror movie when a second wave of the coronavirus took hold in September/October. Our spirits are awakened. We are alive. Acknowledge the courage it has taken you to name your feelings and sort out the opportunities within each tragedy and heartbreak, and then make tough decisions. Experience the sheer fragileness of your existence. This is what humanity feels like and what it means to be in the present moment.

Episode 253: The Art of Shaping New Opportunities with Skip Thaler, Part I

 

An obsession with opportunities started early with multi-venture entrepreneur Skip Thaler. The picture of Skip and Jill is taken in Turkey. We begin our first of three conversations when Skip is out of graduate school and working at IBM to give you and his family a foundational view of how Skip turns the art of sizing up opportunities into a financially successful, disciplined practice. A unique look into how opportunities are shaped and molded into viable businesses.

Wholeheartedly engaging curiosity and passion doesn’t come without sacrifice, disciplined commitment, and experimentation within the boundaries of ethics, morality, and sanity. You will hear that underlying theme as we begin analyzing each of Skip’s multi-million dollar ventures. DOWNLOAD

Skip goes about the tedious work of mining his history for pearls of learnings over seventy-some odd years methodically. Not unlike the attention to detail paid when dissecting each new venture calculating the financial risks and polishing off each grouping of learned lessons from the prior venture. You will hear Skip explain five prominent learned lessons from his early ventures. This includes a 5, 5, 2 theory he learned in his tire business. Is this theory what led him to his next venture with Tires Plus?

His keen eye for observation and critical thinking help him face hard facts. The numbers don’t lie, and neither does the interpreter. His focus isn’t bent toward exploiting accounting loopholes and trying to outsmart tax laws to avoid responsibility. His mind is on exacting out financial details and getting the most out of the opportunity. This includes having everyone’s best interest at the heart’s center in each venture.

You will hear how Skip creatively thinks about solving customer issues building customer loyalty in a competitive tire business climate. A key strategy in creating profitable and sustainable businesses. Fulfilling the promise of really solving the customer’s issues.

Each new business takes a small collective village of people seeking to prosper with you while contributing to local, national, and international business communities. The local community is within the microcosm of what we call home.

 Skip will be the first to tell you the best decision he made was to marry his high school sweetheart, Jill Kroll, building a life together with their three children, and seven grandchildren. Skip was born into an entrepreneurial lifestyle. His mentor and father, who owned Petroleum Service, suggested Skip buy into his first real business investment, Fleetwood Franchise. This is where he learned how to build relationships, leverage them, and solve customer problems.

 Skip’s success is tempered by humility and compassion for others. Listening to Dolly Parton describe her ambition at age 74 during Friday evening’s PBS Newshour sparked a thought about Skip. Dolly Parton describes her ambition and inspiration—releasing a Netflix musical and her first album in 30 years “A Holly Dolly Christmas,”—saying this, “I would rather wear out than rust out.” Skip has embraced that same philosophy and so have I. Enjoy our conversation.

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Episode 252: Expanding BlueCube Bio’s Ecosystem

 

                      Karen Dodson,  Katie Hornberger,  Dr. Allison Hubel,  Rui Li

According to National Geographic, an ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms and weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life. At BlueCube Bio, the geographic area, expands the globe as their role is to “spread cell therapies throughout the world,” says Karen Dodson, President and CEO. They are doing groundbreaking  research and product development to help get us out of this pandemic bubble and get on a path to cure inflammation, trauma, and injuries where storing cells can mean the difference between a cure and ongoing treatment. Founder and CSO Allison mentions a friend who had the coronavirus and what he found out later of his lungs’ damage.

Mesenchymal Stem Cell is a term to know. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) can repair damage to the lungs, cancer, and other life-threatening diseases. MSC is in one of BlueCube Bio’s product line solutions: mCube. Allison uses pneumonia as an example of how mCube can work.

The MSC-type is being used in clinical trials to treat acute lung injuries like pneumonia and multi-inflammatory diseases in children with the coronavirus, explains Allison. Scientists are trying to determine what therapeutic effects MSC-type have on resolving some of these lung injuries that are being observed right now. They know MSC is really important in treating the consequences from the coronavirus infection. The timing of their product launch could not be better.

BlueCube Bio’s four-person team is ready to expand into the next growth-phase to secure seed monies and increase sales and marketing efforts. The methods required in maintaining cell viability can be adapted to the long-term viability and sustainability of their venture. “Part of the reason we are so committed to this path is we see cell therapies as the future of medicine. It is essential to understand that unlike a drug or medical advice, cell therapies are meant to be curative and regenerative. What we are hoping to support is a future where disease can be cured and not just managed. This is why we are excited, and this is why we are committed to this path,” says Allison.

 Allison, Karen, Rui Li, and Katie Hornberger are improving cell manufacturing and the cryopreservation process by making it safe, efficient, and scalable. We discuss their teams’ philosophy, core values, and the management of time constraints. In the Midwest, if you are talking about manufacturing, a popular system for accountability in teams is EOS (entrepreneurial operating system). Find out what they are learning.

We briefly discuss the four products they manufacture. These products are divided into two types of off-the-shelf Cryopreservation Solution Kits. Included in each Kit is a solution, cell collection buffer, a comprehensive technical manual, and quick start study guide. The therapies are for academic researchers and cell manufacturers.

1st Type: The MSC (Mesenchymal Stem Cell) with two mCube options; GLP and GMP.

2nd Type: The stem cell therapy PSC (Pluripotent Stem Cell) with iCube options; GLP and GMP.

Karen Dodson said, “I felt like our podcast conversation was a warm invitation to share our BlueCube Bio story. Hopefully, we’ve inspired listeners to learn more about the role of cryopreservation of cells and how that supports cellular therapies for patients with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.”  

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