The Biotech Startups Podcast 🧬 Nathan Clark - Ganymede - Part 1 | Early Influence of Entrepreneurs | Developing Passions for Both Finance & Life Sciences | Fundamentals of Trading & Finances | Experiences & Opportunities at Goldman Sachs
Jul 15, 2024
36:43
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Part 1 of 4.
My guest for this week’s episode is Nathan Clark, Founder and CEO of Ganymede. Ganymede is the modern cloud data platform for the life sciences and manufacturing. Their Lab-as-Code technology allows you to quickly integrate and harmonize lab instruments and app data, automate analysis, visualize all your data in dashboards built over a powerful data lake, and ultimately speed up your operations to accelerate science or production.
Prior to founding Ganymede, Nathan was Product Manager for several of Benchling's data products, including the Insights BI tool and Machine Learning team. Before Benchling, Nathan worked at Affirm as a Senior Product Manager and was also a Trader at Goldman Sachs. Nathan’s extensive background in machine learning and data systems across financial and lab technology and knowledge of their applications in the life sciences offers unique insights for founders to benefit from.
Join us this week and hear about:
- Nathan’s childhood and the influence of his entrepreneurial father
- His experience studying business and finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- His role at Goldman Sachs and the importance of liquidity, risk management, and attention to detail in the fast-paced trading environment
- Transferable skills and lessons that can benefit entrepreneurs in any industry
- And much more!
Please enjoy my conversation with Nathan Clark.
Timestamps:
00:28 Intro
2:18 Episode starts, early years, the influence of his entrepreneurial father, understanding there is no secret to business besides putting the work and effort in
7:23 The decision to move from a traditional career path to building a startup, developing a passion for life sciences and biology
11:19 Decision to attend University of North Carolina and focus on business finances
15:34 The fundamentals of trading and the role of working as a trader
19:53 The intricacy and importance of liquidity to both early-stage ventures and corporations
25:52 Experience and opportunities while working at Goldman Sachs and the importance of transferable skills
31:37 Working in the fast-paced environment of bond trading while evaluating risk management
35:42 Outro
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Enriched Notes:
Topics Mentioned:
OpenWorm Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Goldman Sachs
Are Bonds a Good Investment?
Lab Equipment for Synthetic Biology Research
Lab Equipment List for Forensic Analysis
Lease Financing vs. Debt Financing
The Biotech Startups Podcast gives you a front-row seat to the business and science of building a biotech. Hosted by Jon Chee, CEO of Excedr, the show features honest conversations with founders, execs, and investors about their work, their companies, and how they got there. From scientific breakthroughs to startup lessons, each episode explores what it really takes to grow a life science company—from pre-seed to IPO.