🧬 Shekhar Mitra - InnoPreneur & P&G - Part 4 | Finding Foundational Intrapreneurship at P&G | Early Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development | Community & Diversity Leadership in Arts & STEM

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Part 4 of 4. 

My guest for this week’s episode is Shekhar Mitra, former Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation at Procter & Gamble and current President and Founder of InnoPreneur, a strategic advisory firm that enables development of innovation capabilities, ideation, and organizational development for Fortune 500 corporations and new ventures. 

Prior to InnoPreneur, Shekhar spent 29 years at Procter & Gamble where he worked his way up from staff scientist to Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation, becoming a part of P&G's top leadership team and a member of the CEO's Global Leadership Council. Shekhar’s time at P&G paints a successful entrepreneurial road map for those looking to learn, grow, and innovate within large corporations. 

Post retirement from P&G, Shekhar spent several years as a board member and strategic adviser to several Fortune 500 corporations, new ventures, and private equity companies developing transformational new ideas, business strategies, and organization capabilities to drive growth.

Shekhar’s an expert with an exceptional track record in creating and developing game changing technology platforms and formulating disruptive innovation strategies, whose extensive background in R&D offers unique insights that listeners can benefit from. Please enjoy my conversation with Shekhar Mitra.

Timestamps: 

00:28 Intro 

02:10 Leaving P&G, joining different boards, and honing in on a new role 

05:49 Shekhar’s goals while working with breakthrough ventures as an advisor 

07:45 Shekhar and his wife’s involvement with the Cincinnati Art Museum 

14:50 Co-founding the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) 

19:18 Shekhar’s mission as a SASE co-founder 

22:08 Creating new opportunities for jobs, training, and intrapreneurial roles 

26:46 Future plans for InnoPreneur, new learnings as an advisor, and Shekhar’s involvement in developing drugs from natural sources 

31:55 Closing questions: Shoutouts and advice to 21-year old self 

40:35 Outro

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Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE): https://www.saseconnect.org/

Intrapreneurship: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/intrapreneurship.asp

Guide to the FDA Drug Approval Process: https://www.excedr.com/blog/fda-drug-approval-process-guide

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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.