Episode 5: Entrepreneurial Resources at QB3

Welcome to a new episode of Scientific Entrepreneurship. Many scientific ideas need an incubator/accelerator space to be tried and tested before they can become a minimum viable product or could generate promising results. These tangible outcomes  can then be leveraged by entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors. Incubators and accelerators are one of the many resources available to entrepreneurs. One of the well-known resources available to life sciences companies in California is the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences or QB3. QB3 was founded in late 2000 by Governor Gray Davis. Its mission is to grow the California bioeconomy. QB3 helps entrepreneurs create include medicines, medical devices, research tools, and genomic technologies that will ultimately benefit society. Our guest today, Dr. Ioana Aanei is the Entrepreneurship Program Manager and Scientific Analyst at QB3. Ioana has a PhD in Chemical Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. Today we will talk with Ioana about QB3, the various resources available to biomedical entrepreneurs and her transition from being a graduate student to QB3.