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Michael Retchin
@MichaelRetchin
Biotech dreamer. Community @nucleateHQ • Research @MSKcancercenter • Past: Investor @pillar_vc • Co-founded @cellaritybio
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Jul 19, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Over my 3 years as a biotech VC, I've kept a running list of everything I learned.

What I wish I knew when I started. The counterintuitive, obscure, and important.

With help from some friends @NucleateHQ, we've turned it into a free course: Inside VC. Image From its small corner of finance, VC has an outsize impact. Especially in capital-intensive industries.

Join me and 25 others for this first cohort going Inside VC.

APPLY by July 21 (this Friday)
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Jan 31, 2022 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
Want to break into biotech venture capital?

Here are 10 fellowships with upcoming applications. Learn tech landscaping, sourcing, due diligence, and company creation. (Plus 14 more at the end.)

THREAD🧵 Why do a VC fellowship? Why get into biotech venture at all? I'll share my thoughts in the next thread.

But given the upcoming deadlines, I am sharing this one first.
Sep 28, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
There's a missing layer between academia and the biotech industry, and potential startup founders are getting left behind.

We need a new way. We're launching @NucleateHQ to empower the next generation of biotech leaders.

Nucleate supports academic founders from the beginning, so they no longer need to graduate prematurely or lose ownership just to give initial life to their ideas.

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Jun 16, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Catalyzing Synthetic Biology with @Ron_Weiss_MIT on @BIOS_community podcast 1/7

podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6… What is the third wave of synthetic biology?

"Demonstrating that synthetic modules (i.e. safety switches) can make their way to the clinic and industry."

"We are gaining more respect for the underlying biology; multicellularity, heterogeneity, and so on." 2/7
Jun 14, 2021 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
@kulesatony is absolutely right: in biotech, it takes all the running, and then some, to march to the frontier.

Fortunately, there are new tools that can help you develop your own research "stack." 👇

THREAD🧵

This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Apr 15, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
The most underrated skill for scientist-entrepreneurs is cold email.

Here are 9 tips to email anybody you don't know, and why it matters.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of weekly threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Apr 7, 2021 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
🧫🗣 11 Biotech Talks and Seminars

A lot of cutting-edge science talks have recently become accessible to the public for the first time. Here are completely free seminars on biotech breakthroughs.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Mar 30, 2021 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
🧪🏫 11 Biotechnology Courses

Not every school offers accessible courses on synthetic biology and bioengineering. Here are free courses for learning principles of biotechnology.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Mar 9, 2021 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
📝 11 Essays about Biotech

These are some of my favorite pieces on biotech. I've organized them into three parts:

1) How To Start a Company

2) Life Sciences Startup Processes (IP + Fundraising)

3) Commentary on Company Formation

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Mar 2, 2021 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
🧬 10 Biotech Business Courses

These are free courses on biotech startups and drug development. I have found them invaluable for learning the business of biotech.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Feb 27, 2021 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
Interested in biotech? Check out these free resources and events, people to follow, podcasts, and more.

All my Learning Biotech threads in one 👇 Introduction to the project

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Feb 23, 2021 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
📇💻 10 Biotech Blogs

These blogs provide a regular stream of excellent commentary on life sciences innovation. Many of them also come in newsletter form.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.

Feb 8, 2021 • 16 tweets • 9 min read
🎙12 Biotech Podcasts

Some of my favorite podcasts offer an in-depth perspective on science and biotech that you can't get anywhere else. Here are a few of them.

THREAD🧵 This is one in a series of threads on Learning Biotech, highlighting resources for aspiring biotech founders across the startup ecosystem.