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Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
Cinzia Silvestri, CEO of BI/OND, about building a business in the pioneering field of Organ-on-chips.
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Up!Rotterdam
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Episode 8
Cinzia Silvestri is the Founder and CEO of Bi/ond, the Dutch biotech company on a mission to enable personalized disease treatment. Originally from Italy, Cinzia holds a Master in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome, and a PhD in Microelectronics from Delft University of Technology. She is a TEDx speaker and was selected InspiringFifty.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What is it like to build a business in the pioneering field of Organ-on-chips?
- How do you keep faith when your competitors receive 100M+ in funding?
- What are Cinzia’s dreams for the future;
Links mentioned:
- People: Cinzia Silvestri, Nikolas Gaio, William F. Quirós-Solano, Ronald Dekker
- Companies: BI/OND, University of Rome, TU Delft, UNIIQ
- Books: Crossing the Chasm
- Other: TEDx talk: "Your Drugs Are Average", Philips Innovation Awards 2019, Accenture Innovation Awards 2018
- Song: Roberto Vecchioni - Sogna Ragazzo Sogna
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