# Bio Founder GPS

> The essential weekly roadmap for biotech founders, delivering deep dives, frameworks, and startup playbooks to help you navigate every stage of your journey.

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## Posts
- [🧭 China is changing biotech. Where do you compete?](https://www.biofounder.io/p/china-biotech-founders-marc-appel): Marc Appel on where Asia-Pacific can help you build a stronger biotech company (plus a free industry report)
- [🧭 Build something scientists will actually use](https://www.biofounder.io/p/ian-levine-modernvivo-scientist-founder): Ian Levine on finding customers, raising $1M, and turning a research problem into ModernVivo
- [🧭 Your technology works. Will anyone use it?](https://www.biofounder.io/p/healthcare-startup-investors): Tim Martens and Elizabeth Little of Vaark Ventures on what actually makes a healthcare startup investable
- [🧭 Your science is complex. Your story shouldn’t be.](https://www.biofounder.io/p/storytelling-playbook-biotech-founders): Krishna Dave on India and the storytelling playbook for scientists (bonus resource inside)
- [🧭 Why great biotech startups can still fail](https://www.biofounder.io/p/why-biotech-startups-fail): Chris Potts of Persephoni Bio on the business decisions that make or break a company, from finding your first investors to IP and platform strategy
- [🧭 Don’t stop at your first 40 investors](https://www.biofounder.io/p/biotech-fundraising-investor-list): How to widen your investor search without lowering the bar
- [🧭 Your investor list is lying to you](https://www.biofounder.io/p/biotech-investor-list-qualification): I didn't see this one coming
- [🧭 Answering your most pressing questions](https://www.biofounder.io/p/how-to-get-warm-intros-to-biotech-investors): Breaking down warm intros, lead investors, angels, timing, and AI
- [🧭 Before you send that deck.. ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/biotech-pitch-deck-lessons): 5 lessons from the Pitch Deck Intensive, and 10 questions to ask before you raise
- [🧭 Stop calling it patient capital](https://www.biofounder.io/p/family-offices-biotech-investors): What I learned from mapping 100+ family offices (plus a link to the directory)
- [🧭 Don't wait for September](https://www.biofounder.io/p/don-t-wait-for-september): Raising this fall? Here's how to use this summer (plus a special SOSV event this week)
- [🧭 Don't wait for permission](https://www.biofounder.io/p/don-t-wait-for-permission): My conversation with Elena Itskovich of Nest Catalyst on founder identity, fundraising, platforms vs. assets, AI-bio, grants, and more
- [🧭 Where conviction leaks](https://www.biofounder.io/p/biotech-pitch-deck-conviction-leaks): Your deck has all the right slides. So why isn't it working? 
- [🧭 What it really takes to go from a scientist to a CEO](https://www.biofounder.io/p/scientist-to-biotech-ceo-laura-hsieh): My conversation with Laura Hsieh, Co-Founder & CEO, TippingPoint Biosciences
- [🧭 Asset? Or Engine? ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/pitch-deck-asset-or-engine): What is a pitch deck REALLY for + Free Workshop 
- [🧭 Don't panic](https://www.biofounder.io/p/don-t-panic): A Hitchhiker's Guide to Pitching in Person - and other lessons from NY Tech Week
- [🧭 What AI sees when it reads your deck](https://www.biofounder.io/p/what-ai-sees-when-it-reads-your-deck): How to build your deck in the age of AI - plus a live workshop!
- [🧭 Is your biotech VC backable? ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/is-your-biotech-vc-backable): Jonah Probell of Lexi Ventures on the math behind a "yes"
- [🧭 Bio Founder GPS Podcast is here!🎙️](https://www.biofounder.io/p/julie-wolf-2048-ventures): My first episode with Julie Wolf, 2048 Ventures
- [🧭 Raise enough to fail ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/raise-enough-to-fail): How NOT to size your round 
- [🧭 The wire hit. Now what? ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/the-wire-hit-now-what): The Operations OS I wish I had when I started
- [🧭 How Tubulis turned a $22.8M license into a $5B exit](https://www.biofounder.io/p/how-tubulis-turned-a-22-8m-license-into-a-5b-exit): What every biotech founder should steal from the playbook
- [🧭 The truth about biotech pre-seed & seed funding](https://www.biofounder.io/p/the-truth-about-biotech-pre-seed-seed-funding): What the data actually shows and how to successfully run your round
- [🧭 How to prep for any investor meeting in 30 minutes](https://www.biofounder.io/p/how-to-prep-for-any-investor-meeting-in-30-minutes): The system I wish every founder had before their first pitch
- [🧭 Anthropic's $400M bet on biology](https://www.biofounder.io/p/anthropic-400m-bet-on-biology): Inside the Coefficient Bio deal and what it reveals about Anthropic's life sci ambitions
- [🧭 From scientist to CEO](https://www.biofounder.io/p/from-scientist-to-ceo): How you can make the transition
- [🧭 Urgency is structured, not manufactured](https://www.biofounder.io/p/urgency-is-structured-not-manufactured): How to add momentum to your fundraise without compromising your morals :)
- [🧭 You got the term sheet. Now what?](https://www.biofounder.io/p/you-got-the-term-sheet-now-what): One term sheet framework to make sense of them all 
- [🧭 How investors really value your company](https://www.biofounder.io/p/how-investors-really-value-your-company): Hint: It's not just vibes. But it's not a detailed rNPV either. 
- [🧭 You don't need a better pitch deck](https://www.biofounder.io/p/you-don-t-need-a-better-pitch-deck): The one-pager framework that gets technical founders in the room
- [🧭 From ghosted to partner meeting ](https://www.biofounder.io/p/the): How 5 questions turned a science poster into an investment story
- [🧭 What VCs actually want in your data room](https://www.biofounder.io/p/what-vcs-actually-want-in-your-data-room): The 3-layer setup that makes investors say yes faster