Jaye Goldstein, CEO + Founder, Founder to Leader

From Founder to Leader: Human stories behind bio + climate tech startups

Business EN ↓ 8 episodes

From Founder to Leader aims to demystify what it actually looks like to build hard tech startups. Too often, founders share their stories when there are news-worthy successes - the big raises and the lucrative exits. We want you to hear the real human stories that drive innovation - the crossroads decisions, the messy middles, and practical know-how. We hope that these conversations will help you as you take your ideas out of the lab and build scalable solutions to improve human health and our planet.

Author

Jaye Goldstein, CEO + Founder, Founder to Leader

Episodes

Graphic design basics, with Katie Okolita, CEO of OKOK Design Studio 01.07.2026 23:01

Graphic design basics for early stage startups, with Katie Okolita , CEO of OKOK Design Studio. How to create a brand and polish your pitch deck for under $5K.

Firing people + managing parental leave, with HR expert Lexi Kantor 28.05.2026 27:59

Lexi Kantor , Head of People at MatrixSpace, shares her experience as a Human Resource expert on how to fire people and plan for parental leave at your startup.

Leading your cross-disciplinary team, with Dr. Marinna Madrid of Cellino 22.04.2026 24:55

Dr. Marinna Madrid , Co-founder, Chief Product & Regulatory Officer of Cellino Bio , shares insights on building multidisciplinary teams, the product development journey from PhD to CPO, and hiring for humility.

How culture drives results, with Dr. Cheri Ackerman 10.03.2026 22:17

How the Concerto Biosciences team lives by their values in order to execute on their goals. This startup is an exemplary models for how to be thoughtful and deliberate about everything you do while still delivering results.

Launching + scaling metascience organizations, with Dr. Adam Marblestone 03.02.2026 28:50

How Dr. Adam Marblestone, CEO + Co-founder of Convergent Research, launched and scaled a new “meta-science” organization as a new model for funding science progress and innovation.

Starting all over, with Dr. Margaret Lumley 02.02.2026 27:24

Dr. Margaret Lumley, CEO + Founder or Roca Water shares why she shut down her first startup, Chlobis, and re-launched as Roca Water.

Go big or go home, with Dr. Cinzia Silvestri 27.01.2026 28:25

Dr. Cinzia Silvestri, former CEO + Co-founder of Bi/ond, shares her story about going big - or going home. In 2025, Cinzia and her co-founder made the decision to close down the company after 7 years. Here’s why she did it - and what she wished she had done differently from the start.

A little meta 20.01.2026 7:32

In this episode, Jaye Goldstein, CEO + Founder of Founder to Leader , shares why the team decided to launch a podcast - and what they hope you'll gain from listening.