The Big Experiment

By Mark Davison

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Episodes: 27

Description

Ever wondered how technology start-ups, well,  start-up? For most founder entrepreneurs, it is the biggest experiment they'll ever run. Like most experiments, the result isn't known beforehand and it often doesn't work first time. On a bigger scale, how do big tech companies turn innovative science into profit?

Mark Davison interviews founder scientists, executives, investors, communicators, and others in the technology start-up and corporate science ecosystems. 

Learn how great ideas turned into thriving businesses (or not) from those who made it happen (or didn't).  Get business tips, lessons learned, and life lessons straight from the people who know. 

Inspiring, disastrous, funny: hear what life in a science-driven company is really like.

Straight-talking, no nonsense, but conversational style.  All technical content is explained for the non-specialist - you don't need a PhD or fluency in jargon and technobabble. 


Episode Date
Tim Corcoran: Cosmetics from Cyanobacteria
Nov 10, 2025
From Jellyfish to Wound Healing with Dr Andrew Mearns-Spragg
Oct 12, 2025
Jenny Barnett: New tests and drugs for schizophrenia
Aug 10, 2025
Paul Beastall: Fuelling our future planet with a zero-carbon biofuel
Jul 27, 2025
Brain-on-a chip? Neurons as future biocomputers with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys
Jul 07, 2025
A Brain-Based Revolution in Women's Health: The Nettle Device with Emilė Radytė
May 11, 2025
Therapeutic brain-computer-interfaces for glioblastoma, with Dr Elise Jenkins
Feb 10, 2025
Che Connon. Lab-grown tissues in medicine, food and fashion
Jan 13, 2025
On the Road! A Quick Tour of Synthetic Biology
Dec 16, 2024
Transforming Cancer Care: The Fight Against Cachexia with Robin Bhattacherjee
Dec 02, 2024
Revolutionising Heart Surgery with Francis White
Nov 18, 2024
Ovaries, Menopause, and Genomics with Dr Stasa Stankovic
Oct 17, 2024
Hazel Jones: Enhancing Drug Discovery with 3D Genomics
Sep 15, 2024
How Medicines are Developed: Mark's Quick Guide
Sep 01, 2024
Zoe Kourtzi: Artificial intelligence and predicting dementia
Aug 11, 2024
Lily Elsner - Breaking the Taboo: Men's Fertility Testing
Jul 29, 2024
The Ignite Program at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Jul 11, 2024
Mike Teiler – Innovating Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Jun 30, 2024
Dr. Kärt Tomberg - Making Better Protein Drugs
Jun 09, 2024
Ruchi Sharma - Innovation in Stem Cells
May 27, 2024
Joel Eichmann: Making cell biology efficient and sustainable
May 12, 2024
James Dooley: Transforming clinical treatment of neuroinflammatory conditions
Apr 28, 2024
Janette Thomas: Delaying ageing to treat chronic diseases
Apr 14, 2024
George Adjabeng: Giving back through Entrepreneurship
Apr 01, 2024
Steve Harvey: Writing DNA, Building a company
Mar 18, 2024
Darrin Disley: Footballer to PhD to CEO
Mar 18, 2024
The Big Experiment - Trailer
Mar 05, 2024