biotech – Learning with Lowell

Elliot Roth is the founder of Spira, a company that engineers algae for sustainable, healthier, and cost-effective industry applications. He is passionate about using algae to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, such as the use of artificial food dyes in food and beverage manufacturing.

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PODCAST INFO:The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Timestamp00:00 Intro /Teaser00:30 Spria update02:20 5 years in business03:44 Highs/lows07:00 Pressure cooker / renaissance08:30 Algae diet09:00 Business structure for innovation, biomanufacturing, etc11:20 Petrochemical vs algae12:30 Why Algae over other organisms / 4th industrial revolution16:00 Functionality of biobased materials / Algae20:30 Decentralized biomanufacturing22:30 Algae four Ps life cycle25:40 Machine Learning, Servers, and engineering process30:15 Big expenses in biomanufacturing32:30 Biomanufacturing design to displace petrochemicals34:30 Margins36:20 Scaling to $1 million a month40:40 Problems with Cellular agriculture trying to be average43:20 Financing with partnering46:30 Ideal investors / team needs49:40 Equity after a fund ends51:00 VR, AI, Blockchain play / regulatory opportunities52:55 Middle east food security56:30 McDonalds models / hiring team structures59:00 Post apocalypse and rebuilding society01:04:00 Gold from water01:06:16 Biopunk01:06:55 Books to recommend01:10:40 Andy Weir / science fiction writing01:12:55 Liver King and Mr. Algae / branding01:14:10 Amount of money raising01:15:20 Different products of algae01:16:30 Staying up to date with01:17:25 Elon musk vs Mark Zuckerberg