Matthew Burkhardt

Matthew Burkhardt

Matthew Burkhardt has worked in the academic and industrial sectors at startup and Pharma levels to develop in vitro disease models for drug discovery.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-burkhardt-462b747
San Francisco, California, United States
Member since December 31, 2015
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Credentials None

I am a(n):

Scientist

Companies I work or worked for:
Novartis, Cellogy, iPierian, Merck
If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

Ability to pursue novel approaches to remaining problems in disease management

My favorite startups:

Orig3n, PatientsLikeMe

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

(Frustrating) Limited resources
(Rewarding) Ability to follow leads that would be dropped elsewhere

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Lack of conviction in approach

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

Focus, external input, lean infrastructure

Full bio

Matthew Burkhardt has worked in the academic and industrial sectors at startup and pharma levels to develop in vitro disease models for drug discovery. The majority of this work has been done in the neurodegenerative disease areas (AD, ALS) and cardio-related fields (rare diseases).