The cyber security podcast from PwC UK covers the latest developments in cyber risk, resilience and threat intelligence. In each episode we’re joined by special guests to give you practical insight on how to improve your cyber security and create a more resilient business.
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This podcast is about you and your education about risk management. What the R*SK! is an interview-based podcast series that discusses risk management topics across business types. Your host is Larry Gordon, CAMS, has nearly 30 years of working within the financial services industry at organizations ranging from large banks to FinTech startups. Strong risk management cultures promote a holistic risk approach that goes beyond using a set of metrics on a dashboard to manage business operations ...
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Welcome to The Rev Room - where South Africa’s real entrepreneurs get real. Powered by BizRev, this is your private boardroom for cutting through chaos, unlocking systems, and revving your business into high-performance mode. No fluff. Just bold conversations, expert insight, and the tools to scale without losing your mind - or your mission.
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The Datamam Podcast explores how public data is transforming modern industries. The show dives into real-world use cases of web scraping, data intelligence, and AI, from market analysis and competitive benchmarking to ethical debates and automation trends. Each episode breaks down complex data topics into engaging conversations for tech leaders, founders, and data professionals looking to stay ahead in a data-driven world.
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TempGenius offers a state-of-the-art Wireless Monitoring System, providing businesses with seamless, real-time environmental tracking. Designed for industries requiring strict compliance—such as healthcare, food storage, and laboratories—this system ensures precise temperature, humidity, and other critical conditions are consistently monitored. With wireless connectivity, automated alerts, and cloud-based data storage, TempGenius empowers organizations to maintain regulatory standards effort ...
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Smart Biotech Scientist | Master Bioprocess CMC Development, Biologics Manufacturing & Scale-up, Cell Culture Innovation
David Brühlmann - CMC Development Leader, Biotech C-level Advisor, Business Strategist
The Go-to Podcast for Biotech Scientists Who Want to Master Biopharma CMC Development and Biomanufacturing. **TOP 10 LIFE SCIENCES PODCAST** Are you ready to simplify bioprocess development and scale with confidence to reduce time to market? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the complexity and guesswork of biologics development and biomanufacturing? Do you wish you had more time to enjoy the beauty of science, without worrying about failing your cell culture process development and commercializ ...
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This podcast series explores ground-breaking ideas in development for positive social and environmental change. Each month we feature an interview with an expert in international development who will talk about their latest research and ideas. The discussions give an insight on the themes covered, exploring the challenges and discoveries, and why the issues matter for progressive and sustainable development globally. Send your comments and suggestions to [email protected] Follow IDS ...
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Hosted by CMS Pensions experts, this series looks ahead to the key issues developing in the pensions sector, with a specific focus on what you need to know, and practically, what you need to do.
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Chris Romeo and Robert Hurlbut dig into the tips, tricks, projects, and tactics that make various application security professionals successful. They cover all facets of application security, from threat modeling and OWASP to DevOps+security and security champions. They approach these stories in an educational light, explaining the details in a way those new to the discipline can understand. Chris Romeo is the CEO of Devici and a General Partner at Kerr Ventures, and Robert Hurlbut is a Prin ...
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180: How Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Transforming Care for Diabetes and Autoimmune Diseases with Lindsay Davis - Part 2
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26:25The promise of advanced cell therapies is undeniable, but as demand skyrockets, the challenges of taking a living drug from bench to bedside have never been greater. Each batch brings variability, each jurisdiction adds regulatory hurdles, and every strategic decision can determine whether a lifesaving therapy reaches patients or fizzles out behind…
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179: How Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Transforming Care for Diabetes and Autoimmune Diseases with Lindsay Davies - Part 1
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23:06The key to conquering autoimmune diseases and type 1 diabetes may lie not in replacing lost cells, but in retraining the immune system using cells already within the body. Biotech is increasingly exploring stem cell therapies, but a quieter revolution is brewing: stromal cell therapy. These master “coordinators” aren’t about rebuilding tissues mole…
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178: Rethinking Cultivated Meat Production: Scale and Media Optimization Strategies Slashing Manufacturing Costs with Richard Alldread - Part 2
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20:38The promise of cultured food is undeniable: delicious, sustainable meat and fish grown without the need for traditional farming. But the journey from lab bench to supermarket shelf is filled with complex regulatory, technological, and consumer acceptance challenges. The big question: how do we transform small-scale breakthroughs into global food pr…
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Marisa Fagan - Measuring Security Culture
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50:05Marisa Fagan, Head of Product at Katilyst and veteran security culture expert joins us today to share practical strategies for building and scaling security champions programs that actually work, from designing effective pilots to avoiding common pitfalls that can derail your initiatives. Learn how to motivate developers using the SAPs model (Statu…
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177: Rethinking Cultivated Meat Production: Scale and Media Optimization Strategies Slashing Manufacturing Costs with Richard Alldread - Part 1
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23:31What if the secrets to feeding the planet - and democratizing access to future protein - were hiding in the core toolkit of biopharma? The worlds of biopharmaceuticals and cultured food may seem galaxies apart, but at their heart, both rely on remarkably similar technology: media, bioreactors, and cell processing. Yet, as demand grows for sustainab…
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176: How Virtual Reality Training Solves Europe's Bioproduction Talent Shortage with Sandrine Lemoine - Part 2
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14:29What if the missing link to resilient European bioproduction is not just another breakthrough technology, but the ability to continuously learn, adapt, and collaborate? In a rapidly shifting biotech landscape, innovation isn’t only driven by technical prowess. Behind every robust production process and every cutting-edge therapy, there’s a team emp…
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EP12: Tax Relief Through Medical Credits: What SARS Won’t Tell You (But Should)
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8:28In this episode of The Rev Room, Francois sits down with tax specialist Nolu to demystify one of the most overlooked tax advantages in South Africa—medical tax credits and disability deductions. They break down the two types of medical tax credits (MTC and ATMC), clarify what’s claimable (and what’s not), and expose the massive savings many founder…
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175: How Virtual Reality Training Solves Europe's Bioproduction Talent Shortage with Sandrine Lemoine - Part 1
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19:40What if the road to bioproduction mastery started not in the lab, but with how you train your people? Traditional biotech education often ends at theory, leaving graduates unprepared for the fast-paced world of manufacturing. But what if the key to faster, safer, and more scalable bioprocessing is digital immersion, letting scientists train in a vi…
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Scraping for Awareness: How Smart Companies Turn Public Data Into Strategic Advantage
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7:59In this episode of the Datamam Podcast, we explore how companies use web scraping to move beyond dashboards and build real-time market awareness. From detecting competitor moves and monitoring inventory shifts to uncovering regulatory changes and unauthorized sellers, scraping has become a strategic sensor system. We dive into use cases across CPG,…
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EP11: Deadline Pressure & Penalty Risk: Navigating SARS With Confidence
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9:51In this Rev Room episode, Wayne and Noloyiso from the BizRev tax team unpack what every South African business owner needs to know for the 2025 tax season. With SARS reducing the filing window by over 50 days and tightening assessment timelines, the margin for error is shrinking. They break down the difference between auto assessments and manual su…
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EP10: 7 Costly Mistakes Entrepreneurs Keep Making (and How to Stop)
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11:03Too many founders unknowingly sabotage their own growth—often in the name of survival. In this episode, Francois and Celeste break down the seven most common mistakes entrepreneurs make, from mixing personal and business finances to ignoring cash flow, undercharging out of fear, and flying solo without support. Whether you’re building your first bu…
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174: Mastering Hybrid Model Digital Twins: From Lab Scale to Commercial Bioprocessing with Krist Gernaey - Part 2
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18:49How do you transform hybrid model digital twins from promising lab concepts into commercial bioprocessing game-changers that actually deliver ROI? As biotech companies race to implement Industry 4.0 technologies, the critical challenge isn't just developing sophisticated hybrid models - it's deploying them strategically to create user-friendly, cos…
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What does it mean to navigate motherhood while pursuing a postgraduate degree? How do students balance identity, care, and academia in a world not built with them in mind? In this IDS Between the Lines podcast, MA Gender and Development (GAD) students Patronela Tshuma, Chaltu Merera Fana, and Akinyi Ochieng’ speak about their journeys as mothers pu…
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Aram Hovsepyan -- Your Security Dashboard is Lying to You: The Science of Metrics
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40:52Aram Hovsepyan joins the podcast today to chat about the misconceptions behind common security metrics. Aram tells us how total vulnerability counts and CVSS scores can be misleading and he introduces us to the Goal Question Metric framework, this framework is a better approach to building truly effective security dashboards. Learn about the critic…
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173: Mastering Hybrid Model Digital Twins: From Lab Scale to Commercial Bioprocessing with Krist Gernaey - Part 1
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21:04Are you struggling to bridge the gap between lab-scale models and commercial bioprocessing reality? For many biotech innovators, the promise of digital twins meets harsh industrial constraints - where hybrid models that excel in controlled lab environments must prove themselves in the complexity of large-scale manufacturing. This week on the Smart …
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172: Reimagining Chromatography for Advanced Therapies: From Diffusion to Convection with Scott Wheelwright - Part 2
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19:43Downstream processing remains one of the most complex and critical steps in biomanufacturing, especially as new therapeutic modalities like cell and gene therapies push current technologies to their limits. The industry faces ongoing pressure to innovate, reduce costs, and improve efficiency, while still ensuring robust and reliable results. In thi…
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Sean Varga -- OWASP Top 10 for AppSec Sales
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47:13We’re discussing the intersections of application security (AppSec) and sales strategy with our guest, Sean Varga. Sean shares the unique challenges and best practices in AppSec sales, like the importance of empathy, understanding customer needs, and community participation. Learn about the OWASP top 10 for AppSec Sales and discover how to achieve …
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171: Reimagining Chromatography for Advanced Therapies: From Diffusion to Convection with Scott Wheelwright - Part 1
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20:35For decades, chromatographic purification has made use of bead-based diffusion - a reliable but limiting approach, especially as new modalities like gene therapies, mRNA, and viruses push the boundaries of what’s possible. But what if the future of downstream processing lies not in incremental improvement, but in a dramatic reimagining - from slow …
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EP09: The KPI Blind Spot: Why Entrepreneurs Crash Without Reading the Dashboard
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11:59In this episode of The Rev Room, Francois sits down with senior account manager Matt Barlow to unpack one of the most overlooked (yet vital) growth tools in business: financial reporting. They explore the common pitfalls entrepreneurs face when they ignore their numbers, what to look for in a proper management pack, and how data-driven decisions ca…
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EP08: Think It’s Closed? Why SARS Might Still Be Coming for Your Dormant Company
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14:22Too many entrepreneurs think that if a company stops trading, it quietly disappears. But SARS has other plans—and the penalties for inaction can be brutal. In this episode, BizRev’s resident attorney Nicole Lin joins Francois to unpack the real process of legally closing a company in South Africa. From misunderstood SARS requirements to overlooked …
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170: Why Your DNA Is a Terrible Disease Predictor (And How Multi-Omics Changes Everything) with Mo Jain - Part 2
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22:40For years, disease diagnosis and treatment have focused on a few biomarkers, overlooking thousands of vital biological signals. Despite biotech advances, most therapies are still based on limited data, missing countless breakthroughs. Multiomics changes that. By analyzing tens of thousands of proteins, metabolites, and lipids, it reveals hidden ins…
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Sarah-Jane Madden -- What AI means for AppSec
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37:59Sarah Jane Madden joins us to discuss the evolving role of AI in software development. We reflect on the changes and challenges posed by AI, including the potential for over-reliance and the misconception that traditional software engineering practices like the SDLC are obsolete. The conversation explores the nuances of AI-generated code, emphasizi…
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169: Why Your DNA Is a Terrible Disease Predictor (And How Multi-Omics Changes Everything) with Mo Jain - Part 1
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26:50What if the secret to truly personalized precision medicine lies not in your genetic code, but in your zip code? For years, biotech has focused on genomics to explain disease and drug response, but DNA only accounts for a fraction of the story. The real breakthrough? Multi-omics: the large-scale analysis of proteins, metabolites, and lipids, powere…
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168: How Generative AI Is Revolutionizing Biotech Regulatory Compliance with Abhijeet Satwekar - Part 2
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26:08The promise of generative AI in pharma and biotech is huge, but it's also fraught with complexity, especially when it comes to integrating these systems into highly regulated environments. From monitoring evolving guidelines to balancing operational efficiency and data integrity, the journey from hype to real-world impact is filled with both opport…
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167: How Generative AI Is Revolutionizing Biotech Regulatory Compliance with Abhijeet Satwekar - Part 1
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13:30Ever feel like you’re drowning in an ocean of constantly shifting regulatory guidelines? The world of biotech is a whirlwind of evolving standards, making compliance not just a headache, but sometimes the stumbling block between life-changing therapies and the patients who need them. But what if artificial intelligence could turn regulatory chaos i…
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The development sector proclaims that it values dignity. Yet it often breaks this promise, with people leaving encounters with charities feeling bruised and unseen. In this podcast, drawn from a recent lecture at IDS, research fellow Marina Apgar is in conversation with Tom Wein from the IDinsight Dignity Initiative who examines dignity as a core v…
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166: Why Your Funding Pitches Fail Despite Brilliant Science (And How to Fix It) - Part 2
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17:02Have you ever presented a major scientific breakthrough, only to be met with blank stares and distracted executives? You're not alone. In this episode, David Brühlmann shares how he went from drowning in data to winning an innovation contest, not through better tech, but through the power of scientific storytelling. Many scientists default to metho…
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165: Why Your Funding Pitches Fail Despite Brilliant Science (And How to Fix It) - Part 1
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18:44Have you ever poured months of research into a brilliant innovation, only to watch executives’ eyes glaze over during your presentation? You’re not alone. In this episode, host David Brühlmann describes a familiar frustration: scientists are trained to perfect data, not to sell ideas. But in today’s fast-paced biotech landscape, even the most groun…
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EP06: Overseas? Here’s How to Avoid 45% Tax Pain on Your Trust Distributions
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21:54If you’re a South African entrepreneur working abroad or planning to this episode is essential listening. Nicole and Wayne unpack the tax minefield of foreign income, dual residency, and what happens when SA trusts start distributing to non-residents. From the overlooked impact of the Double Tax Agreement between South Africa and France to the jaw-…
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EP07: The Truth About Trusts: Asset Protection Without the Pitfalls
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22:47In this foundational episode, Nicole, BizRev’s resident legal expert on estates and trusts, unpacks one of the most misunderstood vehicles in business and legacy planning: the trust. Whether you’re a founder wanting to protect your assets from creditors, preserve generational wealth, or plan for succession, this conversation demystifies the process…
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Behind the Code: How Modern Web Scraping Really Works
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9:31What really powers the modern web scraping stack? In this episode, we break down the tools, techniques, and infrastructure behind large-scale data extraction from Selenium and Beautiful Soup to API scraping and proxy management. Whether you're just starting out or scaling operations across thousands of pages, this is your hands-on guide to turning …
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164: How Moss Enables Production of Unproducible Protein Therapeutics with Andreas Schaaf - Part 2
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19:17From lab curiosity to commercial reality. Here's what happens when moss meets the brutal economics of bioprocessing. In Part 1, you've heard the science behind moss-based protein production. Now comes the real test: Can it survive the gauntlet of regulatory scrutiny, cost pressures, and manufacturing scale-up that crushes most biotech innovations? …
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Dag Flachet -- Kaizen for your Appsec Program
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35:54Dag Flachet joins us to discuss the concept of Kaizen and its application in improving application security. Dag shares his journey into the world of security, emphasizing the importance of iterative, small-step improvements. The conversation delves into how organizations can effectively implement maturity models to enhance their security programs,…
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163: How Moss Enables Production of Unproducible Protein Therapeutics with Andreas Schaaf - Part 1
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25:05What if the future of "impossible" protein therapeutics is hiding in your backyard? For decades, CHO cells have ruled the biotech kingdom as the undisputed champions of complex protein production. But here's the uncomfortable truth: countless breakthrough therapies are gathering dust on laboratory shelves—not because the science failed, but because…
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Is Web Scraping Legal? Risks & Real-World Use Cases
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10:03This episode explores the legal gray zones and ethical boundaries of web scraping, highlighting landmark court cases, websites' defensive tactics, and real-world applications across industries like law, real estate, and e-commerce. It is a must-listen for anyone working with data at scale.By Datamam
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162: How to Achieve 85%+ Cell Recovery Without DMSO's Toxic Side Effects with Jeffrey Allen - Part 2
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15:35The world of cell therapy is changing rapidly, with revolutionary advancements in cryopreservation and bioprocessing protocols leading the way. In a recent episode of the Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast, host David Brühlmann sat down with Jeffrey Allen, Chairman and CEO of Evia Bio, to dive deep into the “how” of implementing cutting-edge technique…
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161: How to Achieve 85%+ Cell Recovery Without DMSO's Toxic Side Effects with Jeffrey Allen - Part 1
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27:09If you’ve ever worked in a cell therapy lab or handled biologics, you’ve probably experienced the pitfalls of cryopreservation. We’ve all mourned the loss of precious samples after a freeze-thaw cycle gone wrong or watched viability figures plummet, wondering where it all went awry. In this episode of The Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast, Jeffrey Al…
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EP04: Trusts Decoded: What Founders Need to Know to Protect Their Legacy
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22:47In this powerful episode of The Rev Room, BizRev’s resident legal expert Nicole Lin dives deep into the often-misunderstood world of trusts. If you’re a founder navigating business continuity, asset protection, or long-term estate planning—this conversation is essential. Nicole breaks down the purpose, types, and practical setup of trusts in plain …
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