In this episode, we speak with André Choulika about his exciting journey from a bench scientist to a biotech entrepreneur taking genomic engineering to the clinic André shares his fascination about the logic of biological systems and his admiration for experimentalists“You can always do something else if it fails” insists AndréAndré stresses that the boss has to take responsibilities for decisions“You don’t hire people to tell them what to do, but they should tell you what needs to be done”“Cash is more important than your mother”(we hope Andre’s mother isn’t listening)“Success has thousands of fathers but failure is lonely” (lonelier than a pipette!)André is modest about success; “None of us are VIPs” and he insists that the people who wash the dishes are as important as the CEO of the companyHe describes the collective contributions and the shared success that characterize the biotech industry For André “Leadership is more important than management”He insists that a successful meeting is one than lasts less time than allocatedHe mentioned these labs, scientists, institutions and companies Richard Mulligan : https://genetics.hms.harvard.edu/faculty-staff/richard-charles-mulliganInstitut Pasteur : https://www.pasteur.fr/enMaxime Schwartz : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_SchwartzMargaret Buckingham : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_BuckinghamHEC Business School : https://www.hec.edu/enNew England Biolabs (NEB) : https://international.neb.com/Steve Jobs : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_JobsBernard Dujon : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Dujon To find out more about André visit his website and his companies : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Choulika https://www.linkedin.com/in/choulika/ Cellectis : https://cellectis.com/en Calyxt : https://calyxt.com/ To find out more about Renaud : Twitter : https://twitter.com/LePourpreLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudpourpre/To find out more about Jonathan : Twitter : https://twitter.com/EpigenetiqueLinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanweitzman/%20To learn more about the soundtrack : Music by Amaria - Lovely Swindler https://soundcloud.com/amariamusique/ https://twitter.com/amariamusique