Angela is an experienced executive, founder of TC BioPharma, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

She was part of the pioneering PPL Therapeutics team that cloned Dolly the sheep and went on to serve as Operations Director at Angel Biotechnology. With a career spanning decades across cutting-edge biological research, GMP manufacturing, and clinical trials, Angela has been instrumental in advancing immunotherapies and cell-based treatments for cancer.

Her journey from learning English as a second language to listing a company on Nasdaq is a testament to the power of passion, perseverance, and thinking big.

💡 What You'll Learn from Angela's Journey:

🔸 Follow Your Passion Relentlessly: Angela's career was driven by a childhood dream of curing cancer. She shows that having a deep passion for your work is not just motivating—it's essential for pushing through the extraordinary challenges of building something truly innovative.

🔸 Take Every Opportunity: From an unexpected experiment that led to Dolly the sheep, to being awarded a place at MIT's Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Angela demonstrates that life-changing moments often come from saying yes and backing yourself, even when you feel uncertain.

🔸 Control Your Processes to Move Faster: By bringing manufacturing, quality control, and clinical trials all under one roof, Angela and her team at TC BioPharma compressed a typical 20-year development timeline into just a couple of years—proving that ownership of your processes is a powerful competitive advantage.

🔸 Never Underestimate Your People: Angela credits much of her company's success to a handpicked, dedicated team. She highlights that managing people is one of the hardest parts of running a business, and that without the right team, even the greatest ideas won't get far.

You can connect with Angela on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow her journey.

👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.

🥂 Want to support the journey? Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ and help amplify more voices like Angela.

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Early this year Nancy and Spencer took a moment to look back on an incredible year for Founder's Voyage. In this special retrospective episode, we reflect on the podcast's growth, our most memorable conversations, and the lessons that have stayed with them.

From episode 56 to episode 153 released, 38 fascinating guests interviewed, and three live events in London, it's been a landmark year for the community. Nancy and Spencer revisit some of their standout interviews, including candid conversations about mental health, neurodivergence, entrepreneurial grit, and the ethics of AI. They also take a moment to honor the memory of a beloved community member, Elizabeth Fuller McKellar, whose entrepreneurial spirit left a lasting impression on everyone she encountered.

The hosts also share the recurring themes and words of wisdom that surfaced throughout the year, from the power of grit and persistence, to the lifelong value of self-education and learning from failure. Plus, they look ahead to what's coming in the new year, including Spencer's plans for continued live events in London and progress on his space technology prototype, and Nancy's journey into parenthood alongside the podcast.

Whether you're a longtime listener or just discovering Founder's Voyage, this episode captures the heart of what this community is all about: honest conversations, mutual learning, and the courage to keep growing.

Our own Co-Founder Spencer Walker-Fooks talks about his first business, Unseen Games, the motivations behind it, and the mistakes that eventually killed it. This episode is a little different, it comes from one of our live events in London.

Over four years, Spencer navigated the challenges of creating a social gaming console for pubs and cafes, ultimately drawing transformative lessons from both the highs and lows of startup life.

💡 What You’ll Learn from Spencer's Journey with Unseen Games:
🔸In a Double-sided Market Validate the Economic Buyer: Ensure your product or service addresses the needs of the actual decision-maker who controls the purchase, not just the end user.
🔸Build a Diverse Team: Avoid skillset redundancy; prioritize bringing in teammates whose strengths and perspectives differ from your own, especially outside of your expertise.
🔸 Pivot Fast and Reduce Dependency: Stay nimble and ready to adapt your business model when circumstances change, and avoid relying too heavily on a single industry or channel, if a black swan event hits that industry, it could kill your business.
🔸 Don’t Succumb to the Sunk Cost Fallacy: Recognize when to let go of a project, regardless of the time and energy invested, to make room for new opportunities and growth.

You can connect with Spencer on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow his journey.

🎥 Big thanks to VidOps for supporting Founders Voyage. Use code voyage at ⁠vidops.io⁠ for 10% off expert audio, video, animation, and photography services.

👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.

🥂 Want to support the journey? Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ and help amplify more voices like Spencer.

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