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Governance Series

A series of articles on the lessons I have learned about governance in early stage biotech

Governance Series

The Phone Call I Didn't Make

Jun 12, 2026

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7 min read

The Phone Call I Didn't Make

Every governance failure in this series was cheap to prevent. Here is the moment I learned what expensive looks like.

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Governance Series

What Gets Lost: Founder Transitions and Second Chances

Apr 23, 2026

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5 min read

What Gets Lost: Founder Transitions and Second Chances

A scientific founder destroyed by a bad transition, and what happened when he got a second chance

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Governance Series

"Focus": The Word That Kills Platform Companies

Mar 10, 2026

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12 min read

"Focus": The Word That Kills Platform Companies

How the biotech industry's most trusted word became its most dangerous, and the medicines that died because of it

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Governance Series

Protecting the Scientific Voice in Governance

Feb 26, 2026

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9 min read

Protecting the Scientific Voice in Governance

The ultimate governance failure - when the science is silenced

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Governance Series

The CEO-Chair Relationship Nobody Talks About Honestly

Feb 17, 2026

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10 min read

The CEO-Chair Relationship Nobody Talks About Honestly

The most important relationship in your company, and the one most likely to destroy it

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Governance Series

Board Composition That Actually Works

Feb 6, 2026

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8 min read

Board Composition That Actually Works

What I wish I'd known about structuring boards that protect the mission, not the incumbents

Mark Beards
Mark Beards

Beards on Biotech

Insights for UK biotech CEOs, from a founder still in the trenches

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