Andrew Preston is one of scholarly communications' most prolific entrepreneurs, co-founding three successful startups--Publons, Cassyni, and Signals--and supporting many more as an investor and advisor. In conversation with host and fellow Scholarly Angel Paul Peters, Andrew talks about moving on from his physics postdoc, the lessons he has for tomorrow's startup founders, and the critical role that the people around him have played in both his life and career.
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Dana Compton
Dana Compton is Publisher and MD at ASCE, one of the largest technical membership organizations in the US. In this revealing episode, Dana speaks with Lauren Kane on the future of scientific societies, refusing to abandon DEI, and how sitting in traffic might just change your life.
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Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett has held sales and commercial leadership roles at many of scholarly publishing’s largest publishers and most promising startups. In this unfiltered episode, Richard speaks with Paul Peters on their time together at Hindawi, the ups and downs of high profile acquisitions, and why being a parent is the best job in the world.
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Wendy Queen
Wendy Queen is Chief Transformation Officer at Johns Hopkins University Press, having previously spent a decade at the helm of Project MUSE. In the first solo interview by co-host Lauren Kane, Wendy discusses being a woman in technology, bringing OA to the humanities, and the struggle of being an introvert in an extrovert’s world.
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Todd Toler
Todd Toler is VP of Product and Market Strategy at Wiley, his professional home for more than 20 years. In a wide-ranging conversation with Paul Peters and Lauren Kane, Todd talks about his role in Wiley’s many acquisitions, the challenge and promise of AI, and the sliding doors moments that could have led him to a very different place.
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