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Alan Russell

Alan Russell

Aug 29, 2026

18:26
So what have you got for us?
18:27
So the topic I want to talk about is league structure, pyramid structure.
18:31
When I say that, when I say pyramid structure, I mean the whole pyramid from the premiership right down to tier 10.
18:37
And when I say league structure, I don't just mean the premiership.
18:39
I mean from the premiership right down to tier 10.
18:42
So I'm talking about the whole structure of Scottish football structure.
18:44
And I look at this, a couple of years ago, we took over the website Non-League Scotland, which really kind of is for groundhoppers, really.

22 MINS LATER

40:27
Maybe that's just me.
16:07
So do you think brilliant scientists can sometimes struggle because building a company requires a completely different set of skills?
16:16
So answering that question would imply that I think I'm a brilliant scientist, so I need to be really careful.
16:20
And I am still a scientist, by the way.
16:22
Yes, I work at a large biopharma company, but I'm still a scientist.
16:26
I think the point that you're making is a really good point.
16:28
It actually goes back to the ecosystem that we began talking about 10 or so minutes ago.
16:35
Yes, an academic scientist that decides I'm going to leave academia needs to learn an entirely new skill set in order to take that idea and mature it into that data package that we talked about where that data package could then secure resources to deliver impact.
21:29
How has Singapore's biotech ecosystem evolved over the past five years?

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