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What you get
5 minutes. Every other Tuesday. Worth every second.
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ISO Readiness
Practical audit prep from a lab that's been through it — not consultant boilerplate.
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Grant Strategy
SBIR, NIH, NSF — what works in proposals when lab operations are central to the work.
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Lab Ops
Sample tracking, COA workflows, analyst management — the operational layer most founders figure out too late.
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Smart Procurement
Instrument buying decisions, reagent cost control, and supplier negotiation for early-stage labs.
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AI in the Lab
What AI tools are actually worth using in a compliance-sensitive lab environment — and which ones to avoid.
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Every issue earns its read. We run a real lab and write from experience, not a marketing brief.
Coming up
Issues dropping this month
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The 5 things that kill a first ISO 17025 audit
Most labs that fail don't fail on the science. They fail on paperwork. Here are the five gaps auditors walk straight to — and the one-sentence fix for each.
ISO Readiness
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How we track sample status without a $50K LIMS
A LIMS quote landed in my inbox last month: $48,000 for year one. For 12 active samples. Here's what we actually built instead — and the honest tradeoffs.
Lab Ops
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The SBIR proposal checklist labs actually use
The three most common ways lab-based SBIR proposals get knocked in review — and a Facilities section template that's worked at real labs.
Grant Strategy
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What "results ready" actually means (+ live demo)
Walk through a sample from intake to signed COA — every step, why it exists, and what it looks like in a real accredited lab. Plus: live demo invite.
Lab Ops · Demo
Exactly what I needed before our first audit. Practical, not theoretical — from someone who's actually been through it.
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