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🌿 BOLG — January 2026 Edition
Empowering Biotech Talent, One Skill at a Time

Hello BOLG Community! 👋

Welcome to 2026 — a new year filled with possibility, momentum, and fresh opportunities to shape your biotech career on your own terms. The foundations built throughout 2025 — the skills you gained, the insights you discovered, and the connections you formed — are now ready to be put into action.

As we step into this next chapter, BOLG remains committed to being your trusted partner in growth. Whether your goal this year is to launch a consulting practice, transition into freelancing, or expand your impact beyond traditional career paths, we’re here to guide you with clarity, confidence, and community.

We’re starting the year strong by spotlighting our first flagship webinar of 2026, designed to help you turn your scientific expertise into meaningful, paid consulting opportunities. We’ll also take a moment to recognize the powerful sessions from 2025 that set the stage for the year ahead. Let’s get started. 💡

🚀 Featured Webinar (January 2026): Breaking Into Biotech Consulting — From Researcher to Paid Expert

Are you a scientist, academic, or biotech professional ready to translate your expertise into consulting income?

This dynamic, step-by-step webinar will guide you through how to enter the world of biotech consulting — even if you’re just beginning to explore this path.

If you’re seeking flexible project-based work, high-value consulting engagements, or a clear pathway to independent consulting, this session will give you the tools and confidence to take action in 2026.

🔬 What You’ll Learn

In this practical, strategy-focused session, you’ll discover:

  • ✅ What biotech consulting truly involves — and why scientists are uniquely positioned to succeed

  • ✅ How to define your niche and create clear, compelling service offerings

  • ✅ Pricing frameworks that allow you to charge confidently and sustainably

  • ✅ Proven techniques for pitching clients and landing your first consulting project

  • ✅ Where and how to find biotech consulting opportunities

🌟 Why Attend

By joining this webinar, you will:

  • ✨ Learn how to position yourself as a trusted expert

  • ✨ Turn your scientific background into marketable consulting value

  • ✨ Gain clarity and direction for launching or expanding your consulting journey

  • ✨ Walk away with actionable strategies you can apply immediately

  • ✨ Set a strong foundation for biotech freelancing success in 2026

📅 Date: Monday, January 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
📍 Location: Online — attend from anywhere
🔗 Register now to secure your spot

✨ Seats are limited — don’t miss this opportunity to begin 2026 with purpose and momentum.

🔙 A Look Back: Highlights from 2025

Before moving fully ahead, we want to honor the sessions that shaped our community and strengthened our shared foundation. Each event in 2025 delivered valuable insights to help biotech professionals thrive as freelancers and consultants.

  • 🎯 Monetizing Your Biotech Expertise: Freelance Opportunities Ahead (November 17, 2025)
    Explored how to turn academic and research experience into sustainable freelance income.

  • 🎯 Essential Digital Tools Every Biotech Freelancer Should Master (September 15, 2025)
    Covered the digital ecosystem freelancers need — from research and project management to collaboration and client success.

  • 🎯 From Lab to Laptop: Transitioning from Academia to Biotech Freelancing (July 14, 2025)
    Guided researchers through mindset shifts, niche development, and strategic planning for independent work.

  • 🎯 Finding Your Niche: Specializing for Success in Biotech Freelancing (May 19, 2025)
    Focused on defining expertise and standing out in a competitive freelance market.

  • 💼 Biotech Freelancing in the Digital Age (April 21, 2025)
    Explored modern workflows, digital platforms, and long-term career growth strategies.

  • 🤖 The Future of Biotech Careers: AI & Digital Innovation in Life Sciences (March 17, 2025)
    Examined how AI and automation are reshaping biotech roles and creating new freelance opportunities.

  • 🌍 Discover How BOLG is Transforming the Biotech Industry (February 17, 2025)
    Introduced the BOLG vision — empowering biotech talent and building a flexible, global workforce.

💚 Stay Connected with BOLG

At BOLG, we’re more than a platform — we’re a growing movement toward career ownership, flexibility, and global collaboration in biotech.

As this new year unfolds, we’re grateful to continue this journey with a community of scientists, innovators, and change-makers shaping the future of work in life sciences.

👉 Stay inspired. Stay curious. Stay connected.
Let’s make 2026 our most impactful year yet — together.

Warmly,
The BOLG Support Team 🌱