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You're a PhD or postdoc, or an engineer working on technology that could reshape an entire industry. Yet most breakthrough research never makes a real impact in the world. It stays in papers gets buried in approval processes, or dies when funding runs out.
Alex Teng, partner at Fifty Years, has helped hundreds of scientists and engineers transition from the lab bench to founding deep tech startups. Come hear Alex’s unfiltered advice from our experience helping scientists and engineers go from idea to building companies like Plasmidsaurus (now delivering ultrafast sequencing to scientists globally) and Clippership (building autonomous sailboats to decarbonize maritime shipping). Free food and drinks!
Come learn:
- How to determine if your research can become a generational company
- The constraints and bottlenecks that will define our thriving future
- How to identify ideas worth a decade of your life
- How to navigate IP, funding, choosing the right market, and closing customers