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After a Failure, Revert to the Last Known Working State
Both long and short-running projects will, at some point, face a failure. Sometimes it is possible to plan around...
Articles
Essays, thoughts, and insights on science, entrepreneurship, and the journey from researcher to founder.
Entrepreneurship
Do things that can scale
Doing things that can scale is fundamental when they are part of the core of the business. The fine line between...
Entrepreneurship
Effectual reasoning, a framework for aspiring scipreneurs
Effectual reasoning, as opposed to causal reasoning, can be defined as the ability to chase goals based on...
Entrepreneurship
Empowering Young Scientists: Rethinking ‘Academic’ Entrepreneurship
Academic entrepreneurship is too focused on professors, perhaps it’s time to acknowledge, empower, and give...
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Mindset for Scientists
When I started my first company, I brought with me my scientifically oriented way of thinking. I thought that...
Science
Exciting Vesicles – the field where biology meets technology
Extracellular Vesicles are a fascinating topic of research in biology and biomedical sciences. These particles,...
Personal
How I feel about quitting my own startup
I left my own startup after almost 5 years of hard work. It was a tough decision, but a necessary one.
Entrepreneurship
How to incentivize scipreneurship
Developing scipreneurial skills involves offering scientists opportunities for real-world practice and...
Personal
How can students, PhDs and postdocs present themselves efficiently in their CVs while looking for a job
Presenting yourself correctly is the most important step to secure the job you want
Personal
How to write a good cover letter for a job
There’s nothing more important than a good cover letter to convince recruites to offer you a chance.
Personal
How to write a programming book
Overview of the steps required to write a programming book, from motivation to outlining, and execution
Entrepreneurship
Mentor, Consultant, Coach, Partner: Who Do You Need Right Now?
Understanding the differences between mentor, consultant, and partner is crucial to deciding who do you need to...
Personal
My Story as an Entrepreneur: From Scientist to Founder
Becoming an entrepreneur and a founder was definitely not in my plans when I started my PhD. A serendipitous...
Entrepreneurship
Professors can enable scipreneurs
Professors can become enablers for the creation of startups without becoming entrepreneurs themselves. With their...
Entrepreneurship
Solve or remove a problem
Sometimes solving a problem is not powerful enough, you need to remove the problem in order to create a...
Science
The path to Surface Enhanced Raman for exosome characterization
Extracellular Vesicles are a fascinating object of study. A paper in which they used SERS to identify samples...
Personal
The things I miss the most from my time as a PhD
The thing I miss the most from my time as a PhD is access to people with interesting problems. That’s very...
Personal
There and back again 13 years apart
There are moments in our lives, like that paper airplane contest, that serve as anchor points for who we were and...
Technology
What does the creation of Altos Labs mean
Altos labs is the latest initiative funded by a pool of billionaires seeking to extend their lifespan. Moreover,...