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Pluton Biosciences looks to nature for cutting-edge biotech solutions, raising $6.6M seed

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“There are a trillion species of microbes, and we only use a couple of them,” said Pluton founder and CTO Barry Goldman, who spent nearly two decades at Monsanto looking into similar ideas. But however useful they are, they’re only a handful out of a near-infinite variety. 3D illustration.

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From Unfocused To Unstoppable: 5 Lessons I Learned Scaling My Startup With ADHD

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Working with mentors and coaches, I was able to get to the root of my condition and learned many of my behaviors were coping mechanisms shaped by early stress. Delegate responsibilities You wouldnt expect your CMO to put together a five-year financial projection or task your CTO with managing payroll, so cut yourself some slack.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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The collection of companies is, however, defined by a wide range of focuses, from pioneering diabetes treatments to retrofitting autonomous trucking, curated by the SkyDeck’s small team and a number of advisors. The technology was developed by Hurd’s CTO, Charles Cai. Image Credits: Humm.

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ShareWell wants to scale mental health support with its 10,000 support groups

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ShareWell believes it has an alternate take, with a far more affordable peer-support model, which lands it somewhere between special interest forums and online communities, coaching and therapy. We see already that people want coaching and therapy, etc., to alleviate the burden of going at it alone.

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Tech Trends in 2014: Actionable Insights For Your Career

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Drawing from her 20+ years of recruitment experience across financial services, technology, healthcare, biotech, professional services, and the Internet space, Lenzner has some interesting perspectives about top trends. CTO Cyber Security'

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As Funding Fell, So Did The Number Of New Female-Founded Unicorn Startups

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One of the company’s co-founders is Niki Parmar , who also served as CTO. New York-based fertility clinic network Kindbody raised $100 million led by Perceptive Advisors. Parmar is also co-founder of Essential AI , founded last year, which came out of stealth with $56.5 million in funding in December. billion.

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The Emergence

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For example, I recently talked with the CEO of a biotech investment fund. As a field, biotech has been a leader in applying machine learning (think protein folding); and it’s not clear whether generative AI tools will contribute much to core business of biotech. Stay up on what’s emerging.