HeyJaredThe Polymerist
Commercialization of chemicals and switching from oil and gas to sustainable feedstocks.
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In Search of: A Unicorn (opens the original)
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I had a founder reach out to me recently asking if I knew anyone with a very specific set of skills who was willing to relocate to a very specific area to work on a very specific project that utilized the specific skills, but in a non-traditional way. I had maybe 1-2 people in mind that might fit and then I messaged some others who had good jobs already (silence on that front). In the end the question of why it’s so hard to hire people came up and I realized I had a lot of thoughts on the topic.
The Purpose of The Polymerist (opens the original)
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The Lean Lab (opens the original)
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Over the past few years when I’ve been talking to founders, graduate students, investors, and industry incumbents one consistent theme has emerged: there is still a big disconnect from the laboratory level scientists and engineers trying to commercialize their research. I’ve wanted to try and address this gap with a comprehensive guide to trying to figure out if your PhD thesis or postdoc project could be a company.Subscribe nowThere are some useful resources that I will link near
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