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September 17, 2012 02:40 am GMT
A few months back, I was pitched by the CEO and co-founder of a startup building a platform that was going to realise the "true potential" of science. Okay, I said, but have you got anything you can actually show me? Not yet but I still think TechCrunch readers will want to hear about us, he replied, before proceeding to tell me how to do my job.Look, its late here, I countered, but Im happy to meet when you have something to show. I have a feeling youll be slightly less annoying in person.Dont count on it, said the overly confident CEO.That startup was Marblar, which today sees its public launch with a platform that -- with the help of the crowd -- aims to find commercial uses for the thousands of scientific discoveries otherwise laying dormant in universities around the globe. And in doing so, may actually have the potential to not just change science but (indirectly) change the world.
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Dust Off That Science: Marblar Wants To Bring The Crowd To Tech Transfer (And Change The World)
A few months back, I was pitched by the CEO and co-founder of a startup building a platform that was going to realise the "true potential" of science. Okay, I said, but have you got anything you can actually show me? Not yet but I still think TechCrunch readers will want to hear about us, he replied, before proceeding to tell me how to do my job.Look, its late here, I countered, but Im happy to meet when you have something to show. I have a feeling youll be slightly less annoying in person.Dont count on it, said the overly confident CEO.That startup was Marblar, which today sees its public launch with a platform that -- with the help of the crowd -- aims to find commercial uses for the thousands of scientific discoveries otherwise laying dormant in universities around the globe. And in doing so, may actually have the potential to not just change science but (indirectly) change the world.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/fj7By2s0NiQ/
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