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    Save a Crab, Start a Business: The ToxiSense Story

    Aravind Krishnan was 14 years old when a school trip to the Jersey shore led to a surprising lesson on the biomedical industry: it still relies on horseshoe crab blood for bacterial contamination testing, a process that is both incredibly expensive as well as ecologically harmful. “It was quite surprising
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    The Delicate Step From Idea to Entrepreneurship

    Ian Dardani’s founder story starts the way many do. He saw a problem – and believed he had a way to address it. But he knew the journey from idea to entrepreneurship would be challenging. “Whether or not an idea becomes a startup, is a really delicate process,” he reflects
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    Humans of the Science Center: Timothy Rissel

    Timothy Rissel’s extensive experience in the hospitality industry has equipped him with an important insight: empathy is everything when it comes to building and maintaining strong customer relationships. The Science Center’s Quorum event space serves as a nexus within the uCity Square community and beyond, and Timothy is right at
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    We Think 2024 Will be a Better Year for Startups: Here’s Why

    2023 was a challenging year for startups. Rising interest rates squeezed the market, leading to overly cautious investors and a dwindling pool of funding. Crunchbase notes that investment across all startup stages fell from $230.5 billion in 2022 to $144.3 billion in 2023 – a pronounced decline of 37%. However
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