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It took us over ten years to actually show that it was possible, that first demonstration at Stanford. And there were many people who said it is impossible.

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“It it was a long journey and it really started with, I think this is possible.”

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No. It it was a long journey and it really started with, I think this is possible. It should be possible. We need to make it possible, and let's do that. And it took us over ten years to actually show that it was possible, that first demonstration at Stanford. And there were many people who said it is impossible.

Why this clip

Classic underdog narrative with the powerful 'many people said it is impossible' hook. The 10-year timeline adds gravitas and shows the persistence required for breakthrough innovation.

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To make something like that happen, it takes a lot of will. A lot of shutting out, you know, what people say is impossible, and staying true to your convictions.

3:04 - 17s · Bold/Contrarian

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One of the beautiful things about leveraging biotechnology and yeast in this way is that we just talked about yeast being a miniature factory, but it's a miniature factory that replicates itself with, if you just give it a little bit of sugar.

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To make something like that happen, it takes a lot of will. A lot of shutting out, you know, what people say is impossible, and staying true to your convictions.

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Once you've taught them to learn, they're there, they're ready to go and you can turn them on in a day's notice. Now that we've done it the first time, going to the second drug, the third drug, the fourth drug is faster.

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It took us over ten years to actually show that it was possible, that first demonstration at Stanford. And there were many people who said it is impossible.

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Why this clip

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It would be better to put in place another way to make it. One that is not susceptible to climate events. Ones that not, that is not susceptible to geopolitical events. And one that can really scale to meet demand.

One of the beautiful things about leveraging biotechnology and yeast in this way is that we just talked about yeast being a miniature factory, but it's a miniature factory that replicates itself with, if you just give it a little bit of sugar.

To make something like that happen, it takes a lot of will. A lot of shutting out, you know, what people say is impossible, and staying true to your convictions.

Once you've taught them to learn, they're there, they're ready to go and you can turn them on in a day's notice. Now that we've done it the first time, going to the second drug, the third drug, the fourth drug is faster.

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