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"They think of us as scruffy and geeky. In return, we think of them as stupid and greedy."

"Although we were both in need of a change of environment, we did not really know what to expect when we entered the corporate world. ..."

I felt patronized, given the level of independence I had experienced during my Ph.D., ... and contacted the MIT Career Office.

"I was lucky to hear about a business plan competition."

"Will there be a place for the modern equivalents of Watson and Crick, or is the contemporary scientist just a cog in a machine?"

My best Christmas present this year was a job offer.

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." --John Lennon

"I felt a growing conviction that I could turn one of my scientific ideas into a technology."

"I am now playing with the big boys and I have a say in how things are done."

"[Being an entrepreneur] you learn real-world skills and knowledge that is priceless--no matter whether you are successful or not." -- Wim During, professor of innovative entrepreneurship, Twente

"This turn of events could potentially have harmed my project, but it turned out to be a golden opportunity..."