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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private institution devoted to cultivating ideas and leadership among entrepreneurs, opened its doors last week to the inaugural class of its Entrepreneurial Postdoctoral Fellows program, spearheading the foundation’s new focus to study the science of start-ups.

“What we want to do is give them exposure to how companies make decisions, specifically to evaluating technologies,” says Sandy Miller, director of Advancing Innovation at the foundation, of the 13 fellows. Each of the postdoctoral researchers, whose expertise range from marine science to biochemistry, received grants to continue their studies and work toward commercializing their proposals into actual start-ups. At the end of the yearlong program, the fellows will present their plans to the foundation’s advisory panel of experts, which will guide the hopeful entrepreneurs on the next course of action. Read full story:

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