Hey, everybody. We got a great show for you today. I'm going to interview the CEO of

Zymergen Josh Hoffman on the ins and outs of synthetic biology including all these recent breakthroughs and what the next couple of decades

I'm going to look like it's a fascinating discussion basically the the future is here

I mean you start referencing science fiction so many times when you get into synthetic biology

It's it's kind of crazy, but before we get to that

I wanted to try a new format where I break down a topic that a founder should be familiar with

We're calling these founder university new because we have this founder university two-day program now

We're breaking that down into a curriculum and I'm doing little modules here on the podcast to test them

And I want your feedback you know how to get in touch with me Jason at Gallaghanis.com for the rest of my life or DM me

At Jason on Twitter and tell me what you think of these fun modules founder university new modules

I'm going to cover back to the envelope math today or what I close startup math and how you can wow investors and

Be a better strategist just by knowing all your numbers

Cold and having them all right in your head and the ability to do back of the envelope math stick with us

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