Thank you Weill Cornell Medicine Enterprise Innovation for hosting our president and CEO Rachel Haurwitz, PhD!
Dean Robert A. Harrington sat down with Dr. Rachel Haurwitz, co-founder and CEO of Caribou Biosciences, for a fireside chat yesterday on her entrepreneurial journey. Dr. Haurwitz had always loved hands-on science ever since she was a child. Taking business classes as a graduate student in science exposed her to the vocabulary of venture capital. It also gave her an opportunity to learn about founding and pitching a company. That sparked her interest in startup formation and team building. Dr. Haurwitz remembered the challenge of having to educate investors on CRISPR technology when her company was way ahead of its time. When asked what advice she would give to emerging scientists, medical and graduate students, Dr. Haurwitz emphasized critical thinking – constantly use science and technology to solve problems for patients, absorbing as much information about the industry as possible, putting the team above the self and taking advantage of the local ecosystem. Her success is a buildup of incremental moments. Most importantly, they should “go for it”. Weill Cornell Medicine