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Jake Becraft, a PhD student at MIT disillusioned in pursuit of his dreams of becoming an academic, serendipitously finds himself discussing the potential commercial applications of his work with Tasuku Kitada, his former postdoctoral research mentor. The two decide to alter the course of both of their lives, join forces, and begin down an entrepreneurial road to found Strand Therapeutics. The journey features the genesis of Becraft's ideas, the pursuit of those ideas, the path to entrepreneurship and the associated challenges, including many bumps, twists and turns along the way.