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Mana Mushrooms, LLC                                                                                                                                                    Boston & Chicago

Founder (entrepreneurial venture)                                                                                                                             2005- May 2008
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Entrepreneur in sustainable agriculture and industrial symbiosis, using wastes as inputs
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Financed, designed, and built laboratory, clean room, and cultivation space for research
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Developed industrial partnerships and recaptured byproducts using nature as a model
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Conducted lab research; collected & analyzed data to determine cost of production
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Researched processes to reduce waste for exotic edible mushroom cultivation
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Authored, published hundreds of pages of content documenting and explaining research
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Worked with River Valley Kitchens to learn retail side of farmers’farmers’ markets