Embracing pivots: insights from a nanotech startup founder

Any startup is looking to solve a problem. Sometimes, it is not the one you first envisioned when you set up the company, as Mari-Ann Meigo Fonseca, co-founder of Tallin-based Gelatex can attest. Gelatex manufactures 3D nanofibrous scaffolds for various applications, ranging from cell culture to tissue engineering. “But we started the company with a completely different business idea in mind,” Meigo Fonseca tells TNW. Initial target: the textile industry Building a company is often less about sticking to an initial, rigid plan and more about embracing and adapting to changes along the way. With a background in the textile…

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