#5 - Winston Yan, Co-Founder at Arbor Biotechnologies

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Introduction:

Winston Yan, Co-Founder of Arbor Biotechnologies who took an idea and expanded it from him and his

cofounder to about 80 over the past 5 years alone and is currently finishing up his last year of

MD training at Harvard Medical School, which he had originally put on pause to found Arbor.

Outline:

How’d you find yourself in this role / sector? Has your background always been in operations?

Are there any specific memories you have from conversations with your parents that started

molding what you wanted to learn more about? To that end, was entrepreneurship in your mind

as well?

You continued your studies after your Undergrad at Harvard by then receiving a PhD and MD at

Harvard...tell us a bit about the various studies and projects you focused on

At what point did you know you wanted to found a company and what was the inspiration behind

Arbor?

So, in 2016 you co-founded Arbor to scale up the discovery and development of new genome

editing tools for genomic medicines, growing the company exponentially, while pushing forward

the early science. What was the genesis of Arbor?

Data mining companies exist — how was yours different?

Has your role changed within the company?

How has your company culture evolved over the years? What are you most proud of from that

standpoint?

Winston, hearing you just describe your journey, although very much short-from, was really

special to hear, especially, your early life and some of the moments that lasted with you forever.

I guess to finish up, with all of the personal, academic, and professional experiences you’ve

shared with us today, are there any other areas of biology that excite you and anything you’ve

been working on in particular?

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