Context:
does
—
increase
 
y
ield
s
—
rath
er
 than
 how
 it
 works
,
 and
 we
 be
gan
 the
 hard
 work
 of
 creat
ing
 and
 
funding
 
a
 company
.
 After
 
further
 development
 in
 
a
 startup
 
a
ccelerator
 program
,
 we
 
successful
ly
 rais
ed
 
venture
 capital
 
funding
 and
 launch
ed
 our
 company
,
 Grow
centi
a
,
 Inc
.
,
 in
 March
 2015.
 Less
 than
 6
 months
 later
,
 we
 be
gan
 produc
ing
 and
 
selling
 micro
bes
 
based
 on
 
those
 we
 had
 
developed
 in
 our
 university
 laborator
y
.
 It
 has
 been
 
incredibl
y
 
reward
ing
 to
 make
 something
 and
 get
 it
 into
 the
 hands
 of
 people
 that
 can
 use
 it
.
 For
 me
,
 it
 has
 been
 even
 better
 than
 the
 
satisfaction
 of
 
getting
 
a
 paper
 
published
,
 
a
 grant
 fund
ed
,
 or
 
a
 student
 
graduate
d
.
 Now
,
 in
 addition
 to
 my
 
academic
 lab
 and
 
responsibilities
,
 I
 am
 also
 the
 
chairman
 of
 the
 company
,
 meaning
 that
 I
 help
 guide
 our
 strategic
 vision
,
 business
 development
,
 and
 technology
 development
 road
map
.
 At
 first
,
 I
 was
 more
 
involved
 in
 many
 of
 the
 details
—
such
 as
 marketing
,
 
hiring
,
 and
 production
—
and
 
spent
 more
 time
 and
 money
 on
 
lawyer
s
 than
 I
 ever
 imagine
d
,
 but
 it
 was
 un
sustainable
.
 So
 we
 hir
ed
 an
 experience
d
 CEO
,
 and
 
Colin
 is
 now
 our
 full
-
time
 
chief
 
growth
 
officer
,
 
which
 
enabled
 me
 to
 
settle
 into
 my
 current
 role
 and
 focus
 my
 energie
s
 on
 my
 
academic
 career
 and
 my
 family
.
 After
 help
ing
 to
 launch
 Grow
centi
a
,
 I
 
wanted
 to
 continue
 
finding
 new
 
ways
 to
 
increase
 the
 impact
 of
 my
 
academic
 work
.
 I
 also
 thought
 I
 
could
 bring
 valu
able
 in
sights
 from
 my
 I
-
Corp
s
 training
 and
 sub
sequent
 startup
 experience
 to
 my
 
academic
 colle
agues
 who
 also
 
wanted
 to
 make
 
a
 difference
 but
 were
n
’
t
 ac
custom
ed
 to
 
thinking
 about
 
their
 work
 from
 
a
 business
 perspective
.
 In
 
early
 2015,
 I
 be
gan
 working
 with
 
a
 group
 of
 my
 
fellow
 Colorado
 State
 University
 facult
y
 members
 and
 led
 the
 development
 of
 the
 
CSU
 Innovation
 Center
 for
 
Sustainable
 
Agriculture
,
 
which
 
aims
 to
 
increase
 
crop
 p
roductivity
 
while
 decre
asing
 
environmental
 impact
s
 of
 
agriculture
.
 The
 
t
ypical
 
academic
 approach
 to
 
s
olving
 this
 type
 of
 problem
 
would
 be
 to
 build
 on
 our
 previous
 work
 to
 it
erat
ively
 improve
 our
 
basic
 knowledge
,
 and
 then
 figure
 out
 how
 to
 communicat
e
 that
 knowledge
 to
 others
 who
 
might
 use
 it
 to
 develop
 products
 or
 
policies
.
 
Input:
 It
 is
 hard
 to
 
believe
 that
 
a
 full
 
academic
 year
 has
 passe
d
 since
 I
 be
gan
 my
 term
 as
 director
 of
 the
 Slavi
c
 Center
—
and
 it
 has
 been
 
a
 high
ly
 
reward
ing
 experience
.
 I
 am
 more
 keen
ly
 
aware
 than
 ever
 of
 the
 Slavi
c
 Center
’
s
 
significant
 impact
 on
 the
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  Idx: 259, Δloglikelihood: -0.123
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  Idx: 259, Δloglikelihood: 0.205
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  Idx: 259, Δloglikelihood: 1.071
hundred Idx: 34877, Δloglikelihood: 0.336
s Idx: 263, Δloglikelihood: 0.000
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 students Idx: 10608, Δloglikelihood: -0.459
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  Idx: 259, Δloglikelihood: 0.288
teachers Idx: 66071, Δloglikelihood: 0.533
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 community Idx: 13745, Δloglikelihood: 1.008
 members Idx: 14939, Δloglikelihood: -0.077
, Idx: 261, Δloglikelihood: 0.668
 as Idx: 527, Δloglikelihood: -0.083
 well Idx: 2857, Δloglikelihood: -0.001
 as Idx: 527, Δloglikelihood: 0.001
 constitu Idx: 20576, Δloglikelihood: -0.072
ents Idx: 52006, Δloglikelihood: 0.286
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