003: Alicia Jackson - Founder and CEO of Evernow

"I am a 30 year old woman without a bio degree proposing to do these crazy projects about engineering biology and creating new biological functions in an office of electrical engineers, mostly men, all forties and 50s and one of those individuals said to me, we're still trying to figure out what you're doing here... I'm here to do what I came to do" On this episode of Think Like A Founder, Maureen talks to Alicia Jackson, founder of Evernow, a company with a vision to cure menopause. Alicia talks about her unusual journey from academia to government to becoming a founder. She also talks about the drive and grit she learned during her first year at MIT, as well as the importance of wit - that’s W- I- T - as a business value.Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco California. Learn more by visiting us at www.snpnet.com or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there. Series Producer: Roisin Hunt. Sound design: Marc Ream. Creative Producer: Eli Shell. Content and scripting: Mike Sullivan. Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas. Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, John Hughes and Renn Vara.