If you can't measure it, you can't manage it

[...]synthetic biology was emerging as a new discipline, and I wanted to be part of this scientific adventure. Since it no longer seemed possible to work in this area at Pioneer, I looked at different career options like joining a synthetic biology startup or going back to academia. [...]I see more commonalities than differences between these two worlds. Since there are no two weeks in the year I can dedicate entirely to writing a proposal, it meant that I needed to start earlier than I usually did, maybe a month or two before the deadline.