From CERN to Entrepreneurship: we don't know what we don't know

<!--HTML--><p><strong><img alt="" src="https://indico.cern.ch/event/614300/images/12944-PosterZucchelli.jpg" style="height:707px; width:500px" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong><br /> CERN is simultaneously a scientific environment that could keep you safely &lsquo;hooked for life&rsquo; but also the ideal place to inspire you to explore and nurture new ideas and perhaps branch out into the unknown. However, leaving a safe environment is a notoriously difficult decision: we know precisely what we leave behind, but we don&rsquo;t know what we don&rsquo;t know (and I can confirm it&rsquo;s waiting for us around the corner!). In this seminar, I&rsquo;ll share my honest little story of a jump-in-the-dark from the CERN Experimental Physics department to the start-up business.</p> <p><strong>Bio</strong><br /> Piero Zucchelli is founder and CEO of Andrew Alliance, a company specialising in novel liquid handling robots designed to enhance the reproducibility and efficiency of the pipetting process. Before founding Andrew Alliance, Piero was CTO of SpinX Technologies for 8 years and prior to that a staff member at CERN.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>