Worthington relates an anecdote about how renowned intellectual property lawyer Bill Smith joined Fluidigm as general counsel. Worthington gave Smith the pitch before Fluidigm was even funded. Nonetheless, Worthington notes, Smith decided to join the team with the idea that it was going to be a total train wreck, and it was going to be really fun to watch.

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   Lecture 1: Forming the Founding Team and Seizing the Opportunity
   
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   Lecture 2: The Breakthrough Idea
   
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   Lecture 3: Breaking Convention: Technology First, Market Opportunity Second
   
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   Lecture 4: Building a Team and Picking the Right VCs
   
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   Lecture 5: The Challenges of Building a Company
   
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   Lecture 6: Product Development
   
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   Lecture 7: Keeping a Financial Focus
   
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   Lecture 8: Raising Money and Recognizing Interest in VCs
   
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   Lecture 9: Can You Continually Increase Value?
   
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    Lecture 10: Recruiting the Best
    
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    Lecture 11: Challenges of Managing: Firing People
    
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    Lecture 12: How to Recruit Top Talent
    
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    Lecture 13: To MBA or Not?: Technical Degree or MBA
    
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    Lecture 14: Envisioning the Future: Other Potential Applications of the Technology
    
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    Lecture 15: Lowest Lows and Highest Highs
    
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    Lecture 16: Going Global: Why Singapore?
    
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    Lecture 17: Founding Team: Technical or Business Saavy?
    
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    Lecture 18: Experimenting with New Technologies
    
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    Lecture 19: Finding a Market
    
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    Lecture 20: Disposable vs. Reusable in Biology
    
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    Lecture 21: Establishing a Market
    
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    Lecture 22: How Do You Establish a Decision-Making Process?