Worthington explains that the market climate at the time of the formation of Fluidigm, around 1999, was not favorable towards anything without dotcom in the title, and their funding requests were met with hundreds of no's. However, as the technology continued to develop, it became clear that they were on to something big; a small, simple rubber valve that was like an integrated circuit for biology, he says.

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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?