Donn Rubin will tell you it’s not very flashy.
“We’re not trying to build an empire here,” he laughs.
A nondescript Clayton storefront on Forsyth Boulevard seems an unlikely place from which to run an imperial entity anyway. Yet for the dozens who gathered Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the birth of the organization Rubin now runs -- BioSTL -- there was plenty of excitement.
“We have lots of companies being formed, lots of things going on,” Dr. William Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University, told the assembled group. “One of the things we lack is sufficient funds to give the right help to companies that are starting up and enough money to invest in those startup companies.”
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Author: David Baugher
