So this increases the likelihood that they will develop ideas in ways no one else has thought of.

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Going forward, Imasuen says that raising funds to develop story ideas and train new talents is still one of Nollywood's biggest challenges.

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As much as it would be great for Canadian entrepreneurs to easily get the money they need to nurture and develop their ideas, startups are risky propositions that are just one of many options for investors .

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Dr. LEE RYBECK LYND (Professor of Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College): In my lab, one of the big ideas we're working on, is to try to develop microorganisms using genetic engineering, that let us do, in one step, what we're now only able to do in more than one step.

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