NYSCI Talks: Jennifer Lawton: Tell us about your career journey as a businesswoman in technology.

NYSCI (The New York Hall of Science)

Jennifer Lawton, an applied mathematician, and the current COO of Techstars talks about her career in technology. She discusses her background in mathematics and her life as an entrepreneur as the co-founder of Net Daemons, and then the Chief Strategy Officer at MakerBot. According to Lawton, from school onward, she was often the only woman in the room.

NYSCI

The New York Hall of Science The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. NYSCI was founded at the 1964–65 World’s Fair and has evolved into New York’s center for interactive science, serving a half million students, teachers, and families each year. NYSCI serves schools, families and underserved communities in the New York City area, offering informal, hands-on learning through various products and services that use the “design-make-play” method of bringing delight and play to educating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

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The New York Hall of Science

The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. NYSCI was founded at the 1964–65 World’s Fair and has evolved into New York’s center for interactive science, serving a half million students, teachers, and families each year. NYSCI serves schools, families and underserved communities in the New York City area, offering informal, hands-on learning through various products and services that use the “design-make-play” method of bringing delight and play to educating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

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