Scientist Turned Entrepreneur: Bethany Deshpande

IN THIS EPISODE: 

• Bethany chats with Greg and Dave about creating SomaDetect agriculture farming company, which is helping farmers provide better care for animals and providing good quality milk.
• Bethany talks about completing a PHD in biology, and how it has helped immensely with the start up of SomaDetect.
• Bethany discusses how she helps farmers diagnose low quality or contaminated milk and providing nutritional needs for farmers with their farms.
• Bethany tells how the idea was actually born from her father, and how he was a biophysicists who worked on applications involved with the innovation behind SomaDetect.

BIO:

• Bethany Deshpande is the CEO of SomaDetect. She is a scientist turned entrepreneur who is providing dairy farmers with the information they need to produce the best possible milk.
• Bethany has experience in community engagement, Northern environmental science, mathematics, and data analysis.
• Bethany set out to commercialize the technology developed by her dad over the past several decades.
• SomaDetect represents a significant innovation within the dairy industry.

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