{"id":732,"date":"2025-07-07T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co2ol-catalyst.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:13:38","slug":"passing-on-the-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2ol-catalyst.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/passing-on-the-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing on the Flame!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As to-be-founders, we&#8217;ve already faced our fair share of challenges \u2014 and learned a lot along the way. Thus we were extremely happy when we got the possibility to share our insights with the next generation of founders to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last months we&#8217;ve spoken to students of schools and universities. 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