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Flagship Pioneering’s Noubar Afeyan on the crazy idea behind Moderna and professional entrepreneurs

  • Kate Sheridan

By Kate Sheridan Nov. 21, 2021

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Flagship Pioneering's Noubar Afeyan, in conversation with Linda Henry, CEO of Boston Globe Media Partners, at the STAT Summit. Emilie Pickering for STAT

On his desk — placed so its visible on his Zoom calls — Flagship Pioneering founder and CEO Noubar Afeyan has a plaque imploring those who see it to “trust your crazy ideas.”

It’s effectively a slogan for Flagship Pioneering, the brazen venture capital firm behind Moderna.

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