EAT Special Guest Speaker Elizabeth Pearce founder of SymSoil

"Don’t you love a good origin story? In the start-up world, they are inspiring and full of challenges and passion for the project at hand. It’s often joked that most entrepreneurs would say, six months or one year in, “If I knew what was involved, I’m not sure I would have started down the path.”

SymSoil Inc. started as the biology equivalent of a garage start-up, in the backyard of the founder’s home in Marin County, California.