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Luis Estevez - Founder & CEO of AIMM: Following Your Interests, Career Changes, and Going Back to School in Your 30’s


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Luis Estevez is the founder and CEO of Advanced & Innovative Multifunctional Materials (AIMM). AIMM enables porous materials to be scientifically tailored to target big problems. More specifically, AIMM focuses on a water filter that can target and treat hard-to-remove “forever chemicals” from water.


Before founding AIMM, Luis completed his Materials Science Ph.D. at Cornell University, obtained a 3-year $1M fellowship from the DOE to work at a National Lab, and worked as a staff scientist at the University of Dayton Research Institute.


In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How to manage multiple career changes
  • The importance of following what interests you
  • The benefits of going back to school in your 30’s
  • The uncomfortable truths of being an entrepreneur
  • The benefits of making a career change later in life 


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That WorkedBy Callan Harrington