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Many of you have been asking me on and offline why I started SciLink and where I would like to take it. I will try and answer the first part of the question and give you my best case scenario for SciLink as the answer to the second half.

Why did I start SciLink?

I’ve been writing scientific software for over 10 years using different technologies, architectures, visual interfaces etc., with the intention of providing scientists and clinicians a way to enhance their understanding of each other, their work and its impact on society. I believe the dissemination of scientific information and discovery is every scientists’ social obligation. This is especially true of those scientists whose salaries, laboratory equipment and employees are funded by government tax dollars. But what really drives me is a much more personal and selfish endeavor: I would like to hasten the discovery process by organizing scientists around the globe. I have a particular interest in finding and securing jobs for the research community - SciLink’s mission is to help you find a place to do your best scientific work. The reason? It’s very simple. My family and I have been affected by crohn’s, diabetes and heart disease. I believe that science is the engine by which all health, technological and social innovation occur. Therefore, I have made it my life’s work to provide you with the best website in the world to find colleagues, potential collaborators and amazing work opportunities. I have no doubt that one day you will make a connection in SciLink with a new colleague, collaborator or friend who helps you think through a new strategy in the lab, provides a new computational method or statistics advice. I am confident that these connections will help transform and enhance our scientific knowledge. Who knows, maybe that connection will help my family and I too.

Where are we taking SciLink?

That’s partly up to me and partly up to you. I have some very big plans for the SciLink website. I hope SciLink comes to be known as the number one destination for scientists to find new relationships, jobs, colleagues and more. But I want this company to be more than that. I want to help philanthropists find interesting projects to fund, help clinicians find new partners in their fight against disease and debilitating disorders, help publishers find a well of interesting researchers and potential editors and venture capitalists a way to identify interesting new technologies on the horizon. All these wishes can come true through your participation in the SciLink adventure. You can help us by letting others know SciLink exists, sending invitations and providing valuable feedback.

Here’s the best news of all: You’re already doing it! We’ve seen a tremendous amount of participation. Last month alone you helped us sign up over 2,000 new SciLink users! Thanks so much for doing that. As I stated in my previous email, our goal is to get to 100,000 users by the end of the year. Please help out by sending out invitations to your friends and co-workers!

Thanks for using SciLink, thanks for making a better world.

Yours,

Brian Gilman

Founder & CEO

SciLink Inc.
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