Companies with significant revenue (more than $100 million) have, by definition, significant traction. They have proven out their thesis and can scale up or down as investment capital becomes available. – Jay Samit
My thesis was on kinetics studies with the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase. When that was finished, I was granted a British Council Fellowship to work under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon. – Cesar Milstein
I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison. – James Cronin