{"id":33400,"date":"2025-12-17T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/programmas\/ready-to-start\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:43:47","slug":"ready-to-start","status":"publish","type":"programmas","link":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/en\/programmas\/ready-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready to Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33400\" class=\"elementor elementor-33400 elementor-32380\" data-elementor-post-type=\"programmas\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b95cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29b95cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-040ae2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"040ae2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you a researcher and do you want to understand what it takes to launch a science-based startup? 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