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NUS grad rejected Google job and now builds floating gardens

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Written by on November 8, 2021

Mr Muhammad Ibnur Rashad Zainal Abidin started an innovation lab for social and environmental good with just $7,000 in seed funds, despite getting a job offer from Google in 2011.

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