Your best bet is probably to look for a co-founder with an MS or PHD in molecular biology rather than trying to get yourself to that level from the ground up. If you have some biology background and just want to understand the specifics of Crispr, you can start with this paper[0] and just google every term you aren't familiar with until you make it all the way through. If you don't know biology at all, this[1] is a common text book in undergrad programs for molecular/cellular biology.

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23287718

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-Bruce-Alberts/...

I personally really liked: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Systems-Biology-Mathemat...

These were the undergrad books I had on biology:

https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-Bruce-Alberts/...

https://www.amazon.com/Biochemistry-Jeremy-M-Berg/dp/1464126...

If you like this book you will probably also like the gold standard for cellular biology: Molecular Biology of the Cell (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-5th-Edition/dp/...).

It costs more but it's worth it. It's a deeply informative book that covers a large spectrum of topics that you can read without much background knowledge in biology. It's the same book your doctor or bioinformatics professional probably used in school learning about cellular biology.