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The Hidden Capital Cost of Hardware Innovation
Hardware founders often treat capital as a means to an end, but Lucas and Luna explore how the structure of funding itself dictates product outcomes. This episode examines why venture debt and bridge rounds create misaligned incentives for manufacturing startups, using the example of a robotics company that chose speed over durability to meet investor timelines. We discuss the true cost of non-dilutive financing, the pressure of burn rate on engineering cycles, and how early-stage cash flow constraints can silently erode long-term competitive advantage in the hardware sector…
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