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The Hard Thing about Hard Tech – Greg Smithies on the TRL 4-5 Challenge
How do you move from novel idea to working prototype in hard tech? And how can you bend the rules of the game to give you a better chance of winning?
Greg Smithies is a finance and operations leader who has worked with some of the world's most ambitious companies. He led finance and operations at Elon Musk's Neuralink and The Boring Company. He's also been an investor with Battery Ventures, BMW iVentures and Fifth Wall. He's helped raise over $2bn for startups, and over $950m for funds.
This episode focusses on TRL 4-5 – the prototype stage where many Deep Tech companies stall.
Greg shares…
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