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Concept to Creation, Chapter 8: Closing the Gap

Concept to Creation, Chapter 8: Closing the Gap

We drove twenty-six hours to Texas with a production line spinning up and a bill we could not pay. A hundred people had already trusted us with their money. The...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 8: Closing the Gap

We drove twenty-six hours to Texas with a production line spinning up and a bill we could not pay. A hundred people had already trusted us with their money. The...

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Concept to Creation, Chapter 7: The 26 Hour Road Trip

Concept to Creation, Chapter 7: The 26 Hour Roa...

When I left off, we had 100+ pre-orders and a decision to make. Those orders were promises, and the only way to keep them was to place our first real...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 7: The 26 Hour Roa...

When I left off, we had 100+ pre-orders and a decision to make. Those orders were promises, and the only way to keep them was to place our first real...

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Concept to Creation, Chapter 6: One hundred pre-orders in 1 hour

Concept to Creation, Chapter 6: One hundred pre...

On March 6th we opened pre-orders expecting nothing. 60+ orders in the first hour, 100+ by end of day, for a product we didn't have yet. The proof we'd been...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 6: One hundred pre...

On March 6th we opened pre-orders expecting nothing. 60+ orders in the first hour, 100+ by end of day, for a product we didn't have yet. The proof we'd been...

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Concept to Creation, Chapter 5: The four minutes that sent us to Boston

Concept to Creation, Chapter 5: The four minute...

We had four minutes to pitch. We walked off stage sure we had blown it. Then the Q&A started, and we won. Start of 2026: three of us, one Hult Prize regional...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 5: The four minute...

We had four minutes to pitch. We walked off stage sure we had blown it. Then the Q&A started, and we won. Start of 2026: three of us, one Hult Prize regional...

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Concept to Creation, Chapter 4: Divide and Conquer

Concept to Creation, Chapter 4: Divide and Conquer

Between NSF I-Corps and AccelerateRU, we finally had enough funding to do the thing every early company is desperate to do: real R&D. For the first time, the science behind...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 4: Divide and Conquer

Between NSF I-Corps and AccelerateRU, we finally had enough funding to do the thing every early company is desperate to do: real R&D. For the first time, the science behind...

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Concept to Creation, Chapter 3: Everyone Said Yes. That Was the Problem.

Concept to Creation, Chapter 3: Everyone Said Y...

After AccelerateRU, we had a cleaner picture of what we were building. The pitch was tighter, the concept was more defined, and we had real feedback from people who had...

Concept to Creation, Chapter 3: Everyone Said Y...

After AccelerateRU, we had a cleaner picture of what we were building. The pitch was tighter, the concept was more defined, and we had real feedback from people who had...

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