Defense Tech, Startups, and More with John Coogan - The Hermeus Podcast 20

Thrilled to host special guest ‪@JohnCooganPlus‬ on the podcast. John's working on a video about us and took an hour to hop on the pod to chat about running startups, starting a UA-cam Channel, and of course, fast airplanes!
00:04 - President for a day? Bring back the SR-71
01:47 - Technical recruiting in the early days of a startup
02:50 - John's background: Soylent and Lucy
06:40 - Lessons learned from building two companies
10:18 - Defense Tech and Founders Fund
15:15 - Is there a key indicator for startup success?
17:44 - Authenticity, communications, brand, and social media
28:02 - Different types of "risks" in venture-backed startups
36:55 - Skunk Works - what made them so special?
41:54 - John's impressions of Hermeus

[@Michael_Michaels]

I feel like these conversations are way more important than the random viewer might consider them to be. We have the main cast focusing and talking about what is behind these startups, speaking freely about their motivations and experiences!
Thank you for sharing!

[@zhuzhou]

Holy crap the SR-71 plan. Badass American

[@fastonchisanga5194]

John you are the best analyst I have listened to ❤ please can you do a video about were Google the tech giant we will really appreciate

[@juanfrancisrodriguez]

Hey this is Juanfrancis I have applied to your company and would love to get in contact with someone thank you!

[@penielsalekwa8996]

Where's my comment 😢😢