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Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Jan 11, 2019

A Wiser Workplace

One of the most rewarding aspects of founding a company is the opportunity to define the culture. It is also one of the most…

Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Sep 9, 2018

Permission to Fail: RIP Karen’s Hub

An experiment needs permission to fail. The reason why has nothing to do with the methods and…

Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Aug 30, 2018

How to find your founding values

One of the most fun (and philosophical) parts of starting your own organization is finding your founding values. Today, entrepreneurship is easier than ever, cooler than ever, more valued than ever. As a result, I think that many people are jumping in without any real…

Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Sep 23, 2017

RIP materialsGIRL

I started materialsGIRL because I couldn’t find an online community to discuss materials science. This seemed like a huge ‘unmet need’ to me, but ultimately I failed to build a critical mass.

Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Jun 7, 2017

An Open Source Stack for Physical Science Startups

It is hard enough running a ‘hard tech’ startup. Hardware is one thing, but companies bringing physical science innovations to the world have it toughest of all. Mother nature can be a very cruel compiler.

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Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Mar 9, 2018

Ergodic Entrepreneurship

Last November I spent a full week in the basement of a masonic temple in Manhattan, an oddly appropriate venue for a workshop about risk. The Real World Risk Institute was founded as a hedge against a very specific real life risk — the possibility that author and risk expert Nassim…

Raymond Weitekamp in PhD to CEO

Aug 8, 2018

Money Can’t Buy Knives

Most technology startups involve some amount of engineering risk. Can we build it at scale? Can we build it for $X by our launch date? Can we refine the product to be attractive before we run out of money? There is a ton of material from the lean/agile world on how to approach these…

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