Broadmic Startup Shortcuts

As an early stage entrepreneur, how do you balance having a big vision with staying narrowly focused on a product’s proof of concept? Meet Seattle-based nanotechnologist, Christina Lomasney, whose startup uses electrochemistry to “grow” metals. Listen to Lomasney’s conversation with Kelly Hoey for advice to female founders about the importance of focus, communicating your vision, and how a Herman Hesse quote about happiness has sustained her quest to disrupt the legacy steel industry. Notes Dan Schwartz Dan Rosen Alliance of Angels The Great Bridge by David McCullough, iBooks Andrew Carnegie Biography.com Nikola Tesla Tesla Memorial Society Production of Aluminum: The [Charles Martin] Hall-Hérault Process American Chemical Society Washington A. Roebling Roebling Museum Clara Barton American Red Cross Additional Reading Policy protection of IP critical to nation's competitiveness Christina Lomasney, The Hill This startup can grow metal like a tree, and it's about to hit the big time by Katie Fehrenbac