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Next Unicorns: Unlocking the power of photonic computing with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris | E1787

This Week in Startups

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Building a Solution for a Business Problem

You have to validate what you're doing. You have a business problem, validate that that problem exists with your ideal customer and build the solution. Another way of saying it is ask yourself, if you took a multivitamin today, did you take a multiv vitamin today? That's right. I didn't either. Because people don't buy vitamin type of products that will make your life better, but not actually fix big problems that are going on. If you break your arm, you're going to need a real strong painkiller. People don't take their vitamins. We use a train car philosophy. What should our engineering team do? And how should product think about giving them work

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