Thrilled to host special guest John Coogan 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 YouTube 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
