#125 Revolutionizing Heating and Cooling with Smart Radiators, Facing Rejection, & Building Hardware like Software w/ Marshall Cox (Kelvin)

In this episode, Somil Aggarwal (@somilagg) interviews Marshall Cox about his journey into being a climate tech founder, the impact of getting a Ph.D. on his journey, how he faced rejection, and how to build hardware like software.

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Key Topics:

• 6:00 Impact of PhD on Entrepreneurship
• 8:32 Radiators vs. smart radiators
• 13:59 Balancing impact vs. bottom-line
• 15:30 Fundraising History
• 18:27 Facing rejection
• 27:06 New vision for Kelvin & hurdles for implementation
• 38:56 Expanding into new hardware products
• 43:13 How to make building in hardware like building in software
• 44:59 Advice for founders

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 Links: 

• Connect with Marshall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallcox79/
•  Kelvin: https://kel.vin
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•  HMU on Twitter: @Somil_Agg

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