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

Sep 27, 2023
52:24

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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