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Ep. 152: Building the future at venture studios | Taylor Black
Feb 13, 2024
Taylor Black, a cross-functional team leader and seasoned entrepreneur, discusses building companies at venture studios, co-creating ideas, filling knowledge gaps, and the rise of AI companions. He also explores the potential of technology in reading and writing, the future of deep tech and material science, and the importance of balancing technology with humanity.
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- Taylor Black specializes in working with in-house teams to generate innovative ideas for meta-materials, emphasizing the importance of involving customers early on for valuable feedback.
- There is an emerging trend in raising capital through revenue-share models, offering benefits to founders by allowing them to retain more equity and aligning their interests more closely with solving customer problems.
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Taylor Black's role in working with startup companies at the early stages
Taylor Black works with startup companies at the early stages, specifically from stage zero to stage one. This is the crucial phase where loose pieces and ideas are brought together to make sense and form the foundation of a startup. Taylor specializes in working with in-house teams of experts, such as scientists, artists, and engineers, to generate innovative ideas for meta-materials with unique signal manipulation capabilities. One of the examples discussed is their work in golf ball manufacturing. Taylor's approach involves internal ideation, spinning off companies based on those ideas, and obtaining equity in return. He emphasizes the importance of involving customers early on to gather valuable feedback for product improvement.
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