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Ep. 09: How IronEagleX Reverse Engineered a Rapidly-Growing Defense Tech Startup
CEO Michael Grochol joins us to discuss how he prepared to be a CEO, and shares his secrets to meteoric growth at IEX.
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Noah Sheinbaum
43:54

March 2024

Ep. 08 - From Scaleup to Startup: Marc Frankel is Solving Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities with Lessons from Palantir and Expanse
Manifest Cyber CEO and Co-founder Marc Frankel shares his insights from a decade in defense tech
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Noah Sheinbaum
46:11
Ep. 07: How Firehawk Aerospace Won Congressional Appropriations to Fuel their Liftoff
CEO and Founder Will Edwards shares his secret to winning a $5M from the Hill
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Noah Sheinbaum
41:51
Ep. 06: Building the National Security OS with Second Front Systems
Second Front Systems CEO Tyler Sweatt Joins us to talk capability and career transitions
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Noah Sheinbaum
46:58
Ep. 05: Growing CFD Research from the Garage to a $75M Business
President and CEO Sameer Singhal shares the story of how his family-run business has become a 100% employee-owned R&D powerhouse
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Noah Sheinbaum
51:58

February 2024

Ep. 04: Growing ID.me to a $150M ARR Unicorn
ID.me CEO and Founder Blake Hall joins the show to discuss how to make your own luck as a founder.
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Noah Sheinbaum
1:04:31
Ep. 03: How ZeroEyes Went Straight to Production with DoD
ZeroEyes SVP of Sales JT Wilkins joins us to talk AI threat detection, SLED to DoD strategy, and how to build relationships with defense customers
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Noah Sheinbaum
49:44
Ep. 2: Apogee Research is Changing the System from Within
We spoke with Vice President David Gerson on the transition of DARPA's STITCHES program and solving Defense Department problems
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Noah Sheinbaum
1:07:16
Ep. 1: Bootstrapping from Prototype to Production, with Accrete AI
Crossing the Valley tells Accrete's story from commercial company to Defense innovator
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Noah Sheinbaum
53:34
Coming Soon: Crossing the Valley
A new podcast from Front Door Defense
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Noah Sheinbaum
0:29

January 2024

December 2023

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Noah Sheinbaum
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