In this episode we hear Tony's journey from Buffalo, NY to the Triangle where he is CEO and founder of rocket ship DeepTech startup Phononic 🚀 This story has a lot of ups and downs, buckle up 🎢
Incredibly inspiring story about launching Phononic during the 2008 financial crash. I've always been fascinated by founders who can bridge technical depth and business acumen, and Tony's path from JPL to venture capital to starting a DeepTech company is basically the perfect example of how those worlds can come together in meaningful ways. The timing around Lehman Brothers collapsing while getting a term sheet must have been absolutley wild to expereince in real time.
Incredibly inspiring story about launching Phononic during the 2008 financial crash. I've always been fascinated by founders who can bridge technical depth and business acumen, and Tony's path from JPL to venture capital to starting a DeepTech company is basically the perfect example of how those worlds can come together in meaningful ways. The timing around Lehman Brothers collapsing while getting a term sheet must have been absolutley wild to expereince in real time.
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