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ICYMI: Ramya Swaminathan on spinning out of Google X, raising $120M for hard tech, and why every pivot comes too late.
One of our most packed episodes yet.
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"There are many more good technologies than get commercialized. Some of the reasons are heartbreaking."
Ramya Swaminathan on why great tech fails.
Hint: it's rarely the technology.
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"Balance of plant is more than 50% of the cost. People are experts in the widget, not what it plugs into."
This blind spot kills hard tech companies.
@LiveEIR co-host @IlyaTabakh on the hidden costs founders miss.
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"For the first time in decades, we have load growth. That's placing a twin crisis of reliability and affordability."
Ramya Swaminathan on why the grid urgency creates opportunity for innovation.
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"There is no pivot I've made that I shouldn't have made sooner." Ramya Swaminathan spun Malta out of Google X and learned the hard way why founders resist change.
Her Gollum analogy is unforgettable.
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ICYMI: Our last episode of 2025 with @Vic_Muchiri
Kenya → Construction → Fintech → VC → one of the only EIRs in construction → @BuildVisionTech
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"EIR roles, you really can't apply for them... they are really created."
@Vic_Muchiri wrote a memo proposing his own EIR position at Barton Malow. That experience now fuels his work at @BuildVisiontech.
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"It's a bit of a Rorschach test... you see a bunny and I see a duck."
Same data. Different conclusions. @Vic_Muchiri on why the best EIRs are translators, not advocates. He now brings this skill to @Buildvisiontech
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"I am not going to be that superintendent... that just did not come natural to me."
@Vic_Muchiri 's career took off when he stopped forcing a bad fit. Honest self-assessment is underrated.
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"I can't create a new ASML. That's just too hard."
@Vic_Muchiri isn't chasing moonshots. He's building where he can actually win.
That's not small thinking. That's strategic thinking.
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Tomorrow on @LiveEIR: @Vic_Muchiri went from Kenya to construction sites to fintech to venture capital to becoming one of the rarest EIRs in the industry.
His path? Completely unconventional.
New episode drops 8 AM CT.
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ICYMI: Episode 14 is live.
Peter Winton on 50 years of manufacturing experience, becoming an "accidental" EIR, and why universities need to rethink commercialization.
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95% of startups fail.
So why are universities afraid of matching the existing track record?
Peter Winton on why fear of failure kills innovation.
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After 2 years as an EIR, Peter Winton thought he'd accomplished "not a lot."
Year 3 changed everything.
Why EIR terms need to be longer than most programs allow.
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At Rolls-Royce, the competitor was GE.
At universities, it's the professor next door.
Peter Winton on the insight that changed his EIR approach.
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"The most powerful three words in the English language: I don't know."
Peter Winton on why intellectual honesty matters more than having all the answers.
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"The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth."
Peter Winton chose breadth over height. That decision shaped everything about his EIR approach.
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NEW EPISODE: Peter Winton spent 50 years in manufacturing before becoming an "accidental" EIR.
Watch him transform dense academic language into a pitch anyone gets.
Full episode with @LiveEIR → podcast.eir.live
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