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Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way

TechCrunch LA

After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer

TechCrunch LA

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. Endless West announced this morning that it would shift production away from its distillery to begin making hand sanitizers.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. million site visits in October alone.

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Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

TechCrunch LA

The new financing will give Relativity the cash to fully build its “Stargate” factory, a semi-autonomous, full-scale production facility that will house the company’s massive 3-D printers and produce its first rocket, the Terran 1. “We’re really really truly focused on the rockets for now,” says Ellis.

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Why Successful Startups Often Have A Pair Of Founders

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I find a big difference between “starting a new business” and “creating a new product.” In my experience, most successful entrepreneurs have indeed created a new product, but most people who claim to be inventors have a hard time starting a business. Two people with complementary skills are often equal to three.

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It Takes Courage In Business To Change The Status Quo

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if you and your company profess and live a commitment to environmental sustainability, like Patagonia, you will only add products that won’t harm the environment, even if other options appear to be available for a lower cost or quick availability. Courage is being able to live these values, and stick with them.

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Bold Entrepreneurs Now Create New Market Categories

Startup Professionals Musings

Bold entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk now routinely attack undefined markets, like privatized space travel with SpaceX, and high performance electric cars with Tesla Motors. You can sell vision before you have a product, and the vision will make you the category king, and keep you there. Overtly design the ecosystem as well as product.