Sep 3, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
Great technology does not become a great business on its own. The breakdown often occurs when founders must convert technical progress into investor confidence, customers, and enterprise value. In…
Heath NaquinGuest
Bill CanadyHost
Yeah, you know, it's funny, particularly in professionals like doctors and scientists, people like this.
They need that helping hand, that guidance, because they've put 25, 30 years in this.
Yeah.
So the central question really isn't where can we find more money? It's what risk must we remove next so that the milestone will change with the value of money.
It's got to become, it's not ready to commercialize, but it's got to become ready to handle that journey.
You know, a founder creates a science-based venture and that has the word founder.
The title CEO, chief executive officer, carries with it a fiduciary obligation for a legal entity, a corporation, right? And as a result, that is very different than founding a tech-based venture.
And so when for companies and for founders and CEOs, one of our big things is I need to switch you from having a founder mindset to a CEO mindset.
I think that's part and parcel for sort of what you're trying to promote Bill is the mindset
Yeah, you know, it's funny, particularly in professionals like doctors and scientists, people like this.
They need that helping hand, that guidance, because they've put 25, 30 years in this.
Yeah.
So the central question really isn't where can we find more money? It's what risk must we remove next so that the milestone will change with the value of money.
It's got to become, it's not ready to commercialize, but it's got to become ready to handle that journey.
You know, a founder creates a science-based venture and that has the word founder.
The title CEO, chief executive officer, carries with it a fiduciary obligation for a legal entity, a corporation, right? And as a result, that is very different than founding a tech-based venture.
And so when for companies and for founders and CEOs, one of our big things is I need to switch you from having a founder mindset to a CEO mindset.
I think that's part and parcel for sort of what you're trying to promote Bill is the mindset
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