The Nexus Podcast

🎧 #043: Scott Ellison on smart building startups, mistakes to avoid, and why the time for innovation is now


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“There's a mentality, at least in Silicon Valley that says, ‘Hey, we're just going to run in like a bull in a China shop and disrupt… Disrupt, disrupt, disrupt.’ If you're a startup and you do that in this sector, you're just going to be one of a number of other companies off on the side of the road in a ditch."
–Scott Ellison

 

My Highlights

  • Why is technology behind (it’s potential) (5:02)
  • The 80s playbook (13:19)
  • Scott’s consulting work, with some background on early-stage start ups (16:19)
  • Why now, for building tech? (20:49)
  • The biggest mistakes prop tech startups can make (28:13)
  • Advice for startup founders pitching investors who may or may not understand the building industry (32:46)
  • How the service provider challenge fits in (36:29)
  • What the entrepreneurs of the next decade may look like (41:18)
  • Things to look forward to in 2021 (43:14)
  • The unique challenge and some advice for hardware innovators (46:54)

 

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