As an early stage entrepreneur, how do you balance having a big vision with staying narrowly focused on a product’s proof of concept? Meet Seattle-based nanotechnologist, Christina Lomasney, whose startup uses electrochemistry to “grow” metals. Listen to Lomasney’s conversation with Kelly Hoey for advice to female founders about the importance of focus, communicating your vision, and how a Herman Hesse quote about happiness has sustained her quest to disrupt the legacy steel industry.

Notes

Dan Schwartz

Dan Rosen

Alliance of Angels

The Great Bridge by David McCullough, iBooks

Andrew Carnegie Biography.com

Nikola Tesla Tesla Memorial Society

Production of Aluminum: The [Charles Martin] Hall-Hérault Process American Chemical Society

Washington A. Roebling Roebling Museum

Clara Barton American Red Cross

Additional Reading

Policy protection of IP critical to nation's competitiveness Christina Lomasney, The Hill

This startup can grow metal like a tree, and it's about to hit the big time by Katie Fehrenbacher, Fortune

Founders Fund Leads $33.5M Round For Modumetal, Maker of Nanolaminated Metals For The Oil And Gas Industry by Kim-Mai Cutler

What Great Leaders Have in Common by Ryan Allis, The Startup Guide

Top Entrepreneurs And Investors Share Their Best Fundraising Tips For Startups Alex Konrad, Forbes

6 Places To Find The Right Investor For Your Startup by Martin Zwilling, Forbes

Is Seattle Silicon Valley’s Next Favorite Stop? by Hadi Partook, TechCrunch

FAIL FAST, FAIL OFTEN, FAIL EVERYWHERE by John Donahue, New Yorker

6 Ways That Lack Of Focus Can Kill Your Business by Martin Zwilling, Forbes

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.