Welcome Chrissy Meyer, partner at Root Ventures!
0h 0m 30sThey try to target talented founders and not the company
0h 3m 21sRose Hulman
0h 8m 10sLincoln Labs
0h 8m 49sWent back to school at Stanford for an EE MS/PhD
0h 10m 42sShe started at Apple and the iPhone launched the first week on internship
0h 11m 27sStarted as a PM
0h 12m 55sAnti-GANTT charts
0h 13m 29sBaijiu
0h 15m 10sChrissy helped ship 3 generations of iPod touch, one nano and the beginning of the Apple Watch.
0h 16m 38sApple makes scaling look easy
0h 17m 5sThey have developed the formula over decades
0h 17m 28sWalking into Foxconn
0h 18m 37sDealing with the different layers of manufacturing
0h 21m 5sFinal assembly and PCBA is normally the same location
0h 21m 20sVertical integration is more competitive at scale
0h 22m 22sDJI is a good example
0h 22m 30sEarly stage startups have access to higher levels of integration...but it doesn't always make sense
0h 23m 37s"Think really long and hard about who you're choosing, make sure [the manufacturer is] a good fit for your size and complexity"
0h 24m 41s1 in a million problems are actual problems for high volume production.
0h 26m 17sTiger team
0h 26m 45sThe problem is getting a line moving
0h 28m 8sGlue machines
0h 28m 56sHDDG talk
0h 30m 1sDfM
0h 33m 25sMechanical parts seem to have less consistency
0h 37m 38sElectrical is a bit more cut and dried
0h 38m 43sBig companies are talking to suppliers from day one
0h 41m 43sWith companies like Apple, these discussions are shrouded in secrecy
0h 42m 33s"You have to be high touch if you want to be fast"
0h 43m 47sJoined Square with 300 people
0h 46m 9sCost was everything
0h 46m 46sDeveloping hardware for businesses was different
0h 47m 15sSales cycles can take a while
0h 48m 24sIt requires the perfect spacing between iterations
0h 49m 24sWas a founding member of the startup Pearl Automation
0h 50m 41sThey made wifi based backup camera for users
0h 51m 42sSo much of startup success is timing
0h 52m 28sLearned about how to be a startup, which was useful for her time now at Root.vc
0h 54m 30sDifferent for VCs that write lots of checks
0h 56m 41sRoot invests in 6-8 companies per year
0h 57m 25sInstrumental.ai
0h 59m 18sThey do final inspection that can automatically flag anomalies
1h 1m 0sWhat are you Interested in the hardware space now?
1h 3m 24sChrissy is interested in tools for manufacturing, like supplier discovery
1h 4m 7sWe're far away from the promised "dark factories" in the world of automation
1h 4m 53sReach out about opportunities, either on LinkedIn or via their site.
1h 6m 30sThe next step is to come in to brainstorm!
1h 7m 47s/wp:list
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