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In this episode of the Go Houston Podcast, host PV Bala of SCORE Houston sits down with Dr. Bryton Praslicka, Founder & CEO of Fluxworks LLC — a Conroe, Texas deep tech startup manufacturing revolutionary magnetic gears that transmit power using magnets instead of metal teeth, with no lubrication, less noise, and far less maintenance.

🚀 What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Dr. Praslicka turned his Texas A&M PhD research into a NASA-funded startup
• How Fluxworks LLC won a $1.69 million Army SBIR contract while still in graduate school
• Why magnetic gears are critical to NASA's Artemis moon mission and the International Space Station
• How to fund a deep tech startup without venture capital using SBIR grants, SBA loans, and pitch competitions
• What it takes to land contracts with NASA, the US Army, and the Department of Defense
• Lessons learned from the Rice University Business Plan Competition
• Why Dr. Praslicka turned down a $2 million investment offer
• How Fluxworks LLC became profitable in 2023 and relocated to Houston, Texas

🏆 Guest Highlights: ✅ Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree ✅ 2026 SBA Houston District Innovation Award recipient ✅ Rice Business Plan Competition winner ✅ Supplier to NASA, US Army & Department of Defense ✅ Technology aboard the International Space Station

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