On September 10, 2001, Dr Daniel Shaddock signed on with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, where he worked on LISA, the revolutionary space-based gravitational wave detector. Over a decade later, he co-founded Liquid Instruments, a cutting-edge startup transforming test and measurement — now backed by top international and government investors.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to pitch yourself to investors

• Why Australia may be failing its technical founders

• What it's like to eat lunch with a Mars Rover

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Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:12) Nobel Prize

(02:45) Career in Physics

(08:12) NASA

(14:04) Liquid Instruments Early Days

(21:54) How to Pitch Yourself

(28:26) VC Experience

(32:36) Signs of a Winning Product

(38:06) Moku Product Strategy

(47:59) Product Awesomeness

(51:41) Advice for Young People

(53:52) Where to Learn More