February 15, 2023

S9E13: Discovering a mission along the way in deep tech, with Scott White (CEO, PragmatIC)

42 minutes

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

the story of how Scott identified a promising technology, realised it wouldn't work, and then committed to building something that would
the difference between technology firms and deep tech businesses
that mission isn't always 'hard wired' at the foundation of a business - and how a sense of purpose has emerged along the way for Scott
what the key discussion was that shifted Pragmatic from a transactional business to a firm with 3 core purpose themes
how to use purpose as an "opportunity filter"

Resources/sources mentioned:

Watch this episode on Youtube!

For full show notes, head to https://xquadrant.com/scott-white

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By Richard Medcalf

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February 15, 2023

42 minutes

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

the story of how Scott identified a promising technology, realised it wouldn't work, and then committed to building something that would
the difference between technology firms and deep tech businesses
that mission isn't always 'hard wired' at the foundation of a business - and how a sense of purpose has emerged along the way for Scott
what the key discussion was that shifted Pragmatic from a transactional business to a firm with 3 core purpose themes
how to use purpose as an "opportunity filter"

Resources/sources mentioned:

Watch this episode on Youtube!

For full show notes, head to https://xquadrant.com/scott-white

...more

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