Tennis player turned drill bit disruptor. Vasili Borissov, founder and CEO of Cool Edge Bits, joins Jason and Nada to unpack how his rocket scientist father's hydraulics breakthrough is changing PDC bit cooling, why he walked away from a term sheet that wanted his board, and how 25 years on the tennis court taught him to take 100 nos to land the right yes. Plus the made in the USA story behind every bit.

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00:00 Welcome to the show
00:29 Tennis pro meets rocket scientist dad
04:27 Founding Cool Edge Bits
09:11 Sales as a transfer of emotion
16:16 The first friends and family check
22:32 Volatile markets and geopolitics
27:58 Scaling the financial model
30:31 Walking away from a bad term sheet
36:08 Lessons heading into the seed round
40:18 The hardest part of fundraising
43:53 The elevator pitch with Ron
49:15 Advice for first time fundraisers
50:36 Made in the USA and chasing grants
54:40 Wrap up