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Michael Norcia is CEO of Pyka, which as I mentioned earlier is an autonomous electric aircraft company. Michael has a deep technical background in autonomous flight, having contributed to a wide variety of manned/unmanned electric aviation projects at Joby, Cora, and Kittyhawk. In 2017, Michael co-founded Pyka with the goal of combining two of his lifelong passions: electric aviation and business.
This is a really fascinating interview that not only features some pretty mind blowing technology, but also a great example of finding product-market fit, overcoming regulatory hurdles, and taking a futuristic idea and converting that into a real business that solves real problems in the present day. For those of you who are entrepreneurial, I think you’ll be especially inspired, and you’ll probably also enjoy the questions I ask him about his Y-Combinator experience towards the end of the episode.
FoA 305: Strategic Investing in the Future of Animal Agtech with Stephen Murray of Merck Animal Health Ventures
FoA 304: Digital Playbooks for Specialty Crops with Ros Harvey of The Yield
FoA 303: Implementing a Farm Operating System with Kristjan Hebert
FoA 302: Farm Business Strategy with Kristjan Hebert
FoA 301: Funding Innovation for Agriculture, People and Planet with Suma Reddy of Future Acres
FoA 300: Seven Consumer Values Influencing the Future of Agriculture
FoA 299: Scaling Up Pastured Poultry with Paul Greive of Pasturebird
FoA 298: Adding Value to Farmland Investments via Conversion to Organic and Regenerative with Craig Wichner of Farmland LP
FoA 297: A Case Study in Farm Data Integration with Leaf Agriculture and GROWMARK
FoA 296: Financial Incentives for Sustainable Agriculture with Jayce Hafner of FarmRaise
FoA 295: Commercializing Sound Science with Adam Litle of Sound Agriculture
FoA 294: Food Investing for Systemic Change with Stephen Hohenrieder of Grounded Capital Partners
FoA 293: [Tech-Enabled Advisor Series] Trust and Technology with Cassie Misch and Jake Smoker
FoA 292: Real Talk on Regenerative Agriculture with Joe Bassett of Dawn Equipment and Underground Agriculture
FoA 291: Revisiting Agtech Founders from Semios, Manolin & Harvest Returns...Where are They Now?
FoA 290: Designing Crops That Tell Farmers What's Bothering Them with Shely Aronov of InnerPlant
FoA 289: [VC Roundtable] Trends Boosting Agtech and 2022 Predictions
FoA 288: Tractors as a Service for Smallholder Farmers with Jehiel Oliver of Hello Tractor
FoA 287: Why The Nature Conservancy is Investing in Agtech with Renée Vassilos
FoA 286: Nutrient Density and the Future of Quality-Driven Food Systems with Dan Kittredge
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