49: How to Build a Successful Materials Science Company (ft. Julia Moore)

What does it take to build a materials company from the ground up? How can venture capital (VC) investments facilitate the growth of a company? Episode 49 reveals the strategic process of building a successful material science company as well as advice on how to properly add business value, innovation, and potential growth.

 

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In this episode, Julia Moore, the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Breakout Ventures, discusses how to become a successful entrepreneur by sharing her experiences investing in and helping build companies with bioscience focus. 

 

In this conversation, we discuss the following topics:

• What makes Julia passionate about entrepreneurship and investing in companies with a bioscience focus?
• What qualities or traits does Breakout Ventures look for when deciding which bioscience companies to invest in?
• The process of how Breakout Ventures discovered Checkerspot and how this startup fit their evaluation criteria
• Advice for MSEs who would like to pursue an entrepreneurial path and what traits make successful entrepreneurs 

 

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