On March 27, StartupSac took our monthly Happy Hour event on a road trip to Davis where dozens turned out for our founder AMA with guest entrepreneur John Bissell, cofounder of Origin Materials. Once again we captured that AMA session so we could share it with the broader startup community.
In this episode you can hear John address issues and topics such as:
- Background and origin story of Origin Materials
- Navigating the idea maze
- Who did John lean on, who was his mentor
- Grant funding
- Investment from corporate VCs
- Making mistakes
- Resources available as an undergrad
- As a founder, figuring out what you’re good at and should work on versus to having others do
- First non-technical management hire
- As a technical founder, learning the business aspects of founding a company
- Trying to own intellectual property
- Culture and diversity issues of founding and running a startup
- Advisors and consultants
- Favorite business books
- and more
