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The art of crossing the chasm: When is a startup ready for enterprise adoption?
Podcast features Neal Hansch, managing partner and CEO of Silicon Foundry, who discusses how startups can navigate enterprise engagement.
Hansch draws on more than 25 years of experience in venture capital, corporate development, and technology operations to advise Fortune 2,000 companies on innovation. His career spans leadership roles across investment, emerging markets, and mergers and acquisitions, including positions at Rustic Canyon Partners, MEST, and Macromedia.
The episode covers the evolving landscape of physical AI and robotics, and the impact of macroeconomic shifts on innovation strategy. Hansch offers perspectives on fostering meaningful collaboration between emerging tech startups and large enterprises, a critical signal for robotics companies seeking enterprise traction.
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