Great technology does not become a great business on its own. The breakdown often occurs when founders must convert technical progress into investor confidence, customers, and enterprise value.

In this episode of The 1000-Day CEO, Bill Canady speaks with Heath Naquin, Senior Vice President of Innovation & New Ventures at the University City Science Center and founder of Forged Catalyst Group.

Heath explains why capital is often not the real constraint—and why a company’s structure, leadership, regulatory strategy, and investment readiness determine whether its innovation reaches the market.

Bill and Heath discuss:

• The difference between raising money and becoming investable
• Why capital efficiency is not the same as being cheap
• How regulatory shortcuts create delay, rework, and dilution
• The corporate hygiene institutional investors expect
• Why contracts, intellectual property, and data rooms affect enterprise value
• The warning signs that a technical founder may not be ready to scale
• Why inventing the technology and leading the corporation require different skills
• The question every CEO should ask before deploying the next dollar

This conversation is for founders, CEOs, investors, operating partners, board members, and advisors working with medtech, life-sciences, deep-tech, and venture-backed companies.

Connect with Heath Naquin:

University City Science Center:
https://sciencecenter.org/people/heath-naquin

Forged Catalyst Group:
https://www.forgedcatalystgroup.com/

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathnaquin/

Learn more about Bill Canady and The 80/20 Institute:

https://billcanady.com/
https://the8020institute.com/