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Tech Scenes with Jeff James Martin

Tech Scenes with Jeff James Martin

著者： Jeff James Martin
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 I would broaden it beyond the venture-backed landscape while preserving the show’s city-to-city, inside-the-ecosystem identity. It should also connect Tech Scenes to your larger body of work without turning the description into a Collective Genius advertisement. Tech Scenes goes city to city to meet the founders, CEOs, investors, and builders shaping technology, innovation, and the organizations behind it. Each episode offers an inside look at the people, ideas, companies, and local ecosystems moving the industry forward—from emerging technologies and investment trends to leadership, companyJeff James Martin マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • Jamie Gull: From SpaceX to Backing Founders Who Can Execute

    Jamie Gull: From SpaceX to Backing Founders Who Can Execute
    2026/11/03

    “Your job is chief storyteller.” — Jamie GullJamie Gull is the founder of Wave Function, an early-stage hardware fund investing in aerospace, defense, energy, robotics, and industrials.An aerospace engineer turned founder and investor, Jamie brings firsthand experience building technology, leading teams, and navigating the realities of starting companies. In this episode of Tech Scenes Los Angeles, Jamie joins Jeff Martin to explore how those experiences shape the founders he backs—and why compelling technology is only part of building a successful business.Jamie shares lessons from his years at SpaceX, where removing barriers, resolving problems directly, and taking responsibility for outcomes were central to how teams worked. He and Jeff discuss the relationship between ownership and authority, why fast communication matters, and the challenge of creating that culture inside a startup.The conversation follows Jamie’s transition from engineer to CEO, including why storytelling becomes a founder’s core responsibility when recruiting employees, raising capital, and winning customers. Jamie also reflects on his development as an investor and the risk of falling in love with technology while overlooking concerns about the founding team.Looking ahead, Jamie explains why he sees opportunity in overlooked industrial processes, energy infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, and the evolving space economy. His ambition includes technologies that make everyday life more reliable—often without people ever noticing the infrastructure behind them.This is a candid conversation about hardware investing, founder leadership, accountability, organizational execution, and what it takes to build companies that deliver.CHAPTERS00:00 Episode preview01:13 Welcome to Tech Scenes Los Angeles01:17 Wave Function and why now is the time for hardware03:25 The story behind the Wave Function name04:00 Airplanes, childhood experiments, and becoming a builder05:57 From aircraft prototyping to SpaceX09:19 Cross-functional decisions and engineering tradeoffs10:37 Ownership, accountability, and the responsible engineer12:00 Leaving SpaceX to become a founder13:18 Building Tendeg and Talyn14:36 From engineer to CEO—and chief storyteller16:13 Communication loops, learning speed, and execution17:44 Why high-performance cultures are difficult to replicate18:30 Empowering teams while maintaining accountability21:19 Attracting high-performing talent with limited capital23:57 Family, flexibility, and founder leadership24:42 Evaluating founders and their ability to execute26:57 The risk of falling in love with the technology28:29 Overlooked opportunities in industrial innovation29:14 Supply chains, energy, and rethinking production32:26 Why energy interconnection matters32:55 SpaceX’s evolution and opportunities for entrepreneurs35:18 The future Jamie hopes his founders will build36:53 Jamie’s desert-island albumLEARN MORE ABOUT JAMIE GULL

    Connect with Jamie Gull on LinkedIn

    Jeff James Martin is the Founder and CEO of Collective Genius, creator of the Peak Operating System™, author of Peak Teams, and host of Tech Scenes. He helps founders and leadership teams improve alignment, accountability, and execution.

    Peak OS™ helps organizations connect priorities, decisions, accountability, and operating rhythm so teams can execute together.

    Explore Peak OS™ software

    Collective Genius works with growth-stage and mission-critical organizations to strengthen leadership, team alignment, and organizational execution.

    Learn more about Collective Genius

    Peak Teams – Mastering the Habits of Unstoppable Venture-Backed Companies explores the habits and practices behind teams that execute consistently.

    Explore the book

    Take the Peak Teams Assessment to identify opportunities to strengthen your team.

    About the AuthorAbout Peak OS™About Collective GeniusAbout Peak TeamsLearn More
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    39 分
  • Greg Castle: He Bet Early on Oculus. Here’s What He’s Betting on Next.

    Greg Castle: He Bet Early on Oculus. Here’s What He’s Betting on Next.
    2026/08/11

    “If you’re going to take a company from zero to multibillions of dollars in enterprise value, it takes an exceptional human.” - Greg Castle


    Greg Castle is the Managing Partner of Anorak Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in transformational technology. An entrepreneur and corporate marketer turned venture capitalist, Greg has made more than 200 seed-stage investments, including Oculus, Flexport, Anduril, Flock Safety, Sesame, Onebrief, and Mux.


    In this episode of Tech Scenes, Greg shares how meeting Palmer Luckey and investing early in Oculus changed the trajectory of his career—and shaped his conviction that the most compelling founders build technologies capable of fundamentally changing how people live and work.


    Greg and Jeff explore what makes an exceptional founder, why scaling a company is a learned craft, and how the best leaders create learning loops throughout their organizations. They also discuss the emotional demands of entrepreneurship, the balance between confidence and arrogance, and why founders need environments where they can honestly confront what is not working.


    The conversation then turns to the next wave of frontier technology. Greg explains why he is increasingly focused on reindustrialization and upstream manufacturing—including magnets, metals, chemicals, semiconductors, batteries, and other foundational materials. He also shares why he is more bullish on specialized robotics than humanoid robots and the three qualities he looks for when evaluating a CEO.


    This is a candid conversation about venture capital, frontier technology, founder psychology, organizational execution, and the discipline required to build an outlier company.


    CHAPTERS


    00:00 What it takes to build an exceptional company

    01:15 Welcome to Tech Scenes

    01:20 The story behind Anorak Ventures

    02:51 How Greg became an early investor in Oculus

    05:20 How Oculus shaped Greg’s investment thesis

    07:10 Defining frontier technology

    09:01 Timing and founders who bend reality

    11:09 Why scaling a company is a learned craft

    13:08 Jiu-jitsu, humility, and organizational learning loops

    18:56 Creating teams that confront what is not working

    20:52 The emotional context switching required of founders

    23:20 Confidence, arrogance, and the challenge of investor advice

    28:26 Reindustrialization and upstream manufacturing

    31:35 Investing in magnets, metals, chemicals, and semiconductors

    33:43 Why Greg is skeptical of humanoid robots

    36:46 Investing when the future is increasingly difficult to predict

    40:01 The three qualities Greg looks for in a CEO

    40:21 The best advice Greg has received

    43:00 Greg’s desert-island album


    LEARN MORE ABOUT GREG CASTLE AND ANORAK VENTURES


    Anorak Ventures

    https://www.anorak.vc/


    ABOUT TECH SCENES


    Tech Scenes brings viewers inside the communities shaping the future through candid conversations with founders, investors, CEOs, and operators about innovation, leadership, growth, and the realities of building something that matters.


    Hosted by Jeff James Martin, Founder and CEO of Collective Genius, creator of the Peak Operating System™, and author of Peak Teams.


    BUILD AN ORGANIZATION THAT EXECUTES TOGETHER


    Collective Genius helps growth-stage and mission-critical organizations improve alignment, visibility, accountability, decision-making, and execution through the Peak Operating System™.


    Learn more about Collective Genius and Peak OS™

    https://www.collective-genius.com/


    Explore Peak OS™ software

    https://www.collective-genius.com/peak-os-software


    Got five minutes? Take the Peak Teams Assessment to see where your team can level up.

    https://www.collective-genius.com/peak-teams-assessment


    Read Peak Teams – Mastering the Habits of Unstoppable Venture-Backed Companies

    https://a.co/d/hp5Jtnu


    #TechScenes #GregCastle #AnorakVentures #FrontierTech #VentureCapital #Startups #Reindustrialization #Manufacturing #Robotics #Leadership
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    45 分
  • Brian Garrett: Rebuilding the Palisades & Betting on Frontier Tech

    Brian Garrett: Rebuilding the Palisades & Betting on Frontier Tech
    2026/07/28
    “The tragedy helped me become as clear as I’ve ever been about what matters.” - Brian GarrettBrian Garrett is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut, one of Los Angeles’ longest-standing early-stage venture capital firms. In this episode of Tech Scenes, Jeff Martin joins Brian for a drive through Pacific Palisades—past the neighborhood where Brian grew up, the home his family lost in the fire, and the community he is now helping rebuild.The conversation explores two forms of rebuilding: restoring a community after devastating loss and reinventing a venture firm for the next era of innovation.Brian shares how Crosscut evolved from its original mission of catalyzing Southern California’s technology ecosystem into a frontier-tech investment firm focused on energy and power, space and defense, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, robotics, and resilient supply chains.He explains why the next wave of value creation will be driven by “AI-powered, bits-enabled atoms,” why Southern California is uniquely positioned to lead it, and what distinguishes the deeply mission-driven founders building mission-critical companies.Brian also shares the personal story of losing his family home in the Palisades fire, the realities residents face as they attempt to return, and his vision for Palisades Towne Hall—a nonprofit community gathering place designed to help residents reconnect, recover, and rebuild together.This is a conversation about frontier technology, resilience, community, leadership, and the clarity that can emerge from unimaginable loss.CHAPTERS00:00 Episode preview01:47 Touring the Palisades after the fire02:52 How Crosscut began in 200804:29 Why Brian went all-in on frontier technology06:14 From software to “AI-driven, bits-enabled atoms”07:17 Insurance and the difficult road to rebuilding08:49 Brian’s roots in Pacific Palisades11:23 The vision for Palisades Towne Hall16:04 Displacement and the loss of community services18:24 Can frontier technology help prevent the next wildfire?19:53 Reinventing Crosscut around frontier tech22:30 Directed energy, autonomous warfare, and energy security25:15 What makes frontier-tech founders different27:19 Mission-critical companies and the risks of rebuilding33:44 The day Brian and his family lost their home37:05 Resilience, family, and redefining what matters40:09 Community, clarity, and learning to ask for helpLEARN MORE ABOUT BRIAN AND CROSSCUTBrian Garrett and the Crosscut team: https://crosscut.vc/team/Crosscut: https://crosscut.vc/SUPPORT PALISADES TOWNE HALLHelp create a nonprofit gathering place where Palisades residents can reconnect, share resources, and rebuild together. One hundred percent of operating profits will support local nonprofits rebuilding the 90272 community.https://www.pledge.to/towne-hall](https://www.pledge.to/towne-hallABOUT TECH SCENESTech Scenes brings viewers inside the communities shaping the future through candid conversations with founders, investors, CEOs, and operators about innovation, leadership, growth, and the realities of building something that matters.Hosted by Jeff James Martin, Founder and CEO of Collective Genius, creator of Peak OS™, and author of Peak Teams.BUILD AN ORGANIZATION THAT EXECUTES TOGETHERCollective Genius helps growth-stage and mission-critical organizations improve alignment, visibility, accountability, decision-making, and execution through the Peak Operating System™.Learn more about Collective Genius and Peak OS™ https://www.collective-genius.com/Explore Peak OS™ software https://www.collective-genius.com/peak-os-softwareRead Peak Teams – Mastering the Habits of Unstoppable Venture-Backed Companies https://a.co/d/hp5Jtnu](https://a.co/d/hp5JtnuRelated Collective Genius Insights Articles:https://awesome.collective-genius.com/insights/why-frontier-tech-companies-need-a-mission-critical-operating-system-brian-garre
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    43 分
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