Hosted by Adam Draper · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 132 episodes
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Join Boost VC’s Founder & Managing Director Adam Draper, to learn about emerging technology from leading figures in the industry. Each episode we interview founders and investors to explore topics like startup strategy and venture capital, as well as incredible technology like bitcoin, virtual reality, AI, exoskeletons, drones, space and more.
Adam Draper hosts "Can't Be Done", a technology show with 132 episodes published.
Join Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with Max Haot, CEO of Vast. Max shares his wild ride from Livestream founder to launching a space startup acquired by Vast. They
Join Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with James Sinka, Chief Scientific Officer at BIO Protocol. They dive into sci-fi novels, leadership, and the challenges Sinka fa
Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, sits down with Andrew Bakst, Co-Founder of HairDAO, to explore how decentralized research is transforming hair loss treatments. They discuss HairD
Join Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with Patrick Joyce, Co-Founder of ResearchHub. They dive into the challenges of modern science, the DeSci movement, and how Resea
Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Jordan Kutzer, founder of Throwback Studios, about how Jordan correlates the competitive nature of starting a company to baseball, especially regarding his mission to become t
Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Sampriti Bhattacharyya, founder of Navier. She shares her journey from a small city in India to building a next-gen maritime company in the U.S. From sun-tracking solar panels
Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with AJ Forsythe, founder of Coop, about his not-so-illustrious journey as a founder, and the rewarding yet challenging components of building companies. Discover how AJ’s journey
Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Collin West, founder of Ensemble VC, about his incredible journey rowing across the Arctic Ocean and how it changed his approach to decision-making and team management. Learn
According to a BCG report, only 19% of VCs have some kind of scientific or technological competence. And that creates a translation problem between deep tech founders and investors. To close that gap, Arkady Kulik and hi
If a VC is excited about a deep tech company upfront, what can we do to temper our enthusiasm and make a rational decision on whether to invest? Maryanna Saenko is Cofounder and Partner at Future Ventures, an early-stage
Deep tech founders are either technically gifted or great at building a business. But it's seldom both, at least in the beginning. So, what should venture investors pay attention to when we’re choosing founders in these
How does a venture firm approach investments in deep technology? Seth Winterroth is Partner at Eclipse Ventures, a VC firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build companies that redefine physical industries
What inspires a venture firm to focus on deep tech? Ian Rountree is Founder and General Partner at Cantos, a venture fund that invests in potentially world-changing deep tech startups. Cantos focuses on hardware and bio
Many independently minded, young scientists are too ambitious for academia… But the startup world isn’t quite right for them either. How might decentralized science provide a space for these innovators to do their work?
In academia, most scientists publish their ideas and stop there. But if we want our breakthroughs to benefit society, we have to take it a step further. So, what does it look like to commercialize scientific research? Wh
Why invest in decentralized science? James Sinka is a classically trained chemist and materials engineer and DeSci investor at Orange DAO, a fund for crypto projects supported by an alliance of Y Combinator alumni. On th
Under the current centralized system, drug development happens in silos. Pharmaceutical companies don’t share information. Scientists run the same failed experiments over and over again. And the process of bringing a dru
The internet has given content creators of all kinds a way to monetize their talents. Writers have Medium. Teachers and vloggers have YouTube. But scientists don’t have a platform to earn money for their research. That’s
Only 1% of first year PhD students become research professors. This creates a hypercompetitive environment where scientists will do whatever it takes to get funding, even if that means tweaking statistical analyses to ma
At Boost VC, we’re known for supporting early-stage blockchain startups. Why is that such an important part of our identity? Because institutional trust is dying. And that trust is being passed down to the individual thr
Patrick Joyce
Nursery Manager · Longwood Gardens
2 appearances on this show
Ben Lamm
Founder & CEO · Colossal Biosciences
1 appearance on this show
George Church
Harvard geneticist, pioneer of the Human Genome Project, founder of biotech companies · Harvard Wyss Institute / George Church
1 appearance on this show
Chris Hill
interdisciplinary scientist · Vertical Aviation International
1 appearance on this show
Marc Andreessen
co-founder and general partner · Andreessen Horowitz
1 appearance on this show
Tim Draper
Billionaire Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur · Draper Associates
1 appearance on this show
Vadim Rogovskiy
Cofounder and CEO · 3DLOOK
1 appearance on this show
Joris Delanoue
co-founder and co-CEO · Fairmint
1 appearance on this show
Sam Cole
principal and co-founder · Stonecutter Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Chris Dixon
Founder and Managing Partner at a16zcrypto · Environmental Investigation Agency
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Draper
Founder and Managing Director · Halogen Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Spenser Skates
Co-founder and CEO · Amplitude
1 appearance on this show
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