Swift Navigation

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2017 by Tim Harris · across every show →

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Sep 1, 2017
Disclosure
Swift Navigation CEO Tim Harris has no technical background
“I'm not, I don't even have a technical background myself, but I can stand up there and I can explain GPS and the subtleties of high precision.”
Tim Harris Sep 1, 2017 ▶ 8:18 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
Sep 1, 2017
Assertion Supported
Swift Navigation spun out of airborne wind turbine startup acquired by Google
“That company ultimately merged with another company in the space, sold to Google, and we spun out the technology ahead of the Google acquisition.”
Tim Harris Sep 1, 2017 ▶ 2:46 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
Sep 1, 2017
Insight
Harris: Corporate partnerships fail unless tied to the core business
“What you need out of a partner is some value that you can offer them on their main product line, is what I personally believe, because a lot of them have these innovation departments, and they want to explore lots of other things, but politically, they just ca…”
Tim Harris Sep 1, 2017 ▶ 19:34 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
Sep 1, 2017
Insight
Harris: Deep tech startups must partner rather than attempt full disruption
“I think, yes, I think a partnership model is actually more appropriate, because you can't win at everything now. It used to be, the rules have changed, things are harder, so you want to figure out what is the thing that you can do better, and just that thing, …”
Tim Harris Sep 1, 2017 ▶ 18:33 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
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