R&D

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2019 by Ryan Caldbeck · across every show →

Everything said about R&D, oldest first

Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Supported
Caldbeck: Large CPG companies spend only 2% of sales on R&D
“So today, large CPG spends about two percent of sales on R&D.”
Ryan Caldbeck Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 38:49 a16z Podcast | Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Supported
Caldbeck: Tech companies spend 14% of sales on R&D
“Tech spends about 14% of sales on R&D.”
Ryan Caldbeck Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 38:53 a16z Podcast | Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
Dec 12, 2024
Disclosure
Wickramasekara: Benchling has 800 employees and spends $100M annually on R&D
“We are, 800 people today. We, I think about 40% of our team works in R&D, probably spend a hundred million dollars a year on, on R&D.”
Sajith Wickramasekara Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 6:33 Mastering Your Data with Sajith Wickramasekara
Mar 27, 2026 positive
Insight
Caldwell: Daily shift passdowns instill manufacturing discipline in R&D
“If you want to drive like process development and R&D towards thinking about it as a manufacturing type process, the best forcing function is at the end of the day, you have like the equivalent of a shift passed down, which is you say, here's what we did. Here…”
Turner Caldwell Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 13:32 Tesla and SpaceX Alumni on Elon Musk, Decision Velocity, and the Future of Hard Tech | a16z
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