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Two years of mandatory civil service would reduce America's ideological tribalism
“To get our best and brightest kind of in the way that Israel does to do two years of civil service coming out of high school. I think that would do a couple of things. First, it would actually, like, give us the people that we need to execute on national prior…”
Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 27:44 Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
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Selling to the government is harder than building the actual product
“I would actually argue that it's harder to sell to the government than it is to build a product that's relevant to the government.”
Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 4:28 Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
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Legacy defense contractors wait for contracts and bill by the hour
“The old defense industry model is like, wait for the contract and then build by the hour. Basically, that's how it works.”
Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 12:09 Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
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Trae Stephens: Local GovTech sales are as hard as federal with less upside
“Selling to local governments is incredibly difficult. I think it's basically just as hard as selling to federal government and except the upside is Significantly less.”
Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 0:22 Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
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Consensus feel-good startup sectors like healthcare ultimately become hyper-competitive
“Everyone agrees that these things are good. But what that means is that the categories end up being hyper competitive. It's like so consensus. There's so many companies being built.”
Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 25:27 Trae Stephens talks Flock Safety, Anduril, and American Dynamism.
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