#125 Revolutionizing Heating and Cooling with Smart Radiators, Facing Rejection, & Building Hardware like Software w/ Marshall Cox (Kelvin)

In this episode, Somil Aggarwal (@somilagg) interviews Marshall Cox about his journey into being a climate tech founder, the impact of getting a Ph.D. on his journey, how he faced rejection, and how to build hardware like software.

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Key Topics:

6:00 Impact of PhD on Entrepreneurship8:32 Radiators vs. smart radiators13:59 Balancing impact vs. bottom-line15:30 Fundraising History18:27 Facing rejection27:06 New vision for Kelvin & hurdles for implementation38:56 Expanding into new hardware products43:13 How to make building in hardware like building in software44:59 Advice for founders

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Connect with Marshall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallcox79/ Kelvin: https://kel.vin Check out our Sponsor, NextWave Partners: https://www.next-wavepartners.com/ Follow CleanTechies on LinkedIn HMU on Twitter: @Somil_Agg

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