# Tough Tech Vets Trailer

- Show: [Tough Tech Vets](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/tough-tech-vets)
- Published: 2024-11-22
- Length: 1m
- Episode: 1
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/tough-tech-vets/2024-11-22-tough-tech-vets-trailer
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/df4de024

## Summary

Chris Ricks, a former Navy submarine officer and founder of Starcube, introduces his podcast 'Tough Tech Vets' to highlight veteran entrepreneurs working in complex hardware and software domains. He explains that Starcube is building microreactors for critical infrastructure, a 'tough tech' endeavor requiring massive capital and specialized customers unlike typical direct-to-consumer startups. The episode serves as an educational bridge for veterans navigating the unclear landscape of deep tech entrepreneurship.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/tough-tech-vets/2024-11-22-tough-tech-vets-trailer#t=0) Introduction: Chris Ricks and Starcube's Microreactor Mission

## Topics

- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Starcube (company)
- The MisFits (company)

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- [#003 - From scientist to entrepreneur for holodeck technology, evaluating startups, with Bernhard Petermeier of World Economic Forum, Switzerland](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-08-003-from-scientist-to-entrepreneur-for-holodeck-technology-evaluating-startups-w) (The Hardware Entrepreneur)
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- [#001 - Introduction to the podcast, with your host, Balint Horvath, Switzerland](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-08-001-introduction-to-the-podcast-with-your-host-balint-horvath-switzerland) (The Hardware Entrepreneur)

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