I'm pleased to announced that I'll be serving as a Founding Fellow for this new On Deck program focused on deep tech. It's time to bring the energy solutions of the future to the world today.
#energy #innovation #cleanenergy #future #fellowship #training
Amped for the launch of On Deck Deep Tech!
As a founding fellow, I'll be offering my experience, connections and support to the inspiring participants who are building a more efficient, flexible & environmentally respectful future for the industrial world.
Congratulations to Abhijeet Patra for getting this important programme off the ground, with support from such an array of talented and experienced participants.
If you're interested in starting a deep tech company, check out this On Deck Deep Tech fellowship! I'm excited to be helping out with the program.
Hard problems often require hard solutions. Deep tech promises to solve some of the grandest challenges we face.
Excited to see how @beondeck helps foster more deep tech entrepreneurship and excited to speak to the first cohort alongside so many friends!
Humbled to be a part of the @beondeck community.
Deep tech startups aim to solve some of the world's biggest problems🌱🦠🧠💊...and they will.
Excited to continue learning and paying it forward.
Great report on this new wave of innovation @BCG: hello-tomorrow.org/wp-content/upl…
A fantastic opportunity for aspiring deep tech/biotech entrepreneurs and founders to join a community of like-minded innovators. Check out the @beondeck Deep Tech program!
I'm beyond excited to get a glimpse of the next generation of companies solving hard problems with technology. If you're an early-stage founder or aspiring to be one, hit me up! Nothing would make me happier than to help you succeed 🙌🚀
Excited to support this worthy initiative as a Founding Fellow and give back to the serendipitous, smart, and humane @beondeck ecosystem. Congrats @abhijeetpatra88 on convening a fantastic crew!!
An amazing effort that I’m thrilled to be supporting! More deep tech makes the world a better place.
I'm excited to help support this initiative by advising entrepreneurs working on Hard Things.
I'm so excited to see @abhijeetpatra88, one of the first Susa Venture Fellows, leading the new @beondeck Deep Tech Fellowship! This is an awesome opportunity and community for founders working on hard problems.
How it started How it's going
Excited to join the inaugural On Deck Deep Tech Fellowship and help catalyze the advancement of human augmentation!
Excited to be joining the first cohort of @beondeck Deep Tech fellows! Can't wait to see what kinds of innovation this new community of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs will create for the world.
Happy to say I'll be in the upcoming @beondeck deep tech fellowship!
Cheers to @jamessinka all the lads involved in organising, looking forward to meeting the rest of the cohort
Update - I am joining the initial cohort of @beondeck Deep tech fellowship program. Thanks to @jamessinka and @abhijeetpatra88 for setting up something like a Deep Tech fellowship.
A small thread on Deep Tech -
I'm super excited to be selected for the first cohort of On Deck's Deep Tech Fellowship! I'm looking forward to innovating alongside a community of ambitious scientists, engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs and operators looking to build the future with deep tech.
#ODDT1 #OnDeck
CC: Abhijeet Patra, 👨🏻‍🔬James Sinka
Female founders are still fighting a battle.
A sobering diversity-based fact comes from a 2019 Fast Company article titled, “Women Founders Have It Tough. Women in Hard Tech Have it Tougher.”
“Women-led companies have raised less than 3% of U.S. venture capital dollars, a number that has remained stubbornly fixed even as the number of firms and the total dollars invested has grown in recent years. For women in “deep” tech companies, it’s an even tinier fraction.”
3%... What! Really?!
As a female founder, myself, I just can’t let this continue. How about you?
My thoughts are to not dwell on the negative. That never accomplishes anything.
Instead, we need to set our sights on a more positive future.
Let’s focus on actionable steps to change this.
We can start by calling attention to the venture organizations that are fighting for diversity.
Those that are actively seeking a stronger female presence among their deep-tech startups.
Such is the case with On Deck Deep Tech (ODDT).
They have been emphatically vocal about the need for gender diversity amongst the founders building our deep tech future.
When they reached out to me for help in spreading the message to more potential female deep tech builders, I knew it is a cause I can get behind.
Kudos to the leaders at ODDT for not just talking about diversity, but doing something about it.
ODDT’s programs offer the following benefits to all startups. They would be especially thrilled to have more female founders, operators and advisors join the fellowship.
1) Community - Discover co-founders, early hires, advisors, and top-tier talent among the pre-vetted pool of talent.
2) Educational Sessions - Learn how to acquire funding, manage IP, secure LOIs, and much more.
3) Group Office Hours - Gain access to knowledge sharing, brainstorm, and get unblocked when at an impasse for innovation.
4) Mastermind sessions - Collaborate with other ambitious leaders, share challenges, get feedback, and gain accountability.
The ODDT application deadline for their next program session is October 2nd.
It’s time to change the future, and diversity is how we’ll get there.
Fun surprise for me: I'm doing the On Deck Deep Tech program.
I have no technical degrees and I'm working on a problem many believe is solved (it's not), but I want to spend my time building an optimistic sci-fi future.
At it's surface, Pantheon is a fitness app. And there are tons of those! But my objectives are more ambitious. Most fitness apps are just a way to track runs and watch workout videos, but unfortunately, that’s not enough. We want to build something deeper.
Our population is in a dangerous place. 77% of people don't get the *minimum* recommended amount of exercise. That's only 21 minutes per day of moderate activity! Yet the average Tik Tok users spends 52 minutes per day watching other people dance. Why the discrepancy?
If you ask investors, they'll say the fitness market is crowded. But crowded doesn't mean effective. Clearly, the stuff that's out there doesn't work. This is because fitness apps are stuck in 2010. If you want to see modern product-design in action, look at the apps that want you to gamble, sit on your couch, and eat fast food. Those products are incredibly effective.
There's a war going on for your brain. The tech that preys on your vices is in the AI Age, but that same tech isn't aligned with promoting your virtues. If you're struggling to do something good for yourself, know that you're fighting against it with sticks.
There's a reason the LinkedIn feed is algorithmic, even though most users seem to hate it. Algorithmic feeds are great at getting you to scroll one more time and see one more ad.
👨🏻‍🔬James Sinka calls it "AI that makes you click."
All successful consumer tech is AI that makes you click. Instagram's product is ML-driven addiction, and the pictures are just a medium: Instagram wants people to take pictures only because that gets us to spend more time on the app. But their AI is so good, it turned everyone into a photographer.
Sean and I are building Pantheon to arm you with your own AI brain weapon. We're building an addiction engine just like everyone else. Our medium, however, is your self-improvement. We're building AI that makes you move.
I was surprised to get the invitation from James and Abhijeet. I'm building a fitness company, not rockets. But if we're going to solve the health crisis of our day, we should be going at it with all the tech we have, not just another app.
Interested in diving into the deep tech startup community?
Check out the latest Sensors Digest to learn more about the On Deck Deep Tech Fellowship. This new and exciting program is geared towards scientists, engineers, founders, and operators looking to grow at the intersection of advanced technology and high potential startups.
Super stoked to be joining the On Deck Deep Tech Fellowship! I'll be joining their community of ambitious scientists, engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and operators to build our deep tech future. #ODDT1 @abhijeetpatra88 @jamessinka @beondeck
I'm excited to be joining the On Deck Deep Tech Fellowship! I'll be joining their community of ambitious scientists, engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs and operators to build our deep tech future.
#ODDT1 @beondeck @abhijeetpatra88 @jamessinka
If you're a scientist who wants to build your own deeptech company to solve important problems in health, agtech, energy and climate among others be sure to apply (12 days left) to the On Deck Deep Tech Feollowship🎉- beondeck.com/deeptech @beondeck @abhijeetpatra88 @jamessinka
Super stoked for the launch of the On Deck Deep Tech fellowship! I’ve been helping @abhijeetpatra88 and @jamessinka with building this fellowship and sharing my perspective as someone currently building a deep tech startup!
This is one super exciting community to be part of!
If you are pursuing deep tech as founder, researcher, engineer, or thinking of doing anything related to robotics, AI, space tech, I’d urge you to talk to @abhijeetpatra88 and learn about On Deck community. #Robotics #deeptech
Supporting On Deck Deep Tech on all fronts. Deep Tech startups are tough to build and launch. Finding a supportive community is crucial, particularly in deep tech.
Software is eating the world but Deep Tech can eat the universe!
Just published this article, in collab w/ @abhijeetpatra88, to cover @beondeck Deep Tech's fellowship and the ecosystem.
In hopes that YOU decide to go beyond tech, and build Deep Tech.
thedeeptechinsider.com/2021/09/02/go-…