Bullets in the Chamber

<p><em>Snipers, Intentionality, and Why Hardware is Hard</em></p><p>Today Grant reads his latest essay, this one is about building in hardware.</p><p>A very close founder friend was recently talking to me about his experience in hardware: “I bled out of my ears and eyes for 3 years. I&#39;m never doing that again.”</p><p>That was his second startup. When I asked him what in particular made it so hard, he gave an interesting answer: you only have so many bullets in the chamber.</p><p><strong>🔗 Show Resource Links</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://odysea.substack.com/p/bullets-in-the-chamber" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bullets in the Chamber</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>🎙️ Podcast Links</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6caKxOvhIoajsp6c2TnLC9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motion-blur/id1777266172" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠Apple Podcasts⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://twitter.com/MotionBlurFM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠X (FKA Twitter)⁠⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://motionblur.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>🌀 About Motion Blur</strong></p><p>Exploring what makes great companies and technologies work. Brought to you by Grant Gregory &amp; Hammad Aslam. Grant is a Partner at <a href="https://cantos.vc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Cantos⁠⁠</a> where he focuses on physical world technologies. Hammad is a Partner at Kivu Ventures, <a href="https://susaventures.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Susa⁠⁠</a>’s growth fund. Learn more about the hosts:</p><ul><li><p>Grant Gregory, <a href="https://twitter.com/grant__gregory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠@grant__gregory⁠⁠⁠</a>, <a href="https://grantgregory.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Embers⁠⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p>Hammad Aslam, <a href="http://twitter.com/_hammad_aslam" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠@_hammad_aslamh⁠⁠⁠</a>, <a href="https://susaventures.com/team" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Susa Ventures⁠⁠</a></p></li></ul><p>If you&#39;re interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every week for new episodes.</p><p>Intro music credit: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/01vcSVQOpFHutiYq0lrBwt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Will Harrison⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Thanks for reading and listening to Motion Blur! <a href="https://motionblur.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠</a> to get notified for future episodes.</p><p><br></p>