Need For Speed

<p><em>Another side of vertical integration</em></p><p>Today Grant reads his latest essay, this one is a continuation of vertical integration benefits.</p><p>SpaceX customers frequently comment on the fact that they’ve quickly built trust with the company because they saw how hard SpaceX worked to get the products where they needed to be, often in the field with the customer.<br>It’s a mentality. One early Tesla employee shared it succinctly: “If we haven’t finished something yet, and we have 24 hours until a demo, we&#39;re still on time.”</p><p><strong>🔗 Show Resource Links</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://odysea.substack.com/p/need-for-speed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Need For Speed</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/grant__gregory/status/2029571966827712884?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Post on X</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>