Topics:(6:00) - Maria’s origin story & the founding of Orbis(12:03) - What is this technology?(13:46) - What was Corey’s breakthrough?(16:06) - How many months of burn did you have from the seed round?(17:42) - What was the process of running down your first 4 contracts?(18:49) - When did grant funding come into the picture and how do people go about getting this type of funding?(27:51) - What happens to your options when you secure a phase 1 grant?(30:10) - What was your experience pursuing these sources of funding?(34:00) - What are some of the technologies you see coming into contact with grant funding?(35:44) - How and where are you submitting requests for grants?(37:03) - How are proposals filtered through the acceptance process?(37:55) - How often is the motivation for funding so that agencies can become customers?(39:38) - How much of your funding came from equity investors and then from grants?(44:47) - How long does it take from start to finish in order to secure grant funding?(48:15) - How many times the funding in a deck come down to minute details within a proposal?(49:58) - What process do you walk entrepreneurs through when they want to work with you about securing grant funding?(55:56) - How do you think about acquisition coaching?(1:01:35) - What was your experience being acquired?(1:05:27) - How can other founders position themselves for a sale?(1:07:07) - How do you think about managing a team through an acquisition?(1:08:59) - How did the licensing inflection point tie into the acquisition?(1:11:58) - What are some facts from your industry that would blow people’s minds?(1:13:55) - How far can this technology go?(1:14:47) - What happens to an IP of a technology like Orbis?To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners

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