Packy McCormick

Startups might try to mitigate perceived reputation risk by overly scripting or muzzling their founders. That is thinking about it backwards. The much greater risk lies in stifling a founder’s originality, muting their passion, and depriving the company of its most powerful evangelist. The risks of being bland, boring, or business as usual far... See more

Take Home Messages

1. A critical niche in the innovation ecosystem once occupied by industrial labs is unfilled.


2. The current innovation ecosystem — academia, startups, and modern corporate R&D — do not cut it.


3. A private organization that riffs on DARPA's model could fill this niche.


4. Private ARPA (PARPA) will de-risk a series of hypotheses and go

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