“We were able to go out to the Pentagon with something more than a slide deck and say, Hey, what do y'all actually want to dig in on? And we got traction.”

How I Invest with David Weisburd · E439: Ethan Thornton: The 22-Year-Old Building a $3.7 Billion Defense Company

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Approached the Pentagon with physical hardware (quadcopters, hydrogen gun, etc.) instead of a slide deck

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