Honored to have served on Project Catalyst’s business panel. Congratulations to the 12 selected projects. My candid view: strong technical talent and passion, but weak business judgment, unsupported projections, thin GTM plans, and little path beyond grants. … more below…
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Of 20 projects reviewed, I recommended five. I’d invest in two. Not more. Hope is not a strategy. Grants alone do not build an ecosystem. They build dependency.

Sep 25, 2026 · 7:46 AM UTC
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