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Impossible Foods is aptly named because it achieved what many deem impossible: creating a new market that disrupted the meat industry's Goliaths, and building a global consumer brand for climate hard-tech. Florian Dahlhausen and I were fascinated to dive into the mind of Nick Halla, employee #1 and former SVP at Impossible, on the latest episode of Down to Zero. Some of our favorite takeaways: ◾ On building a wildly ambitious hard-tech company: "We had a big vision and a big mission. We're a bit edgy. If it's too pristine and perfect, it's not quite as interesting." ◾ On creating a go-to-market strategy for a market that doesn't exist yet: "We needed to 1) build credibility, 2) change the story, and 3) use our small volume for a big impact. That led us to look at influencers in the meat world." ( 👀 looking at you, David Chang) ◾ On leveraging crises in a hard tech startup: "Hard tech is hard. Expect things to go wrong. Have a solutions-oriented company mindset. Some of the best times at Impossible were when we went through a crisis, knowing that we're going to come out of the other end much stronger" ◾ On focusing and finding the right time to scale: "Don't go from zero to 100 at launch [...]. One of the more powerful statements we worked through over time was: it's not a no, it's just not now." Read takeaways from the conversation in the Substack linked below, and listen to the full episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. https://lnkd.in/gRMmm63p
Calvin A. Cupini
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Daniel Faierman
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AI x climate | Venture Partner | Down to Zero podcast host | Stanford MBA
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