Into The Forge

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Welcome to Into the Forge, the Lemnos podcast interviewing hardware entrepreneurs to learn the stories behind their products and startups.

Eric Klein


    • Apr 16, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 40m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES


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    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 7: Linda Pouliot of Dishcraft Robotics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 7, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Linda Pouliot, Co-founder and CEO of Dishcraft Robotics, a Lemnos portfolio company. Dishcraft is revolutionizing commercial kitchens with robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and innovative design.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 6: San Gunawardana and Krassimir Piperkov of Enview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 6, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with San Gunawardana, co-founder and CEO, and Krassimir Piperkov, COO and co-founder of Enview, a Lemnos portfolio company. Enview uses massively parallel 3D computer vision and wide-area remote sensing to create the best maps in the world.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 5: Dave Gustafson, Omar Khan, Garrett Larsson of Rhombus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 5, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Dave Gustafson, Co-founder and VP of Hardware at Rhombus Systems, Omar Khan, co-founder and CTO, and Garrett Larsson, Co-founder and CEO of Rhombus Systems, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 4: Jeremy Conrad and Conor Lenahan of Quartz

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 4, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Jeremy Conrad and Conor Lenahan, co-founders of Quartz, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 3: Jason Gates of Compology

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 3, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Jason Gates, Co-founder & CEO of Compology, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 2: Idan Beck, CEO and Co-Founder of Dream OS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 2, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Idan Beck, CEO and co-founder of Dream OS, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into the Forge Podcast Season 3, Episode 1: Colin Beighley and Fergus Noble of Swift Navigation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Season 3 Episode 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Colin Beighley, co-founder and Director of Hardware Engineering, and Fergus Noble, co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Swift Navigation, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Marble

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 52:37


    In Season 2 Episode 10, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Matt Delaney, co founder and CEO; Kevin Peterson, co-founder and software lead; and Jason Calaiaro, co-founder and hardware lead at Marble, a Lemnos portfolio company. Marble is creating a fleet of intelligent courier robots to reliably and securely transport goods people need and want.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Privacy Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 45:17


    In Season 2 Episode 9, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Giri Sreenivas, co-founder and CEO, and Dirk Sigurdson, co-founder and CTO of Privacy Labs, a Lemnos portfolio company. Privacy Labs is helping people be free, private, and secure online.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Bumblebee Spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 52:36


    In Season 2 Episode 8, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Sankarshan Murthy, CEO and co-founder; Prahlad Athreya, co-founder; and Garrett Rayner, co-founder at Bumblebee Spaces, which is revolutionizing living spaces using robotics and AI.

    Into The Forge Season 2: RavenOps

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 41:49


    In Season 2 Episode 7, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Josh Ouellette, co-founder and CEO, and Randy Shults, another co-founder of RavenOps, a Lemnos portfolio company. RavenOps takes inspiration from nature to build cooperative swarms of simple robots that outperform individual units in complex environments.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Farmwise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2018 28:44


    In Season 2 Episode 6, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Sébastien Boyer and Thomas Palomares, co-founders of FarmWise, a Lemnos portfolio company that recently announced a $5.7 million Seed round raise to transform farming.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Elroy Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2018 42:36


    In Season 2 Episode 5, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Dave Merrill, CEO and Clint Cope, co-founder of Elroy Air, a Lemnos portfolio company. Elroy Air recently announced that it had secured $4.6 million in seed funding to develop its large autonomous cargo delivery aircraft.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Flybrix

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 52:08


    In Season 2 Episode 4, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Amir Hirsch, co-founder and CEO of Flybrix, a Lemnos portfolio company that recently partnered with Target to sell quad kits that let you make rebuildable, crash-friendly drones using LEGO bricks.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Seriforge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 34:49


    In Season 2 Episode 3, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Jon Hollander, CEO, and Eric Gregory, VP of Engineering, of Seriforge, a Lemnos portfolio company that automates carbon fiber fabrication for mass production, cutting manufacturing costs by up to 90%.

    Into The Forge Season 2: FieldVision

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 29:20


    In Season 2 Episode 2, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Kavodel Ohiomoba and Andy Kittler, co-founders of FieldVision, a Lemnos portfolio company that builds an autonomous camera that automatically films any team sport.

    Into The Forge Season 2: Noah Ready-Campbell from Built

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 37:06


    In Season 2 Episode 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein talks with Noah Ready-Campbell of Built Robotics, a Lemnos portfolio company. Built recently announced $15 million in Series A funding to get its autonomous track loader to market.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Shireen and Scott from Nima

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 39:42


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 9 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Shireen Yates and Scott Sundvor of Nima, formerly 6SensorLabs, a Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Adam Ellsworth from 8-Bit Lit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2014 34:00


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 8 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Adam Ellsworth, founder of 8-Bit Lit, creators of the Question Block Lamp.

    Into the Forge Season 1: Dave Merrill of Sifteo, Elroy Air, and Lemnos

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014 50:26


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 7 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Dave Merrill, co-founder of Sifteo and Elroy Air, and Venture Partner at Lemnos.

    Into The Forge Season 1: John Stanfield from Local Motion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2014 38:00


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 6 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with interviewing John Stanfield, the co-founder and CEO of Local Motion, which was acquired by Zipcar.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Cheryl Kellond from Bia Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2014 38:19


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 5 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Cheryl Kellond, founder and CEO of Bia, a former Lemnos portfolio company.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Art Tkachenko from Pantry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2013 33:34


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 4 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Art Tkachenko, co-Founder of Pantry, a former Lemnos portfolio company that created fresh food vending machines.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Peter Platzer from Spire

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 47:02


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 3 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Peter Platzer, the CEO of Spire, formerly NanoSatisfi.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Ilya Polyakov from Revolve Robotics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2013 34:21


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 2 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Ilya Polyakov, co-founder and CTO of Revolve Robotics, a former portfolio company of Lemnos.

    Into The Forge Season 1: Chris Bruce from Sproutling

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2013 38:56


    In each of our podcasts, we ask top hardware entrepreneurs the same 10 questions to better understand the challenges and best practices in starting a hardware company. In Episode 1 of Season 1, Lemnos’s Eric Klein speaks with Chris Bruce, the CEO of Sproutling, which was acquired by Mattel.

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