Selling for $85M pre-launch? Here’s the story

Brad Chisum, Launch Factory, B2B, Sell Your Business

I am so excited to talk to today’s guest.

Brad Chisum is the founder of Lumedyne Tech, a company that built MEMS sensors that are found in cell phones and used in research for driverless cars. Sold to Google in 2015 for $85M. His new company is Launch Factory.

I want to hear about the day he signed the term sheet with Google and the unique way he is launching companies today.

Brad Chisum

Launch Factory

Brad Chisum is the founder of Lumedyne Tech, a company that built MEMS sensors that are found in cell phones and used in research for driverless cars. Sold to Google in 2015 for $85M. His new company is Launch Factory.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I am the guy who bangs on his desk all the time. Listen to that on the mike. I don’t know how people can just sit still and just have a conversation, especially when the conversation gets exciting. I just tend to move and bang around on stuff. And our producer, who has been editing these interviews, says, “I can tell when you’re excited. I can hear it on the mike. I have to compensate for it.”

All right. Joining me today is an entrepreneur who might make me bang on the desk a lot but I’m going to try not to. Brad Chisum created a company called Lumedyne Technologies. I’m going to give you the simplified version of what they do because I think if we start bringing up a phrase like MEMS sensors, we’re going to go nuts. We’re going to feel like maybe what you do, Brad, is too far over our heads but it’s not. Here’s what it is. The company designed and...

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