Inside Valinor Enterprises: What It Takes to Grow in Defense Tech | Kurt Freshley
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Kurt Freshley, Chief Growth Officer of Valinor Enterprises, joins the show to break down the company's strategy and portfolio companies while sharing what it actually takes to scale in defense and advanced manufacturing.
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From navigating procurement and aligning with real customer demand to building sustainable growth inside a complex ecosystem, this conversation gets into the operational reality behind the headlines.
We discuss how defense companies think about growth differently, where most startups get it wrong, and what separates companies that win programs from those that stall out.
Kurt also shares perspective on aligning incentives across government, primes, and startups, and what it takes to build something that actually gets fielded.
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