Introduction to The Startup Defense Podcast

04/04/23 • 11 min

Welcome to the introductory episode of The Startup Defense podcast with host Callye Keen.
In this episode, Callye explains the motivation behind starting this show. Throughout the podcast, Callye and his guests will explore the intersection of the entrepreneurial spirit and the market. Innovation is the best course for a better life, a better community, and to stick around as a civilization. In this podcast, Callye will mash these two things together and discuss how incubators and accelerators could massively benefit the defense innovation space. Callye gives a brief introduction of his background and experience, including how he got into product development and his company's focus on the C5ISR market.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 - The Startup Defense Podcast: Introduction
Callye Keen introduces The Startup Defense podcast, which aims to explore the intersection of commercial technology and defense innovation. He invites listeners to join the conversation and promises to provide a broad and open discussion.
00:56-02:38 - The Vision for The Startup Defense
Keen shares his vision for the podcast, which is to “look at the intersection of two things that he really loves - entrepreneurial spirit... and defense innovation.” He highlights the importance of diverse opinions and encourages listeners to share their ideas, while stating that he wants to bring new perspectives and learn from the guests on the show.
03:24-05:22 - Callye’s Background
Callye provides insight into how he got to this point in life. Growing up in the manufacturing industry through his family’s business, Keen has worked in software development, web development, and web design. Keen has also worked at several startup companies and has experience in product development and reverse engineering parts.
06:57-08:32 - Existential Crises Between Science and Entrepreneurship
Callye’s work as a mentor in incubators and accelerators opened his eyes to how things were done - a lot of the ways startups are being taught isn’t how the real world works, especially in defense. Callye started working more deeply with incubators and started his own accelerators as a result of identifying the chasm that existed between science and entrepreneurship.
08:37-10:11 - Future Guests of the Show
Future guests of the Startup Defense podcast will bring an array of expertise, from program leaders and grant organizers to national labs, in spaces where innovation is bubbling up. These discussions with guests will introduce endless opportunities to the startup world.
In conclusion, The Startup Defense podcast is introduced as a platform for founders to share their ideas and businesses in a broad and open conversation. Keen invites listeners to join the conversation and promises to provide a space for diverse opinions.
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Machine Vision and Sensor Systems Changing Public Safety with Chad Green

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Startup Defense podcast with host Callye Keen and guest Chad Green, an engineer working to make our roads, hospitals, and schools safer through innovation.
Chad Green
As President and Founder of Lantern, LLC, Chad Green has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to life-saving technology.
Chad founded Lantern in December of 2017. Lantern is dedicated to developing life-saving and life-supporting technologies spanning medical devices, industrial safety, and advanced AI analytics. As president, Chad has grown Lantern from a basement startup to a successful R&D firm with several new patents and products being developed each year.
Episode Highlights
0:00 - The Startup Defense Podcast, Episode 1 Introduction
Chad gives a glimpse into the topic of this episode and his innovative creation that is changing operating rooms to support safer, more efficient surgeries.
05:51-06:23 - Protecting Our Children Through the Use of a Neural Network
Chad discusses creating a neural network that he’s trained to detect handguns by being curious about how he could use that same technology that detects grenades to prevent school shootings and protect our children.
5:51 - “Back in 2014, my cousin's daughter was killed in the Newtown, Connecticut shooting. At the time, I was working for the Department of Defense, and we were detecting rocket propel grenades and trying to blow those out of the air before they hit the armored vehicle.”
11:10-12:06 - Using Innovation to Keep Soldiers Safe
While Chad’s small startup was working in the defense world, they explored an idea of what they thought could work to keep our soldiers safe using existing technology. 11:43 - “I spent 12 years innovating and reiterating on that original design. Making a package that could be taken to the field to protect soldiers from rockets that were coming straight at their cars.”
28:10-29:38 - Leveraging Insurance Companies as Partners in Innovation
Chad discusses his theory in which insurance companies are utilized as partners in innovation. Insurance companies have a strong incentive to de-risk situations, making them natural partners for innovation, as by identifying and mitigating risks, they can help to de-risk new products, services, and technologies.
28:10 - “They're strongly incentivized to de-risk situations, and by and large, they're left out of the innovation. Bringing insurance into the fold would really benefit innovation because insurance companies are the biggest funders of innovation when it happens.”
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