In this episode, Brock speaks with Jeremy McCool. Jeremy is a former Army infantry officer, and currently the founder and CEO of HEVO, a wireless electric vehicle charging company. We talked through Jeremy's inspiration for HEVO, a story recounting restoring power to a village in Iraq while deployed. He explains the barriers to wireless charging and how they're combating both the innovation and distribution challenges, their recent partnership with Stellantis, and advice for young entrepreneurs raising money. Jeremy is the type of person that when you listen to them talk about the future. It's exciting. He also tells a story of how he was explaining his idea for wireless charging when he was started back in 2011 to Exxon executives, just three years after Tesla released its first roadster considering how far they come, it's difficult to not to be optimistic about that future.
Episode Resources:
Jeremy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-mccool-3b846033/
Jeremy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyrmccool
HEVO: https://hevo.com/
HEVO Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7aTZAS3uE
Show Notes:
00:00 Episode Introduction
01:52 Jeremy's entrepreneurship roots
08:39 How the ability to lead changes from the military and in entrepreneurship
14:43 Can you teach entrepreneurship?
21:40 Restoring power to a village in Iraq as inspiration for a startup
37:34 What Jeremy would change about time in service
39:37 Incentives to start companies and differences of US to the rest of the world
50:40 Humble beginnings starting HEVO after leaving Columbia
01:01:11 HEVO's business today
01:07:25 Rolling out public wireless EV charging in NYC
01:11:01 Technology and distribution challenges
01:16:16 Retrofitting vehicles vs production
01:24:34 Crowdfunding and advice on raising money
01:38:04 Where to find out more
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The Scuttlebutt Podcast - The podcast for service members and veterans building a life outside the military.
The Scuttlebutt Podcast features discussions on lifestyle, careers, business, and resources for service members. Show host, Brock Briggs, talks with a special guest from the community committed to helping military members build a successful life, inside and outside the service.
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