261. Build the Future, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

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"There's very few companies, or people, or teams that get to build the future." -Sunny Han

About Fulcrum
Fulcrum applies modern technology to manufacturing processes, helping makers focus on their craft and grow their businesses. The innovation of American manufacturers is critical to a better world, and Fulcrum aims to revitalize the industry with automation software.

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I think that, you don't realize it in the moment.

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At least I don't realize it but there's very few companies, or people, or teams that get to build the future.

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And it's not an accident.

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I think that if you try to build the future, you will.

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You might not succeed, or you might build bad future, but we get to help shape how the future looks.

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I don't think we can control it.

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I think things will happen, and things will evolve, and don't have the power to really control it.

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We get to shape how it looks.

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The underlying structure of geopolitics or of technology or infrastructure or manufacturing, I don't have the power to change that or to drive that, but I do get to take all the components, all the ways that things exist and repackage it in a way that I think is better.

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If we get it right, we can actually improve things.

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We can make things happen that otherwise wouldn't have happened.

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The thing that I've thought a lot about is that that's actually really, really rare.

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If you look at the people that exist out there, smart people, hardworking people doing really, really amazing things, most of them don't stumble upon an opportunity to work on a problem in a way that could actually alter how an industry works.

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Most of them are devoting their lives to Improving each and every piece of nigiri that they're forming as a sushi chef, or each and every chair that they're making, or each and every spreadsheet that they're executing, or every discounted cash flow that they're preparing.

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And they'll get incrementally better, and write some macros, and better formulas, and leave a better infrastructure for the next person, and those are fulfilling, worthy endeavors to do.

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But as hard and as painful as it is, we some of us, we get, lucky enough to get to build the future.

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Even if we fail, there's a privilege in that.

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And, that adds whole layer of flavor to everything that we do that, makes everything a lot more special.

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I just love the way that Sunny shares his story in such a personal way.

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He also has a depth of self-awareness that I think separates the great founders from the good founders.

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We appreciate Sunny and the work that he's done and the work that he's doing to fulfill his vision for America and American manufacturing.

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I also appreciate AVL growth partners for supporting the VC Minute.

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Time is our most precious asset and I'm grateful that you'd spend some of it with me this week.

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AVL's team brings significant years of finance and accounting expertise.

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They ensure your path to success is crystal clear.

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It's the expertise your company needs to navigate economic challenges.

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If you want to take your company to the next level and need the experience required to make it happen.

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261. Build the Future, feat. Sunny Han, Founder & CEO of Fulcrum

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