Dino Mavrookas

Then you have to go to the senior leaders and really align on, are those products solving strategic initiatives of the Pentagon? And really, in order to get attention, and you know this from the themes, and I'll use a silly example to articulate this, But it has to be a, oh shit, we're screwed if we don't do this type of strategic initiative.

Then you have to go to the senior leaders and really align on, are those products solving strategic initiatives of the Pentagon? And really, in order to get attention, and you know this from the themes, and I'll use a silly example to articulate this, But it has to be a, oh shit, we're screwed if we don't do this type of strategic initiative.

Then you have to go to the senior leaders and really align on, are those products solving strategic initiatives of the Pentagon? And really, in order to get attention, and you know this from the themes, and I'll use a silly example to articulate this, But it has to be a, oh shit, we're screwed if we don't do this type of strategic initiative.

It's not just, oh, we can do this better, or there's a slightly better solution. It has to be not only 10x better, probably 100x better, but also we can't keep things in the status quo.

It's not just, oh, we can do this better, or there's a slightly better solution. It has to be not only 10x better, probably 100x better, but also we can't keep things in the status quo.

It's not just, oh, we can do this better, or there's a slightly better solution. It has to be not only 10x better, probably 100x better, but also we can't keep things in the status quo.

And the example I always use is we used embitterers in the SEAL teams. They were the radios that we carried in our gear. They were the size of a brick. They weighed five pounds. They had to be rated for all these different things. We're in the middle of Iraq and Afghanistan, and this had to be rated to dive to 50 meters. And it always stuck me.

And the example I always use is we used embitterers in the SEAL teams. They were the radios that we carried in our gear. They were the size of a brick. They weighed five pounds. They had to be rated for all these different things. We're in the middle of Iraq and Afghanistan, and this had to be rated to dive to 50 meters. And it always stuck me.

And the example I always use is we used embitterers in the SEAL teams. They were the radios that we carried in our gear. They were the size of a brick. They weighed five pounds. They had to be rated for all these different things. We're in the middle of Iraq and Afghanistan, and this had to be rated to dive to 50 meters. And it always stuck me.

And then I'd go back to my hunt, and we have an iPhone. And I'm like, there's a technological gap there. I'm not saying we should carry iPhones on ops, but certainly there's a better radio than this thing that was built in 1970. Yeah. But because it still worked and there wasn't a, we're screwed if we don't change it, it really didn't drive change.

And then I'd go back to my hunt, and we have an iPhone. And I'm like, there's a technological gap there. I'm not saying we should carry iPhones on ops, but certainly there's a better radio than this thing that was built in 1970. Yeah. But because it still worked and there wasn't a, we're screwed if we don't change it, it really didn't drive change.

And then I'd go back to my hunt, and we have an iPhone. And I'm like, there's a technological gap there. I'm not saying we should carry iPhones on ops, but certainly there's a better radio than this thing that was built in 1970. Yeah. But because it still worked and there wasn't a, we're screwed if we don't change it, it really didn't drive change.

So if you're solving very important strategic initiatives of the senior leaders that are critical to their mission, along with getting the buy-in from the war fighters, you can then go to Congress and say, Congress,

So if you're solving very important strategic initiatives of the senior leaders that are critical to their mission, along with getting the buy-in from the war fighters, you can then go to Congress and say, Congress,

So if you're solving very important strategic initiatives of the senior leaders that are critical to their mission, along with getting the buy-in from the war fighters, you can then go to Congress and say, Congress,

We have the buy-in from the war fighters, and we have the senior admirals that are not only saying, we need this as a strategic initiative, but are also writing requirements and going through their whole process to say, we need to adopt this into, in our case, it's the fleet, or we're actually working, we're trying to work with the army and the Marine Corps and everything else.

We have the buy-in from the war fighters, and we have the senior admirals that are not only saying, we need this as a strategic initiative, but are also writing requirements and going through their whole process to say, we need to adopt this into, in our case, it's the fleet, or we're actually working, we're trying to work with the army and the Marine Corps and everything else.

We have the buy-in from the war fighters, and we have the senior admirals that are not only saying, we need this as a strategic initiative, but are also writing requirements and going through their whole process to say, we need to adopt this into, in our case, it's the fleet, or we're actually working, we're trying to work with the army and the Marine Corps and everything else.

You can then go to Congress and then lobby for budget and say, look, the military needs this. They're saying they want it. Can we appropriate money so that they can actually buy it? And if you have buy-in of those three groups, Then you go and work with the program offices and the contracting officers and you see if you can actually get a deal done.

You can then go to Congress and then lobby for budget and say, look, the military needs this. They're saying they want it. Can we appropriate money so that they can actually buy it? And if you have buy-in of those three groups, Then you go and work with the program offices and the contracting officers and you see if you can actually get a deal done.