Gecko Robotics CEO Jake Loosararian on the key trait of innovators: willingness to explore the unknown
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Tom Huddleston Jr.
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Jake Loosararian, co-founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics (a $633 million startup making wall-climbing inspection robots), shares that true innovators share a willingness to venture into "the unknown and the dirty and unexplored." He emphasizes that success requires taking oneself less seriously and persisting through tough times. Gecko Robotics started as a college engineering project, launched in 2013, and ranked 42nd on the 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50 List.
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go into the unknown and the dirty and unexplored
To become successful, you might have to learn to take yourself less seriously and be willing to keep doing the work, even when times get tough.
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