Max Hodak: How Startups Build Speed
About this episode
Max Hodak discusses the complexities of building a startup focused on vision restoration technology.
Science is building a retinal implant that restores vision to people who have gone blind. One patient has already used it to read a 300-page novel.Building a company like that requires a lot more than getting the technology right. At Startup School 2026, Science CEO Max Hodak explains how the company buys things and hires people, and why those systems determine how fast it can move.He also gets into why founders can’t delegate their judgment, and why there’s no set of five bullet points that makes a startup work.Transcript: https://www.ycrootaccess.com/p/max-hodak-there-are-no-blanket-rules
People in this episode
Host: Y Combinator
Guest: Max Hodak
Topics covered
- startups
- technology
- vision restoration
- company building
- founder challenges
Keywords
- retinal implant
- startups
- hiring
- company systems
- founder judgment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Science
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