Name: #cameronlippert #electramet #lexingtonky #fiveacross #awesomeinc #startupstory #innovation #entrepreneurship #hardtech | Middle Tech
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Cameron Lippert of ElectraMet on the Pitch That Started Everything Sometimes, all it takes is saying “yes” before you’re ready. Cameron Lippert recalls signing his co-founder up for Awesome Inc's 5 Across pitch competition with less than 24 hours’ notice - a moment that sparked ElectraMet’s launch from university research into a growing hard-tech company. That single event connected them to local investors, mentors, and a startup community that continues to shape Lexington’s innovation economy. #CameronLippert #ElectraMet #LexingtonKY #FiveAcross #AwesomeInc #StartupStory #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #HardTech

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So we've started His research was on desalinization, how to remove salts from water using electricity. And that's very far from what we do today, but is getting these two minds together my bug preneurship just slowly seeding? The pieces together and it all spun out from. A flap across pitch. So I was in that community. I've been in some of these pitches. One day I signed them up for pitch and he's like, well, what I have to do. You have 5 minutes to pitch your research as a business. Well, when is it tomorrow? So he flipped out. He's an introvert, doesn't like being in crowds, but he he did it. And that was sort of that fat first catalyst of many that that got us here.

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