"Focus, persistence, tenacity, great people, and working directly with the customer in product development."
"Developing a new, important, and disruptive technology and then transitioning it to successful products and sales while creating value for both customers and investors."
"Solve your key technical problems before accepting venture capital; never take venture capital investment if it means losing control; reward those who help you along the way; let the government help you start your company."
"Getting FDA clearance and our first large military order; technical advances that allowed us to improve our yields enough to be able to reach profitability"