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#510 Dr. John Scott: How to Turn 6% R&D Into Revenue?
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- Mar 30, 2026
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Summary
Dr. John Scott is a former astrophysicist turned serial entrepreneur, and we spoke about why most innovation fails—and how to systematically flip those odds. After earning dual PhDs and spending over a decade in academia, he walked away from a tenured position after realizing that entrepreneurs “were having a lot more fun and satisfaction… than me writing equations on a blackboard.” That turning point led him to build and test a new model for creating companies—one designed not around ideas, ...