Chiang Boas - Beyond the Back of the Envelope

Description

This presentation by MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and Ryan Boas, both affiliated with 24M, highlights the importance of shifting from thinking purely about technology to using a robust cost modelto tune the direction of your R&D when commercializing technology for impact. The presentation walks through the elements of a good cost model and argues that this approach will help avoid the 4 pitfalls of developing a technology without a guiding model.

Credit: Prof. Yet-Ming Chiang Ryan Boas


1 Min. Read

Access Resource

Join the Community

Want to use the playbook?

The Founder's Playbook is an open access resource offered under creative commons license. You can access the Playbook on this site, or create your own version via Github. See restrictions of use here

Have a resource to suggest? Click here

Send us feedback here


The Founder's Playbook Community

Founding Partners & Playbook Curators
  • Cyclotron Road
  • MH
Contributing Partners
  • California Energy Commission
  • Breakthrough Energy