MycoWorks | From Garage to Commercial Scale w/ Doug Hardesty, MycoWorks COO @MycoWorks | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Doug Hardesty, Chief Operating Officer of MycoWorks, discusses drawing on his extensive manufacturing experience to establish the diverse team, systems, and processes necessary to transition Fine Mycelium™ from a small garage in San Francisco to opening the world's first commercial-scale mycelium production plant in Union, South Carolina.
In this episode:
0:00 Episode introduction
3:00 Scaling up from garage to commercial-scale plant
11:09 Doug's reaction to first seeing Reishi™
13:39 Why people take career steps back to join MycoWorks
15:19 Building a passionate team around a shared vision
18:01 The importance of personal interaction in manufacturing
22:07 Building a diverse team from different industries
See more at mycoworks.com
🎧 Listen & subscribe to our podcast: mycoworks.buzzsprout.com
Join us on our journey to Grow the Future of Materials:
mycoworks.com/careers
Learn more about MycoWorks: mycoworks.com
Get closer to Reishi™: madewithreishi.com
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/mycoworks
Twitter: twitter.com/MycoWorksInc
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/mycoworks
#MycoWorks #FineMycelium #MadeWithReishi
About Reishi™
Our pioneering product, Reishi™, is Fine Mycelium™ finely tuned and finished to the highest standards for leather. The world's first made-to-order, natural material offering unprecedented performance and freedom to customize.
About Fine Mycelium™
Our proprietary technology that engineers mycelium during growth to enable a new class of premium, non-animal, tunable materials that compare in quality and performance to the finest animal leathers. The next evolution in natural materials.
About MycoWorks
In 2013, co-founders Philip Ross and Sophia Wang formed MycoWorks, a San Francisco-based biomaterials company dedicated to bringing new mycelium materials to the world. MycoWorks’ patented Fine Mycelium technology, an advanced manufacturing platform and breakthrough in materials science, engineers mycelium during growth to form proprietary, interlocking cellular structures for unparalleled strength and durability.
Doug Hardesty, Chief Operating Officer of MycoWorks, discusses drawing on his extensive manufacturing experience to establish the diverse team, systems, and processes necessary to transition Fine Mycelium™ from a small garage in San Francisco to opening the world's first commercial-scale mycelium production plant in Union, South Carolina.
In this episode:
0:00 Episode introduction
3:00 Scaling up from garage to commercial-scale plant
11:09 Doug's reaction to first seeing Reishi™
13:39 Why people take career steps back to join MycoWorks
15:19 Building a passionate team around a shared vision
18:01 The importance of personal interaction in manufacturing
22:07 Building a diverse team from different industries
See more at mycoworks.com
🎧 Listen & subscribe to our podcast: mycoworks.buzzsprout.com
Join us on our journey to Grow the Future of Materials:
mycoworks.com/careers
Learn more about MycoWorks: mycoworks.com
Get closer to Reishi™: madewithreishi.com
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/mycoworks
Twitter: twitter.com/MycoWorksInc
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/mycoworks
#MycoWorks #FineMycelium #MadeWithReishi
About Reishi™
Our pioneering product, Reishi™, is Fine Mycelium™ finely tuned and finished to the highest standards for leather. The world's first made-to-order, natural material offering unprecedented performance and freedom to customize.
About Fine Mycelium™
Our proprietary technology that engineers mycelium during growth to enable a new class of premium, non-animal, tunable materials that compare in quality and performance to the finest animal leathers. The next evolution in natural materials.
About MycoWorks
In 2013, co-founders Philip Ross and Sophia Wang formed MycoWorks, a San Francisco-based biomaterials company dedicated to bringing new mycelium materials to the world. MycoWorks’ patented Fine Mycelium technology, an advanced manufacturing platform and breakthrough in materials science, engineers mycelium during growth to form proprietary, interlocking cellular structures for unparalleled strength and durability.
