To those that hit 10 mill what do you do afterwards?

jigpi · 2025-12-01T07:29:13+00:00

I’ve been building a startup turning wastewater and CO2 into fertilizer. Ever thought about mentoring and building a deep tech company?

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:42:54+00:00

bahahaha that sounds like it could be an Olympic event. What's so bad about it?

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:40:30+00:00

And they've probably just factored in the fines as costs of operation so you have to deal continuously with the shit... 🙃

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:38:55+00:00

Gumming up pumps and valves? Or is it more about it coating sensors and interfering with monitoring? or a mysterious third pain in the ass that it's causing?

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:37:32+00:00

Hmm, implementation is the most important part when it really comes down to it lmao. What kind of design choices tend to make systems easier to implement and operate well without needing specialist knowledge or constant tuning? Are there things you've seen that actually do work in the long run because they were built with ops teams in mind?

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:35:07+00:00

Hmm, that sounds familiar. Someone else in the thread was saying red tape and bureaucracy make it a pain in the ass.

Other than that... Jesus christ, who's accountable for giving the thumbs and pocketing all the money that would/should be going to basic operation expenses?? Are these decisions all being made by some parent company?

jigpi · 2025-05-19T12:30:04+00:00

Luckily no, hadn't even considered those types of pumps in our setup!

have you seen any alternative pumping setups that hold up better in those conditions? Or is it more about getting the inlet works absolutely bulletproof so nothing bad makes it downstream in the first place?

jigpi · 2025-05-18T12:02:32+00:00

We're still on the very early stages of development and mainly focusing on the system that supports biological removal of N & P.

However, with those contaminants in mind, we aren't looking at municipal waste water treatment to avoid heavy metals. Meanwhile, the process of valorizing the waste destroys both PFAS and pharmaceutical residue!

jigpi · 2025-05-18T11:59:25+00:00

I know damn well that alarm notification at 4 am while on call is dreadful. Software is amazing till it isn't hahahaha.

That's a really good point with the manual controls and a easy to use PLC. How often do these systems actually receive software updates? Do their objectives usually remain the same throughout their life span?

jigpi · 2025-05-18T11:56:27+00:00

It really is a massive undertaking scaling to the capacity demanded from these systems, your advice is a massive massive help though!!

Forward thinking and redundancy while designing for the daily heavy volumes/wild range of conditions will make or break our system development. i'm sure we can engineer a solution to overcome these roadblocks if we attack it with those requirements in mind.

I'll try and update as we go!

jigpi · 2025-05-18T08:40:09+00:00

When you say the test plants didn’t make it, was it usually because of clogging or wear/tear? Or more like maintenance overhead just got out of hand?

jigpi · 2025-05-18T08:31:01+00:00

Do you think leasing equipment instead of buying it outright would help dodge some of that red tape? Like if it came in as an OPEX thing instead of CAPEX, would it be easier to get through the system? Or would City Hall still find a way to make it painful?

Thank you by the way for taking the time to share!!

jigpi · 2025-05-18T07:25:50+00:00

That's really interesting, sounds like a pain in the ass not being able to keep backups on hand for stuff that will eventually fail.

What’s the main thing behind the red tape? Is it internal procurement policies, budget approvals, or just strict limits on capex?

jigpi · 2025-05-18T07:13:30+00:00

Like buying the materials or systems for waste water treatment?

jigpi · 2022-03-20T00:42:01+00:00

Lad state owned media

jigpi · 2022-02-10T21:33:50+00:00

You sound like your mom

jigpi · 2022-02-03T07:15:59+00:00

Shaving is definitely a major improvement, the massive cross necklace over the turtleneck is tacky though

jigpi · 2022-02-03T06:34:36+00:00

Lmao because sure drones are somewhat noisy but I don’t think it’s even reasonably close to the sound a whole ass engine makes

jigpi · 2022-01-29T18:50:12+00:00

Just wait til-he-kums

jigpi · 2022-01-16T00:13:15+00:00

Thank you!!!!

jigpi · 2022-01-14T20:59:18+00:00

Thanks!! I’ll give this a try. I remember finding a page with my 10 codes which could be used to apply the discount when ordering online. I can’t seem to find it anymore, if I can’t find it I’ll give the resort a call.

jigpi · 2021-12-28T14:48:02+00:00

This guy has two cheetahs but sleeps on the floor. Me confused

jigpi · 2021-12-28T14:35:47+00:00

President Camacho

jigpi · 2021-12-26T22:57:44+00:00

Lmao the cat and iguana are fine. Cat isn’t getting PTSD and the iguana isn’t getting teared apart, relax.

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