Built To Take A Hit

We’re recording this one with a bit of a "post-celebration" rasp in our voices. Fresh off a regional win at the Riverside pitch competition, the Super Foam team is heading to the Startup World Cup in San Francisco! But as Zef reminds us, "Awards and plaques don’t protect batteries." In this episode, we peel back the curtain on the "good breaking point" of a startup. We discuss how winning isn't ju...

Today’s episode is all about the Avengers of advanced materials… except instead of saving the world with capes, they’re doing it with foam, chemistry, and some very serious machinery. First up, Zef—the founder who took “let’s build something cool” and turned it into $175K in non-dilutive funding, multiple accelerators, and a full-blown EV and defense play. Basically, if there’s a way to turn chaos...

In Episode 2, we talk about the experiments that flopped, the ideas that backfired, and the moments that made us question our sanity and how every one of them quietly pushed us toward a better product. Startups don’t move in straight lines. They zigzag. They stall. They surprise you. In this episode, we share how some of our biggest “uh-oh” moments turned into unexpected breakthroughs, new feature...

In our first episode, we introduce Super Foam Corp and the question that started it all: what really happens at the moment of impact—and why are we still designing protection the old way? We’re a team of engineers, builders, and operators obsessed with one idea: that soft, intelligently designed materials can do what bulky, rigid systems can’t —reduce injury, preserve performance, and protect peop...