VALOR Media Network

Hardpoints

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Every week, former fighter pilots and current entrepreneurs Neal Rickner & Mike Smith provide unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in startups, energy, and national security.

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Tariffs, national security, and startups - More overlap than you'd think | Hardpoints 23.04.2025 1:11:54

Tariffs and how they're created have so many effects on the world we live in, from manufacturing, to national security, to startup ecosystems. Neal & Mike discuss how they overlap and what that means for American leadership. Interview: Neal interviews Mike so new listeners can learn about how a guy from Idaho came to be a Navy pilot and a climate entrepreneur.

Signal is forgotten but we all got the message 16.04.2025 1:18:55

There aren't different rules for leaders, just sometimes different results. Think through how being sloppy with security secrets is dangerous to us all. Plus, learn about how Neal Rickner came to host Hardpoints and his journey in startups, energy, & national security.