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Gecko Robotics built a $600M company from a college project

From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project .
“Every date I went on was focused on this,” the Gecko founder said.

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Luck, skills, great ideas, and hardwork all contribute to becoming successful, IMHO.

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