In this episode of Venture Declassified, Mike Kelly and Jacob Schpok are joined by Grant Chapman, co-founder of Glassboard, along with GrowthX Partner Jeanette Renshaw for a candid conversation about what it really takes to build—and invest in—hard tech. Drawing from deep, hands-on experience across hardware, medtech, and physical product development, the group unpacks why hardware timelines routinely stretch, why testing and validation are chronically underestimated, and why optimism is ofte...