Episode 16: Podcast with Antoine Kuhnast — No Money, No Network: How Antoine Built a Deep Tech Startup from Scratch
La French Tech Hong Kong and Shenzhen Podcast by La French Tech Hong Kong and Shenzhen
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What does it really take to build a startup from nothing, and scale it internationally?
In this episode, Antoine Kuhnast, Founder & CTO of Safehear, shares the unfiltered story behind building a deep tech hardware company, starting as a student with no funding, no network, and no clear roadmap.
Through pitching, failures, and real-world testing, he transformed a personal problem into a scalable industrial solution, before expanding from France to Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.
🎧 You’ll learn: • How to go from idea to first traction without resources
• How to test a new market before committing resources
• What early-stage founders often get wrong about product development
• The real differences between Europe and Asia in business execution
• Why “expanding too fast” can dest ...Â