Miles Dotson
Product at Material
Miles Dotson
Product at Material
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Advisor
2024 - Current
Partner, Deep Tech and Climate Focus
2017 - 2024
Head of Product, Co-Founder
2023
• Leading the development of an autonomous battery manufacturing platform at Material Hybrid Manufacturing. • Spearheading efforts to scale battery manufacturing locally in the US. • Achieved advancements in battery design, reshaping the future of sustainable manufacturing with brilliant team.
Lecturer
2023
FINA 4610: Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation Valuation, and Private Equity This course will cover qualitative and quantitative aspects of entrepreneurial finance, such as venture capital and angel financing. The structure of the course will follow the start-up’s life cycle, with modules on valuation, raising capital, diligence, security choice, follow-on investments, and the structure and valuation of exit decisions in the presence of information uncertainty. We will take the perspective of both the entrepreneur and the potential investor, with the opportunity to analyze the role of financial contracts in addressing information and alignment problems in the uncertain environments typical of entrepreneurial firms.
VC in Residence
2023
Co-Founder and Board Member
2021
Sanctuary is 501(c3) organization developing real estate proptech solutions and programs that leverage technology to empower food and artist sustainability.
Director of Investment
2018 - 2022
Head of Product, Founding Team | Techstars Seattle 2019
2018 - 2019
Senior Product Manager
2018 - 2019
Senior Product Manager
2013 - 2017
Technical Project Manager
2012 - 2013
Education
Latest Articles
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Talks about Food, Mexican Food and Tex Mex
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Talks about Airlines, Venture Capital and Business Models