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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 55 MIN

1188: Testing Assumptions Before Burning Capital | Kevin Hettrich, CFO, QuantumScape

from CFO THOUGHT LEADER · host Jack Sweeney

Kevin Hettrich walked into a conference room with a whiteboard full of numbers and a problem no one had fully articulated. QuantumScape’s leadership team was discussing how to scale an expensive R&D tool used to produce early battery materials. Hettrich had spent two weeks gathering data, talking with engineers, and analyzing manufacturing economics. Then he […] The post 1188: Testing Assumptions Before Burning Capital | Kevin Hettrich, CFO, QuantumScape appeared first on CFO THOUGHT LEADER.

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