drewboyles

Developer of surf-anchored destinations
| Hidden Lake Surf Resort (120 acres, PHX metro) | Moving from Predevelopment to Execution | Former Mayor, El Segundo

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

Most real estate deals don’t fail because of the concept.

They fail in predevelopment- entitlements, capital alignment, and time.

We’ve spent years solving that part first.

Now it gets interesting

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

188 people joined our investor briefing this week for a surf resort development within the Phoenix metro.

120 acres.
Surf lagoon + lake + hospitality.

Years of planning, approvals, and capital already in.

Now moving through final predevelopment and into execution.

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

@cityofelsegundo has > 25 HARD TECH companies per SQUARE MILE. No one even comes close. “Most Important 5 Square Miles”

Credit to @erik_stiebel for the research. * only 2 square miles in El Segundo is zoned for commercial.

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

From aerospace to defense, @cityofelsegundo taught us what’s possible. Now a new generation is fortifying America again.

[Ti Morse @ti_morse]

WTF is happening in El Segundo?!

Isaiah Taylor (@isaiah_p_taylor), Augustus Doricko (@ADoricko), Ted Feldmann (@tfeldmann), Cameron Schiller (@cameron62s), Zane Mountcastle (@zanemountcastle), Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma)

0:24 WTF is happening in El Segundo?!
5:34 What's shifted since the party bus
10:03 Winning in meaningful ways
15:24 Think bigger & build in the real world
19:12 Own the atoms
21:52 Abstracting away from the physical world
28:59 Attracting great talent to work on important missions
33:03 Why Gundo worked
37:18 Intermission
37:25 What's gone wrong in the past 18 months
59:23 Pressing on the gas as things start scaling
1:10:04 Why it's important to have a community & group of peers
1:14:32 Why fight for America

[Augustus Doricko @ADoricko]

The State of The Gundo

Gundo had this huge hooplah moment in early 2024. The Party Bus™️ was the peak.

Many said it was all noise. Candidly, at that point, it was a lot of noise. A dozen pre-seed companies actually don’t have much hardware or traction to show off, which should be no surprise, but for which we caught flack. So we decided to go quiet until we, collectively, could put our money where our mouth is and build civilization changing technology.

And if you can believe it, Gundo has been deliberately quiet this past year. Yes, there has been a slow drip of partnerships announcements, unveilings of hardware, huge contracts won.

Gundo companies:
- built a viable thermal prototype reactor faster than any fission company in the game.
- are doing high rate production of the most lethal drones in Europe and Asian theaters.
- modifying the weather on 3 continents and producing desalination-scale volumes of water.
- monitoring national parks and military installations across the planet with the most rugged and adaptable ISR platform in the US.
- manufacturing turbomachinery faster and cheaper for all the fanciest aerospace companies you know.
- coring critical mineral deposits throughout the American west.

And the list goes on.

And we’re all making big revenue.

And we’ve only talked about ~20% of what the Gundo companies have accomplished.

And dozens of brand new, electrifying my ambitious companies have joined this year. More coming still.

And in the next 9 months, previously unthinkable things will roll out from these founders and teams.

And when that happens, we’ll be loud and proud of having done great things.

This little town is going to be one of the most important parts of the American story of the 21st century. To those that believed in us in the beginning, thank you. To those that have joined since, welcome. To those remaining to be convinced, we look forward to building things worthy of your support.

God speed and God bless El Segundo.

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

@shaunmmaguire @neros_tech Another great @elsegundocity based company!

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Oops… mayoral successor - sorry Chris

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Only in @elsegundocity do you get a FaceTime from the CEO of @VardaSpace celebrating their 3rd successful reentry mission, W3, while grabbing a beer with your mayoral predecessor.

Space, civic pride, and great company. That’s how we do it here. @BrewportTapHous

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@AndyJungTech @elsegundocity @VardaSpace @BrewportTapHous @WillBruey @laskerer @ESBCBrews @ESBCBrews does make the best beers no doubt

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

The International Drone Capability Coalition hosted an intense competition for an FPV contract in Ukraine

@neros_tech beat over 200 companies

Neros is simultaneously optimized for scaled-manufacturing + SOTA performance

And they do this with no Chinese parts

🇺🇸 will win

[Discipulus Ventures @DiscipulusVent]

🚨 HUGE SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT

@foundersfund partner, @ScottNolan will join us at our FIRST COHORT PROGRAM in the 'Gundo! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Apply to LEARN from top industry leaders like Scott 👉 https://t.co/2AQiae5Yjn

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

Enough said. @cityofelsegundo. Thanks @OwenFileti for the information.

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HUGE NEWS for El Segundo: Interlagos, a technology invesmtnent fund, born and based in City of El Segundo is targeting $550M for their 1st fund! Fund Founders Tom Ochinero & Achal Upadhyaya have worked here in El Segundo for more than 3 decades, including at the original SpaceX HQ on Grand Ave here in El Segundo. We are beyond stoked that they will be continuing to build companies here in El Segundo. Achal previously invested in and brought two companies (Neros Technologies & Shinkei) here from the east coast to El Segundo and we look forward to so much more growth! https://t.co/7f6NuzNMna @achalsu @cityofelsegundo @SpaceX

[Dean W. Ball @deanwball]

I needed a break from AI policy, so I wrote a little piece on a recent trip I took to El Segundo, CA—home to many manufacturing, energy, and defense startups.

https://t.co/cJzjbICQgn

[drewboyles @drewboyles]

@ADoricko Yes! Sorry I missed you at Concerts in the Park! @cityofelsegundo

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@ADoricko Thank you sir. I enjoyed our talk today and appreciate your insights.

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As a CEO leading hundreds in California , I understand the unique challenges of doing business in California. @cityofelsegundo is acutely focused on doing whatever we can to nurture our vibrant and widely varied economic base, while influencing a stronger business climate at the state level. Your ideas are welcomed! Here is El Segundo-based @skyryse with their latest expansion - CONGRATS! @MarkGroden & Team! SkyRyse is implementing systems that mitigate the risk out of civil aviation.