A Brighter Tomorrow
Innovation dies when you wait for the perfect plan. Instead of rolling up your sleeves and building, many get tangled in analysis, endless meetings, and marketing plans, with nothing new to show for it. The world doesn’t need more buzzwords or whiteboard sessions. It needs things that work.
What we get instead of progress is more of the same: pseudo-innovation. Over-engineered, overhyped, and underwhelming. The result? SAD lamps and blue-blocking glasses that ignore the melanopic spectrum, red lights that offer less Red/NIR than sunlight, and a thousand gadgets designed to look nice on a coffee table—and do absolutely nothing for the people using them.
A Brighter Tomorrow
Innovation dies when you wait for the perfect plan. Instead of rolling up your sleeves and building, many get tangled in analysis, endless meetings, and marketing plans, with nothing new to show for it. The world doesn’t need more buzzwords or whiteboard sessions. It needs things that work.
What we get instead of progress is more of the same: pseudo-innovation. Over-engineered, overhyped, and underwhelming. The result? SAD lamps and blue-blocking glasses that ignore the melanopic spectrum, red lights that offer less Red/NIR than sunlight, and a thousand gadgets designed to look nice on a coffee table—and do absolutely nothing for the people using them.
We Build Things
The world isn’t simple. It’s messy, complex, and unpredictable. The people who made the most positive impact in history didn’t wait for a perfect model to tell them what to do. They built things and iterated quickly. They tested hunches. They used intuition and observation to chase results, not perfection.
Pseudo-Innovation Is Everywhere
Most products today aren’t solving problems—they’re dressing up old tech with new marketing.
Here’s the hard truth: pseudo-innovation is easier. It’s easier to make a pretty frame than rethink the light source. It’s easier to add a useless feature than tackle the core problem. And it’s easier to look investible than to be truly innovative.
We Build Things
The world isn’t simple. It’s messy, complex, and unpredictable. The people who made the most positive impact in history didn’t wait for a perfect model to tell them what to do. They built things and iterated quickly. They tested hunches. They used intuition and observation to chase results, not perfection.
Pseudo-Innovation Is Everywhere
Most products today aren’t solving problems—they’re dressing up old tech with new marketing.
Here’s the hard truth: pseudo-innovation is easier. It’s easier to make a pretty frame than rethink the light source. It’s easier to add a useless feature than tackle the core problem. And it’s easier to look investible than to be truly innovative.
High Leverage Devices
We don’t do “lab-coat theater.” We build what needs to exist.
The Ironforge didn’t come from a market report. It came from a simple observation: people need something practical to deliver a lot of red and near-infrared light quickly and effectively to target areas on the body. Recovery shouldn’t take an hour, and relief shouldn’t require over-engineered setups. So we built a device that’s powerful, easy to use, and does the job. Not complicated. Just effective.
Innovation Happens When You Move
If you’re waiting for the perfect model, you’ll wait forever. The world doesn’t work that way. Real innovation means taking action. It means acting on a hunch, asking good questions, and testing until you find something that works. And it means rejecting the fluff and noise that’s slowing the world down.
High Leverage Devices
We don’t do “lab-coat theater.” We build what needs to exist.
The Ironforge didn’t come from a market report. It came from a simple observation: people need something practical to deliver a lot of red and near-infrared light quickly and effectively to target areas on the body. Recovery shouldn’t take an hour, and relief shouldn’t require over-engineered setups. So we built a device that’s powerful, easy to use, and does the job. Not complicated. Just effective.
Innovation Happens When You Move
If you’re waiting for the perfect model, you’ll wait forever. The world doesn’t work that way. Real innovation means taking action. It means acting on a hunch, asking good questions, and testing until you find something that works. And it means rejecting the fluff and noise that’s slowing the world down.
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Founder Interview With Michael Fergus