Episode 28
From Startup to Amazon Supplier: The Modjoul Story with Founder Eric Martinez
July 28th, 2025
48 mins 37 secs
Season 2
About this Episode
In this episode of The Hardtech Podcast, we sit down with Eric Martinez, CEO and founder of Modjoul a startup tackling one of the most overlooked but critical challenges in industry: workplace safety.
Eric shares the raw story of building a hard-tech company from the ground up including how Modjoul evolved from tracking repetitive motion injuries to building collision avoidance systems that protect workers in real time.
Highlights include:
– How Modjoul landed Amazon as a client
– Why preventative safety tech is the future
– The case for mandatory wearables in industrial settings
– The emotional side of workplace injury
– What it takes to scale a hard tech startup in a complex industry
Whether you're building hardware, selling into industrial markets, or just obsessed with innovation that actually saves lives this one’s for you.