Q-CTRL is Australia’s first VC-backed quantum technology company, which recently concluded the world's largest ever series B fundraise (for a quantum software company). Q-CTRL was founded on the hypothesis that quantum control, delivered through infrastructure software, could accelerate commercialisation of quantum technologies. In this talk, two research results will be presented that proved this hypothesis and form the foundation of Q-CTRL's business. First, a demonstration of improving the performance of a commercial quantum computer by >1000x with an automated deterministic error suppression workflow (performance quantified as the probability of producing the correct answer to the B. V. Algorithm with 16 qubits). Further results will be presented on how the workflow improves the performance of a suite of algorithms, including QAOA (163x improvement to structural similarity of optimisation landscape). Second, a demonstration of improving the robustness and performance of a quantum sensor, cold-atom gravimeter, using quantum control (sensitivity increased by 23x when gravimeter has laser fluctuations on the order of 20%). Finally, an overview of the employment opportunities in the quantum industry will be presented, with some pointers on how to best set yourself up for success.