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I'm not a financial advisor; nothing I write in Superpowers for Good should be considered investment advice. You should seek appropriate counsel before making investment decisions.Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Brian: I think my long-term thinking mindset is perhaps my superpower.Brian Belley, today's guest, has made over 200 angel investments in companies via crowdfunding sites, including an investment in The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, the company I started. He agreed to join me to talk about his insights as an investor. He is also the VP of Product at KingsCrowd.He highlights the value of starting small in crowdfunding. “One of the great things and opportunities of this industry is that you don't have to start big and write a big check. You can start really small and learn along the way.” You can refine and improve your investment process with practice.One of the tools Brian uses is KingsCrowd's ratings for offerings. Those are available to paying subscribers only, but much of the information you need to make your own evaluation is available to you right on the offering page on the portal. Typically, you can find the available deal terms, financial statements, management team information and much more right there.Many investors, Brian notes, develop an investment strategy that includes social or environmental impact. For his own investing, Brian prioritizes financial returns but loves to find companies that also provide social impact.He hit on a key topic, which is the deal terms, including valuation. A great company can offer bad terms–a valuation that is too high for instance. It literally pays to pay attention to the details. He is also careful to build a diverse portfolio, including publicly traded stocks and ETFs, in addition to his crowdfunding investments.Brian sees a key part of his investment strategy as his superpower: long-term thinking.AI Episode Summary* Devin Thorpe introduces Brian Belley, Vice President at KingsCrowd, an angel investor who has made over 200 investments via crowdfunding portals.* Brian shares the story of CrowdWise, his startup that provided educational tools and services for new investors in the crowdfunding industry and was later acquired by KingsCrowd.* Brian discusses his investment process, which involves screening and evaluating deals based on factors such as price, potential market, team evaluation, and deal terms.* He emphasizes the importance of building a diversified portfolio and considering both financial and impact factors when selecting investments.* Brian explains that he occasionally includes debt deals in his portfolio to diversify his assets and offers insights into the current dynamics of the debt deal market.* Devin highlights Brian's superpower of thinking long-term and making trade-offs that may seem like sacrifices in the short term but benefit him in the long run.* Brian suggests that slowing down, reflecting, and aligning one's compass with long-term goals can lead to greater impact and success.* He advises setting annual goals, maintaining balance in various areas of life, and periodically reflecting and making course corrections if necessary.* Brian mentions that people can connect with him on LinkedIn and learn more about KingsCrowd at kingscrowd.com and about the Crowdfunding Professional Association at cfpa.org.* The episode concludes with Devin Thorpe expressing gratitude and wishing Brian success in his investing and work at KingsCrowd.How to Develop Long-Term Thinking As a SuperpowerBrian shared an anecdote to demonstrate how fundamental his long-term thinking is to his nature:When I was seven years old, and this honestly went on for a few years, most kids around that age, right, you're asking for toys or skateboards, stuff to be outside, play with your friends, that type of thing. I actually asked for several Christmas and birthdays in a row to receive savings bonds. That's all I wanted from my family, from my friends, was to give me savings bonds for every holiday, every birthday.Now, he's investing with a long-term vision in startups–like mine.He offered some tips for developing your own long-term thinking.He notes that direction is key. On a cross-country flight from San Francisco, the difference of a few degrees can be the difference between landing in Atlanta or New York City. This requires careful upfront attention to the direction you set. Invest in yourself as you begin your investment journey. “Really small course adjustments can have an outsized impact over time.”With that as context, he notes that it is okay to slow down. “That stereotypical person in their office with the feet up on the desk might look like they're slacking off. But sometimes that's where the creativity is, it's where the good ideas are, it's where you can find your meaning.”By following Brian's advice and example, you can become a better investor, perhaps even developing a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Guest-Provided ProfileBrian Belley (he/him):Vice President of Product, KingsCrowdAbout KingsCrowd: KingsCrowd is a data-driven ratings and analytics platform powering all decisions made in the online private markets. Their mission is to assist investors in finding, researching, and tracking promising startup and small business investment opportunities online.Website: kingscrowd.comTwitter Handle: @kingscrowdincCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/KINGSCROWDTECH/Biographical Information: An Aerospace engineer by training, Brian is an active angel investor, having invested in over 200 startups.  Brian is the Founder of Crowdwise and VentureWallet, acquired by KingsCrowd in 2021. He is now the Vice President of Product at KingsCrowd, helping startup investors make more informed investment decisions. Brian also serves on the Board of Directors for the Crowdfunding Professional Association and is an advisor to numerous startups, including a funding portal that focuses exclusively on space startups, Spaced Ventures. Twitter Handle: @brianbelleyPersonal Facebook Profile: fb.com/brianjbelley/Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/brianbelley/For the September SuperCrowdHour, I'm going to share some of the lessons I've learned from making dozens of crowdfunding investments and talking to hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors. You'll learn not just how to make investments via crowdfunding but how to make money doing it.Many impact crowdfunding investors focus on impact first. I admire the approach but note that a goal for maximizing impact is best accomplished by making money. It works two ways. A company that goes out of business has no impact after it dies. One that grows profitably can do unlimited amounts of good. Furthermore, if the investment delivers financial results to you, you can reinvest and do more good as an investor!If you're focused primarily on making money, you'll find this session helpful, too. We'll discuss maximizing financial returns. Don't miss it!Register now for half-price! Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe

Andy Aldrin is the President of the Aldrin Family Foundation, a charity dedicated to harnessing the inspiration of space to ignite a passion for STEAM education in students of all ages and backgrounds. In this episode, Ben and Andy talk about the Aldrin Family Foundation, why they have teamed up with the University of Sunderland (in the UK), what it was like growing up with Buzz as a father and the future of Space tourism! Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:17 Spaced Ventures www.spacedventures.com 00:41 Andy Aldrin Introduction 01:23 New Years resolution/thoughts 03:15 Artemis 1 & Starship 05:25 Polaris Dawn & Space Tourism 06:20 Launch cost 10:38 Buzz Aldrin as a father 13:00 Aldrin Family Foundation (AFF) 15:09 Space Tourism and access to space 22:04 The night sky 22:36 AFF origin 27:47 Why Sunderland? 28:50 Differences between UK and US students 34:33 Wrap up and socials Follow the Aldrin Family Foundation Website: https://aldrinfoundation.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AldrinFamilyFoundation Twitter: https://twitter.com/AldrinFamilyFdn Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! (NEW - YOUTUBE): www.youtube.com/@astrobenpodcast Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Jared Isaacman is an American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder, CEO of Draken International and Shift4 Payments. As well as being commander of the iconic inspiration 4 mission last year, Jared will command the Polaris Dawn mission, the first private spaceflight in a series of missions named the Polaris Program which starts early next year. In this episode, Ben and Jared discuss the upcoming Polaris missions, his entrepreneurial journey and his relationship with SpaceX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 0:16 Spaced Ventures 00:40 Jared Isaacman 01:22 The importance of reflection 02:52 Shift 4 Payments  05:22 Where did Jared's passion for space start? 07:42 Telling board about space dreams 10:18 Hand over business responsibility when in space? 12:08 Inspiration 4 success 15:08 When did SpaceX conversation start? 17:20 Polaris Dawn conception 18:35 Timing for Polaris Dawn 23:34 What to look for in a crew?  25:15 Upcoming Polaris missions 26:40 Moon & Mars 28:02 Family Life 29:44 Advice to budding space entrepreneurs 34:00 Wrap up and socials Follow the Polaris Program Website: https://polarisprogram.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rookisaacman & https://twitter.com/polarisprogram Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polarisprogram/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Dr Brian Keating is a Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a writer and podcaster and the best-selling author of one of Amazon Editors' ‘Best Non-fiction Books of All Time”, Losing the Nobel Prize. In this episode, Ben and Brian discuss “losing the Nobel prize”, how young scientists need to be wary of confirmation bias, the importance of science communication and why we should all look up at the stars! Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:37 Introduction to Dr Brian Keating 01:40 Losing the Nobel Prize  09:40 What is the James Webb Space Telescope telling us? 13:55 Potential of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 17:50 “Into The Impossible” Podcast - subscribe on Apple  24:50 Eric Weinstein & The Portal - Geometric Unity  31:10 Current area's of research and what Brian would do with a “blank cheque”? 36:50 What Ben would/should do to promote the podcast! 39:00 Wrap Up and socials Follow Dr Brian Keating Website: https://briankeating.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrBrianKeating/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/losingthenobelprize/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Julie McEnery is the Project Scientist for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. In this role, she is the scientific lead of a NASA Astrophysics flagship mission that will study the expansion history of the Universe, the evolution of cosmic structure and perform a statistical census of planets around other stars. Her scientific research focuses on the study of extreme high energy transients and the development of the ground and space based observatories needed to pursue this.  She is the senior scientist for high energy astrophysics at Goddard Space Flight Center, and co-director of the Joint Space Sciences Center between Goddard and the University of Maryland. In this episode, Ben and Julie discuss the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, it's timeline and how it compares to the JWST  ‘Instead of seeing deep, seeing wide'. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:16 Spaced Ventures 00:42 Introduction to Dr Julie Mc Enery 01:25 Working for NASA 03:15 How did Julie start her fascination with space? 04:30 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (NGRST) - what is it? 07:34 Importance of ‘Nancy Grace' name 08:34 ‘Mother of Hubble' 09:06 Timeline for launch 10:33 ‘Day in the life' - current build stage (as of 2022) 12:33 Impact of JWST 13:50 ‘Instead of seeing deep, seeing wide' 15:07 Dark Energy and Dark Matter 19:53 Predictions about findings from NGRST/short puppy disturbance

Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab and a leading entrepreneur in the growing in-space economy. Spacecraft are no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab delivers the fuel and other materials that are required, where and when they are needed, to enable business models never before thought possible. In this episode, Ben and Jeremy discuss getting to orbit in year 1, the challenges of “building an empire” and why we should hope for a Mc Donalds in space!  Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest into shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:19 Spaced Ventures 00:40 Jeremy Schiel is the Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Orbit Fab 01:20 Where does the name “Orbit Fab” come from? 02:00 How Jeremy met his co-founder Daniel Faber and started Orbit Fab 02:52 Space conference 03:50 Gas Stations in Space! 04:39 Types of refuelling 05:50 Getting to Orbit 08:19 RAFTI (Rapid Attachable Fluid Transfer Interface) 12:08 Launch Provider  13:13 Minimising Spacejunk 15:20 Technical challenges of Orbit Fab 16:58 Fundraising 20:55 Partnership with Astroscale 22:10 Why Orbit Fab UK? 24:00 Orbit Fab 2023 - what to expect? 27:30 CONFERS 29:10 Opportunities for innovation 33:34 Advice to entrepreneur's  35:40 Long term aspirations for Orbit Fab 36:47 Follow Orbit Fab Website: https://www.orbitfab.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrbitFab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrbitFab/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbitfab/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orbitfab/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Stephen Bassett is a political activist, Disclosure advocate and the executive director of Paradigm Research Group (PRG) founded in 1996 to end a government imposed embargo on the truth behind extraterrestrial related phenomena. He has spoken to audiences around the world about the implications of "Disclosure" - the  formal confirmation by heads of state of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race. In this episode, Ben and Stephen discuss how Stephen's lobbying contributed to Hilary Clinton using the term “UAP” instead of “UFO” in the Presidential race 2016 and are we heading towards “Disclosure”?! Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:41 Introduction to Stephen Bassett 01:28 What does the US government know about extra terrestrials? 07:00 Who knows what?! 11:30 Why a truth embargo? 20:53 UFO's vs UAP's 27:32 Paradigm Research Group - how it has evolved 33:16 Pentagon Announcement 37:17 When will “Disclosure” happen? 43:18 Print Media Archive https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/media-archive/ 46:34 Wrap up and socials Follow Stephen Bassett Website: www.paradigmresearchgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBassett Discussed  pending bill in the U.S. Congress: sections 703, 704 and 705 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4503/text Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Welcome to Pathfinder #0025, brought to you by Spaced Ventures, the planet's first public space investment portal. Today, we'll be talking about what in the world Amazon is up to in space, with someone who can speak to this probably better than almost anyone else on the planet. Clint Crosier served in the US Air Force and Space Force for 33 years, and helped stand up the latter branch. After retiring as a major general, Amazon recruited Clint to lead AWS's Aerospace and Satellites division. AWS is short for Amazon Web Services, which you'll hear a lot in this conversation. For the uninitiated, AWS is the world's leading cloud computing vendor by market share and revenue. In the last calendar year, Amazon's cloud unit made $62 billion, representing a 37% year over year increase over 2020. And it posted an $18 billion operating profit. AWS's Aerospace & Satellites group announced today that it had achieved a first, by running artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms on a real-life, orbiting satellite. Clint and Ryan unpack the announcement, and also discuss what his team's building, who they're working with, how cloud and space fit together, and a whole lot more. ABOUT US Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand built from the ground up for a new age of space exploration and commercialization. We deliver need-to-know news and insights daily to 12,000+ decision-makers across commercial, civil, and military space. Payload began as a weekly newsletter sent to a handful of friends and colleagues. Today, we have three media properties and publish across multiple platforms. Our team is distributed across four time zones and two continents. We aim to inform but also educate and entertain, and we serve a highly concentrated audience of decision-makers in the commercial, civil, and military space sectors. And while we have designs on becoming the biggest space content company in the galaxy, for now, we publish: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, every Monday to Friday morning 2) Pathfinder, this podcast, on Tuesday mornings 3) ...and

Dr. Doug Corrigan is a physicist, biochemist, and molecular biologist, and is the author of the book “The Author of Light.” As a Graduate Fellow, he worked with NASA on microgravity experiments that flew aboard the Space Shuttle. Later in his career, Dr. Corrigan launched a biotech company that developed tools to help the pharmaceutical industry discover new antiviral drugs. He is an avid innovator, and has developed award-winning concepts for new medical devices, 3D printing technologies, cellular assays, nanotechnologies, sensors, and new materials. In this episode Ben and Doug discuss the properties of light, the existence of God and poly molecular health. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:22 This weeks sponsor Spaced Ventures 00:54 Dr Doug Corrigan 01:58 Fascination with the cosmos 03:57 The Author of Light: Did God reveal his identity in the physics of light (You can buy Doug's book here) https://www.amazon.com/Author-Light-Reveal-Identity-Physics/dp/B08KH97THM/ 09:15 The Big Bang  12:56 Pushback from Academia about God in Science? 15:47 Bio tech company 18:02 Polymolecular Health 25:20 Experience with NASA 34:24 Twitter  36:14 Wrap up and socials Follow Dr Doug Corrigan Website: https://sciencewithdrdoug.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceWDrDoug Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Aaron Burnett is the Founder and CEO of Spaced Ventures, the world's largest community of space investors. Spaced Ventures provides early-stage, pre-seed, and seed capital for space companies. It also provides public access to curated private space investments for both accredited and non-accredited investors. In this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, John Corcoran is joined by Aaron Burnett, the Founder and CEO of Spaced Ventures, to talk about investing in the space industry. They also discuss the cost of access to space, the benefits of space exploration, and how Spaced Ventures' business model works.

Aurora is a research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech and also works as a scientist on the NASA Exoplanet Archive.  Aurora is primarily an observational astronomer and her research interests include exoplanets atmospheres and brown dwarfs.   In this episode Ben and Aurora discuss nervous launch moments, the difference between a red and a brown dwarf and what it means to get “JWST time”! Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:19 Spaced Ventures - Invest in companies like Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc 01:22 Introduction to Aurora Kesseli 2:02 Artemis 1 04:00 NASA Exoplanet Archive 04:48 The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) 08:24 NASA Exoplanet Archive secrecy? 09:49 What are Brown Dwarfs? 12:28 Day in the life of Aurora 14:12 Space telescopes! 15:45 Where to point JWST? 18:40 How does JWST work? 20:32 Earth 2.0 26:08 Outreach  28:58 Favourite Sci-Fi and predicting the future 33:34 Wrap up and socials Follow Aurora Kesseli Website: www.aurorakesseli.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/aurora_kess Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He is currently President of The Origins Project Foundation, and host of The Origins Podcast, His wide research interests have focused on the interface between elementary particle physics and cosmology, including the origin and evolution of the Universe and the fundamental structure of matter.  In this episode, Ben and Lawrence discuss the “known unknowns” of the universe, the Origin's Project and is there comfort in not knowing the answers to life's big questions? Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:00 Intro and Spaced Ventures 00:57 Lawrence Krauss 02:29 What we should be asking about the universe in 2022? “The Known Unknowns” preorder here  07:14 Cosmogony - “how the universe started” buy “A Universe from Nothing” here  10:22 A universe from nothing  12:30 Lawrence's background - did it shape his current views? 13:48 The Origin's Project 16:30 Big Questions 17:38 Kip Thorne  18:54 Private companies involvement with Space 23:10 Big Experiments with unlimited budget 25:28 UAP's 27:00 Likelihood's of “anything” 28:30 The Physics of Star Trek  30:08 Where did Lawrence's passion for space come from? 31:25 Wrap up and socials Follow Lawrence Krauss Website - https://www.lawrencemkrauss.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceMKrauss/ Twitter -  https://twitter.com/LKrauss1 Substack - https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/ Origins Project - https://originsproject.org/events/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Today's episode takes us to the bleeding edge of Earth observation, where one startup aims to bring what it claims is a step change in multispectral data to the commercial markets. Our guest, Awais Ahmed, is the CEO and cofounder of Pixxel. The Indian-American startup, which is building a health monitor for Earth, has raised $32M+ to build a 36-satellite constellation of hyperspectral imaging satellites. Today's episode is brought to you by Spaced Ventures, which recently launched an effort to open an investment round into SpaceX. The space investment portal has received over $38M million in pledges from 2,200 investors. A sneak peek into Pathfinder #0023 What prompted Awais and cofounder/CTO Kshitij Khandelwal to start the company (hint: the origin story is a running theme in recent Pathfinder episodes) Comparisons between multispectral and hyperspectral data collection Capturing 200+ bands at five-meter resolution and a 24-hour revisit rate “It's early days” for space commercialization in India, but the sector has a bright future The tech tailwinds powering the startup, along with its key initial use cases and market verticals The startup's views on launch and how Pixxel selects rockets for its satellites' trips to space We unpack Pixxel's long-term vision for mapping the solar system *CHAPTERS* (03:16) What are you putting on orbit? (06:48) Hyperspectral introduction (10:55) Space products for companies (12:26) Origin story of Pixxel (18:46) The stresses of launching a payload (24:25) How India is a competitive advantage for Pixxel (28:07) Technology tailwinds + Pixxel's tech stack (39:08) End users + use cases for this technology (43:12) Hyperspectral vs. synthetic aperture radar (46:52) A *massively* high concentration of commercial, rather than government, customers (49:09) How to pick a launch provider + getting to final destination, space tugs, etc. (52:10) Pixxel's long-term vision for mapping the solar system *LINKS* https://www.pixxel.space/ https://twitter.com/awaisahmedna https://payloadspace.com/pixxel-series-a/ https://www.pixxel.space/vision https://www.pixxel.space/technology https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixxelspace/ *ABOUT US* Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand, and while we have designs on becoming the biggest space content company in the galaxy, for now, we publish: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, every Monday to Friday morning 2) Pathfinder, this podcast, on Tuesday mornings 3) ...and

Bailey is an experienced system engineer with a history of working in mechanical engineering in the space industry. Bailey does a lot of STEM outreach and is also an accomplished “analogue astronaut” with plans to do more missions next year. Bailey is a Rubik's Cube ambassador and has solved a Rubik's cube with ZeroG! In this episode, Ben and Bailey discuss trusting in yourself and your equipment, why we are all Jedi force wielders and why are Rubik's cubes so cool in space! Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 01:03 Spaced Ventures  01:26 Introducing Bailey ‘ninjaneergirl' 02:30 How Bailey got into space? 04:04 Paragon 04:31 Axiom 05:30 Space suits for space tourists? 06:19 Making space suits suitable for all 07:34 Analogue Astronauts - hi seas  https://www.hi-seas.org/ 10:19 Main function of analogues  12:25 What makes hi seas so good  13:20 No phone in analogue! 14:25 Analogue at sea! 16:20 Scuba Diving Vs Spacewalks  18:25 Rubik's cube  20:31 Why is Rubik's so cool in space? 23:00 Inspiring the next generation 24:50 SpaceKind http://www.spacekind.org/ 29:25 Jedi force wielders! 31:39 Overview Effect 33:35 Bailey's aspirations for the future 36:25 Wrap up and socials Follow Bailey Burns: Website - www.aspacestory.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ninjaneergirl/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ninjaneergirl Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Andy is the CEO and cofounder of Stoke Space, a startup that aims to build 100% reusable rockets. The startup raised a $9.1M seed round in 2020, graduated from Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch, and then announced a $65M Series A in December. All the while, Stoke has been moving quickly to build a completely new kind of rocket. Today's episode is sponsored by Spaced Ventures, which recently launched an effort to open an investment round into SpaceX. The space investment portal has received over $38M million in pledges from 2,150+ investors. Find out more at https://www.spacedventures.com/ TIMESTAMPS 01:57 — Andy's resume, from Cornell to Blue Origin and beyond 06:54 — Leaving Blue and thinking through what's next 08:36 — Thesis, team, & track record 12:06 — An engineering challenge, not a science problem 15:52 — Escaping Earth's gravity well is no small feat 18:36 — $$$ 22:18 — Analogy from the high seas and 200 years ago 24:02 — What Stoke is doing differently ... and @ 24:55 the unsolved problem 28:38 — The most novel part to Stoke's approach 33:24 — Speed, vertical integration, and tightly coupled systems 37:21 — The test stand in Moses Lake, Washington 39:44 — Fundraising, from the seed round to a $65M Series A 40:15 — Sustainability 52:45 — Testing + developing a reusable second stage 1:00:49 — Stoke in a post-Starship world 1:04:05 — Who will the customers be? LINKS https://www.stokespace.com/ https://twitter.com/stoke_space https://twitter.com/AndyLapsa https://payloadspace.com/stoke-series-a/ https://twitter.com/Ryandoofy ABOUT US Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand, and while we have designs on becoming the biggest space content company in the galaxy, for now, we publish: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, every Monday to Friday morning 2) Pathfinder, this podcast, on Tuesday mornings 3) ...and

Nika Chinchaladze is a space entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of Altair Enterprises - a space education company with the goal of accelerating the growth of the new space economy by providing globally accessible on-demand learning, fostering international cooperation, and supplying the industry with the next generation workforce - organisers of the International Space Convention - one of the biggest annual space industry business conferences - & the authors of “Space Business 101: 7 Steps to Position Yourself in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry.” In this episode, Ben and Nicholas discuss the aims of the ISC, the challenges of being a space entrepreneur and how to position yourself in the next trillion dollar industry. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:18 Shout out to our sponsors – Spaced Ventures 01:10 This week's guest Nika Chinchaladze 02:28 Altair Enterprises 03:15 How Nika met his business partner Martynas 03:57 Passion for space industry? 05:08 The International Space Convention (ISC), how it began? 09:12 Physical vs virtual events 11:34 ISC themes 2023 14:30 Curating speakers 16:00 Challenges for space industry entrepreneurs  18:10 aims for conference  20:20 The next trillion dollar industry - accessibility?  22:40 Co founder relationships  24:50 Altair Academy  27:30 Would Nika go to space? 28:30 Aspirations for Altair?  29:50 Advice for ‘wannabe' space entrepreneurs  33:00 Wrap up and socials (note Ben means *ISC 2023* - sorry) Follow Altaire:  www.altairenterprises.com and www.altairenterprises.store ISC 2023: Nika would like to give The Astro Ben Podcast listeners 60% off online tickets to ISC 2023! When registering use this discount link: https://bit.ly/ASTROBEN About International Space Convention 2022: ISC 2022 is a hybrid event where you can attend in-person or online and get an exclusive 3-day access to over 95 lectures from over 100 world-renowned space industry speakers and experts, ranging from government space agencies to private space companies discussing everything from new rising trends to advances and concepts in space industry, including: Earth and Deep Space Observation, SatCom and Data Analysis, Human Space Missions, Space Law and Regulations, Commercial Space Travel, Financial Outlook of the Space Industry, Funding Opportunities for the Emerging Space Start-Ups and many more great topics. Get your Free eBook! Space Business 101: 7 Steps to Position Yourself in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry. Here's the link to get the Free eBook: https://bit.ly/space-business-101  Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

Today is Opposite Day at Pathfinder. Rather than interview someone, Ryan himself is sitting down in the hot seat to take an hour's worth of questions. Our guest host is cofounder Mo Islam. Though he's Ryan's coworker, he's also his boss and a fair, unsparing interviewer. Pathfinder #0021 is brought to you by Spaced Ventures, the planet's first space investment portal. Spaced Ventures recently launched an effort to open an investment round into SpaceX, and as of this writing, has received $36.6M+ in pledges from more than 2,050 investors. Okay, here we go…Today's guest is Ryan Duffy, the managing editor of Payload and host of Pathfinder. Our discussion with Ryan peels back the curtain to offer an inside look into how the ever-growing Payload newsroom operates. What we cover: a sneak peek Launching the daily Payload newsletter and what we've learned one year in Ryan's experience creating Morning Brew's second product Digital media startups and newsletter-first distribution models Evolving from curation to original reporting and analysis Popular narratives vs. what's actually happening in the space industry Who we write for at Payload and how we see our audience Ryan launders the best insights and talking points from previous Pathfinder alumni Hype cycles in space and other emerging technology-dominant industries What's next for Payload

Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology and is a Professor of Science at Harvard University. He had been the longest serving chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). In July 2021, Avi became head of The Galileo Project. The project was inspired by the detection of ʻOumuamua' and by release of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). In this episode, Ben and Avi discuss how Oumuamua (the first interstellar object detected to pass through the solar system) could be space junk or it could be a message in a bottle from an extra terrestrial civilisation. They discuss the importance of interstellar archeology and why we should be looking further for evidence that we are not the only sentient beings in the universe! Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:00 Introduction to episode with Avi Loeb and the incredible podcast sponsor – Spaced Ventures 01:00 Who is Avi Loeb? 01:54 How Ben heard about Avi over Covid 02:57 What is Oumuamua (or what it isn't!) 09:45 Project Galileo https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home 10:28 What Avi thinks Oumuamua is and where is it going? 14:00 How did it escape the suns gravity?  16:30 US government 2019 announcement - UAPS? 19:00 New telescope in Chilli - like a dating app! 20:58 Where to look first? 22:42 NASA's Dart Mission - planetary defence - job done? 26:15 Project Lyra (chase Oumuamua) is it possible? 29:00 What scientific discoveries does Avi want to live long enough to witness? 33:15 Physics is a dialogue with nature  35:00 Wrap up and socials  Follow Avi Loeb Website - https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/ Essays - https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Opinion.html   Buy Avi's latest book   Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

We're 20 weeks into publishing the Pathfinder podcast—and we have a great episode in store for you to mark the occasion. Our guest is Laura Crabtree, cofounder and CEO of Epsilon3. Today's episode is sponsored by Spaced Ventures, the planet's first space investment portal. Spaced Ventures has recently launched an effort to open an investment round into SpaceX. Find out more at www.spacedventures.com About Epsilon3: The startup has developed an operating system (OS) for space missions. The streamlined software tool helps space companies keep tabs on complex engineering, testing, and operational procedures. Epsilon3's customers include Inversion, Orbit Fab, Virgin Galactic, Firefly, Stoke, Stratolaunch, and Privateer, among other companies. And more about our guest : Laura began her space career at Northrop Grumman, before moving on to SpaceX, where she helped put the US back in the human spaceflight biz. She worked on the Dragon ops team and was on the console for the spacecraft's first flight, its first mission to the ISS, and subsequent commercial crew programs. She also worked on the F9 and Dragon Recovery teams. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro 3:06 — Putting the US back in the human spaceflight business 5:12 — Other highlights from Laura's time as a SpaceX'er 7:43 — The state of play in space mission management 10:07 — Why are space missions managed and tracked on pen, paper, Word, and Excel? 15:23 — Quantifying Epsilon3's effectiveness 19:16 — Building industry tools that everybody needs 21:53 — The beauty of elegant software tools 25:13 — When you got started, was it a non-obvious or counterintuitive bet to think the space industry was big enough to support its own software startup? 28:28 — A discussion of Epsilon3's customer base 31:36 — Meme cameo 35:12 — Going through Y Combinator 38:43 — Growing with current users and acquiring new customers 49:15 — Where the Epsilon3 name cames from LINKS Website — https://www.epsilon3.io/ Laura's Twitter — https://twitter.com/llcrabbie LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/epsilon3inc/ Ryan's Twitter — https://twitter.com/Ryandoofy ABOUT US Pathfinder is brought to you by Payload, a modern space media brand, and while we have designs on becoming the biggest space content company in the galaxy, for now, we publish: 1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, every Monday to Friday morning 2) Pathfinder, this podcast, on Tuesday mornings 3) ...and

In this episode we talk about predicting extreme weather, timely (if not planned!) given hurricane Ian -- by the way, we hope you are all safe & sound! Dan Harkins, the COO of Tropical Weather Analytics will tell us about extreme weather and how their proposed satellite constellation may help us predict it.    TWA Website: https://weathersats.com/   Opportunities to learn more about space & the space economy: Check out the edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy Do you want to specifically learn about investing in Space? Join the pre-release of Raphael's new live-taught course on Maven:  https://maven.com/space-business-institute/investing-course Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI. Stay tuned for the English translation, which should come out soon. The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast   Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:30 Elevator pitch 3:22 NASA's weather prediction tech 4:09 Prediction timeframe and accuracy 8:17 The Polar Vortex 9:03 Why has nobody done this before? 11:24 What Tropical Weather Analytics provides 15:03 Measuring wind 17:13 The ESA Arctic Weather Satellite and other sources of data 19:32 Reluctance to use this data 23:55 Key customer segments and go to market strategy 28:14 Aviation 30:53 Satellites 32:28 Timeline, fundraising and vision 35:27 Microwave sounders 38:23 Climate Change analysis 39:30 Origin story 40:50 What else to do in the space sector 43:11 Sci-Fi NB: Dan briefly mentions Spaced Ventures at some point. For full disclosure, Raphael is a member of Spaced's investment advisory committee. As a reminder, the podcast is purely for journalistic purposes and nothing constitutes investment advice or solicitation.

Hayley Arceneaux is a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant, a career she committed to at age ten, after surviving pediatric bone cancer. She is also now a member of the SpaceX medical team, where she helps medically train commercial astronauts. She joined SpaceX's first private spaceflight, Inspiration4, on September 15, 2021, and successfully water-landed three days later. At age twenty-nine, she became the youngest American to orbit the earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor in space, and the first astronaut with a prosthetic body part. In this episode, Ben and Hayley discuss how Hayley had to keep the fact she was going to space a secret, the overview effect, how she never got claustrophobic on Crew Dragon and her new memoir, WILD RIDE: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:00 Episode 50 00:49 This weeks sponsor - Spaced Ventures 01:40 Hayley Arceneaux 02:30 How Hayley found out she was going to space 04:15 Keeping the secret 05:00 Reaction to space news 05:34 Hayley's journey through fighting cancer 09:00 Does Hayley feel the pressure being an inspiration? 10:34 Thoughts around free health care 12:42 The overview effect - reaction to seeing the 15:10 What was it actually like on Crew Dragon? 17:15 How was sleeping on board? 19:15 Responsibilities on board 20:55 Inspiring the next generation 22:36 Landing at sea 25:06 Hayley's Motivation for writing her book   27:26 What Hayley learnt about herself 29:00 Hayley's plans for the future 30:00 Audio book 31:37 Wrap up and socials Buy “WILD RIDE” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Ride-Memoir-Drips-Rocket-ebook/dp/B09S3J4DJT Buy “Wild Ride” on Penguin: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712670/wild-ride-by-hayley-arceneaux/?pdivflag# Follow Hayley: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArceneauxHayley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hayleyarc/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/

In Episode 49 Ben speaks to Emily Higgins, the Director of Communications and Special Projects for Uplift Aerospace, documenting and creating the infrastructure for "Next Space" within the aerospace industry using advanced technologies, art, and Web3. Within her role at Uplift, Higgins is also the Director of Space+, the world's first Web3 Space Program. Her role encompasses content production and curation for building brand recognition, and astronaut wrangling. In this episode, Ben and Emily discuss the importance of making space accessible to all, Starborn Treasure Hunt, the future of crypto in space and the importance of educating and community building for Space+. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. Follow Space+: 00:00 Intro and thanks to our sponsors - Spaced Ventures 00:47 Emily Higgins 01:28 What on Earth is Web3? 03:30 NFT's in Space 05:50 Uplift Space & Space+ 12:33 Power of NFT community and how business model stacks up? 15:44 Open Sea & Launches 17:01 Starborn Treasure Hunt 19:33 Educating Space industry on crypto 21:22 Value of crypto in space in the future 25:18 Future astronaut training 29:19 Community Building 31:01 Digital launch viewing? 31:44 Long term vision for Space+ 33:38 To The Moon! 34:38 Wrap ups and socials Follow Space+ Website: https://www.spaceplus.xyz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/spaceplusnft Discord: https://discord.com/invite/spaceplusnft Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceplusnft/ Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/launch-pass Starborn Premint: https://www.premint.xyz/starborn-treasure-hunt/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Linked-in: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/  

In episode 48 Ben speaks to Dallas Campbell, a British television presenter, television and stage actor, best known as a presenter on the Channel 5 series The Gadget Show in 2008 and BBC One science series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 to 2012. He's a well known science communicator who has just back from filming a new series on Hydrogen (coming soon to Youtube). In this episode, Ben and Dallas discuss science communication, space documentaries, private space companies, the significance of Artemis and the excitement about the UK having a  "Space launch" capability. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:18 Spaced Ventures Sponsor  00:48 Introducing Dallas Campbell 01:24 Current series on Hydrogen and Dallas's career to date (The Gadget Show/Bang Goes the Theory) 07:00 Contact with former presenters 08:30 Space shows  10:20 Science communication 12:08 Artemis era (compared to Apollo) 15:38 Privatisation of Space industry (SpaceX/Blue Origin) 18:34 UK Launch Space Launch capability (Space Port Cornwall) 20:23 Ad Astra - Illustrated Space  21:47 Space documentaries  24:24 Supersized Earth: 10 years on - projects like Neom, is it time for a second series?  27:00 Hyperloop 27:25 Dallas Campbells podcast Patented History of Inventions: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/welcome-to-patented-history-of-inventions/id1612089556?i=1000552466585) 30:11 Space Bar with Astro Agency 31:21 Dallas's new series on Hydrogen (coming soon to YouTube)  33:26  Wrap up and socials Follow Dallas Campbell: Website: https://www.dallascampbell.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallascampbell Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedallascampbell/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-astro-ben-podcast/    

In Episode 47, Ben chats to space industry legend and Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Space - Clay Mowry. Clay has previously held leadership positions at Blue Origin and Arianespace. In this episode, they discuss the significance of Artemis, the privatisation of the space industry, how he got offered a job at Blue Origin and what he hopes to achieve as incoming President at the International Astronautical Federation. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsor: Spaced Ventures: https://www.spacedventures.com/ to invest shares of actual space startups! (Note from Ben - due to having record in a different location for this episode, Bens sound quality was not great at times - back to normal next episode (sorry)!) OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:18 Sponsor on board: Spaced Ventures 01:28 Introducing Clay Mowry 02:20 Artemis 04:04 Launch significance of Artemis 1 05:20 Risk of launch 07:17 Why is Clay a good leader? 11:00 Experience at Arian-Space & early privatisation of space 15:23 How Clay got approached by Blue Origin 18:15 Blue Origin's Mission 22:05 New role as Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager 26:00 Nanoracks 27:40 Starlab 31:00 Science park business model 31:55 incoming President Elect IAF  37:08 Wrap up and socials Follow Clay Mowry: Website: https://voyagerspace.com/ & https://www.iafastro.org/biographie/clayton-mowry.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/voyagersh & https://twitter.com/ClayMowry Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-astro-ben-podcast/ Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The City of Brownsville is spending $1 million to overhaul its permitting system, interim city manager Helen Ramirez has announced. The reason for doing it, Ramirez said, is to make it easier for businesses to relocate to the city.Ramirez announced the news during a recent conference titled: “The Future of Aerospace, Defense & Energy.” Held at the Brownsville Events Center, the conference was co-hosted by SelectUSA, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation. Ramirez is executive director of GBIC.SelectUSA is a program run by the U.S. Department of Commerce that seeks to attract foreign direct investment to the United States. Every June, SelectUSA hosts a major summit near Washington, D.C. In addition, it has regional spinoff events. Brownsville was the only city in Texas to be selected for a spinoff event. GBIC had to select two industries to focus on and it chose aerospace and energy.In a speech at the spinoff, Ramirez gave a shout out to J. Brant Arseneau, founding partner at 9Point8 Capital and a founder of Spaced Ventures. Both have a presence in Brownsville. She also praised Natalie Rens, founder of Astreia, a company that is building Habitat Zero, a community of 125 homes designed to support Brownsville's growing aerospace hub.Both Arseneau and Rens spoke at the spinoff event.“The fact that they are locating here, they are growing here and believe what we are doing and then tell the world about us is very important because this is a great place to do business,” Ramirez said.“It is an easy place to do business. We are not Austin. We do not want to be another city. We want to be us. We don't want to be known for a permitting process that takes a year and a half to two years. We don't and we won't be that. That is why we redid our codes. The city is doing a new permitting system, spending a million dollars on just how do we streamline permits because we know it can be difficult.”Ramirez added: “So, it is those types of things that the city is doing, that the county is doing to really accelerate the Space economy in our region.”This podcast features Ramirez's remarks at the aerospace conference. 

In this episode, we sit down with Aaron Burnett of Spaced Ventures. They are a crowdfunding platform specifically geared toward the space industry. We discuss the current financial state of the industry, the issues with traditional capital raising elements applied to the space industry and Aaron's hopes of visiting a martian 5-star Hotel in the next few decades. Check out their website for direct investment access to privately held space companies https://www.spacedventures.com/ https://www.cislunarexp.com/ Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-vincent-mirolli-b78393a9/

Welcome to the new kid on the street, Spaced Ventures is changing the game by bringing crowdfunding to space founders. Keeping it simple, keeping it safe, and keeping it open to the public, working to drop the limits and help innovation take over the future through crowdfunding and investment initiatives. Listen in as Aaron Burnett shares his passion for investing in innovation with the masses.

With the explosion of the commercial space industry, there is an increasing interest in investing in space companies. One of the options is a form of crowd funding offered by a company called Space Ventures, and our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is Aaron Burnett, its founder and CEO. Spaced Ventures bills itself as the planet's first public space investment portal. By building in access to industry experts and a growing network of space enthusiasts, raising your funding with Spaced Ventures could set your company up for long term success, according to the company. On the podcast, Aaron talks about how crowdfunding works for individuals interested in investing in space companies. Spaced Ventures works with a select group of heavily vetted companies that have a high probability of success. But while investing in space companies has often been limited to a small number of people, Spaced Ventures allows smaller investors to have access to those opportunities. Space is a dynamic, capital intensive industry but its current capital formation is nascent. 98% of space investment has gone to companies in Series A and beyond, while the vast majority of space startups have little or no options for seed funding. The company believes that it is "time to innovate out of the current government and billionaire-only space funding model. We're proud to provide a platform that allows regular people to invest as little as $100 to show their support for space entrepreneurs all around the world." How does what happens in space affect your everyday life? The Ex Terra podcast is dedicated to introducing you to many of the interesting people involved in the commercial space industry, and taking you behind the scenes with many of the companies making significant contributions to the new space economy. The podcast is available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Overcast, Pocketcasts and Radio Public. #InvestinginSpaceCompanies #CrowdfundingforSpaceCompanies #SmallInvestors #SeedCapital #SpacedVentures #ExTerraJSC

Chris Lustrino welcomes Spaced Ventures founder and CEO Aaron Burnett to talk about how investors can support the future of space.

Happy Earth Day!  Satellites improve our life on Earth by providing valuable data about our incredible planet.  How exactly do satellites work? What kind of data do we need to improve, save, and protect our Earth?   Here's your 1-0-1 on satellites! From how they work, how they acquire power, how they navigate in orbit, and how they help us all benefit from the data they provide back to us on Earth! Mark Lorden is our expert guide as the co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of Exo-Space, where he and his team are working to leverage their expertise in A.I., machine vision, and satellite design to offer software and hardware packages that can withstand the harsh environment of space. Together, Beth and Mark discuss roller coasters, satellite hardware, CubeSats, how satellites can help us fight fires, space startups and how the public can actively participate in space innovation!   "To us, space presents the opportunity for the betterment of human society -- both on the Earth's surface, by gaining holistic awareness of activities and conditions to better inform policy and action, and in the depths of the universe, by expanding the frontiers of humankind. The development of the commercial space industry that's happening right now represents massive steps toward a better tomorrow." Learn More about Mark Lorden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-lorden-799a9967/  Learn more about Exo-Space at: https://www.exo-space.com/  Support/ Invest in Exo-Space at Spaced Ventures here: https://www.spacedventures.com/

Horacio spoke with Aaron Burnett, Founder, and CEO of Spaced Ventures, an investment platform for startup space companies. Think of companies in satellite imaging, space insulation, rocket fuel tanks, and radiation barriers. Spaced Ventures democratizes investment into the next frontier, with minimum investments as low as $100. Aaron talks about the moment he decided to be a part of the space industry and the purpose of his work that he sees as his life's mission. Discussion topics include: Building the world's largest community of space investorsOpportunities with alternative investments and early-stage space companiesDescribing the sonic wave that goes through you during launchThe importance of the SpaceX Starship orbital rocket launch and flightThe Karman line as the delineation of space and Earth's atmosphereSpace as a place and not an industryThe first gas station floating above space by Orbit FabGovernment funding going to a handful of companiesDiversifying investments because of expected losses among startupsSpace investments as long-term holdsBeing super-focused on space companies to provide valueThe pros and cons of getting government contractsAaron going to Mars within his lifetime and space tourism---Follow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta:https://instagram.com/alts_co

Spaced Ventures is the planet's first public space investment portal. They offer flexible and much-needed alternative funding options to early-stage space companies. The platform has over 2000 users. Only the top 10% of companies are cleared to raise money on the platform. Aaron Burnett is the Founder & CEO. He has been a "space junkie" all of his life. Aaron also created the MarsWalkers Pinterest account that gets over 4 million unique visitors a month.Learn more at spacedventures.comCheck out the pinterest board

Spaced Ventures is the planet's first public space investment portal. They offer flexible and much-needed alternative funding options to early-stage space companies. The platform has over 2000 users. Only the top 10% of companies are cleared to raise money on the platform. Aaron Burnett is the Founder & CEO. He has been a "space junkie" all of his life. Aaron also created the MarsWalkers Pinterest account that gets over 4 million unique visitors a month.Learn more at spacedventures.comCheck out the pinterest board

Spaced Ventures is passionate about entrepreneurship, finance and all things space related and is dedicated to making the industry accessible to businesses and investors of all sizes. Spaced Ventures aims to be the world's largest community of startup investors in the space industry. In Episode 22, Ben talks to Aaron Burnett, the founder and CEO of Spaced Ventures about how he co-founded the company 16 months ago and why he made the leap into the space industry! 00:18 Introduction to Spaced Ventures    01:45 Aaron Burnett joins.   03:15 Crowd funding vs equity crowd funding   05:26 Are space companies more risky to invest in?    10:10 How do you decide what to invest in?   15:20 How do you vet startups?   22:08 Does Aaron have the best job in the world?    25:30 How important is a video in a crowd funding video?    27:09 transformation of space industry    31:12 Aaron's career and how did he make the move into the Space industry?    36:25 Wrap up and social media's  Social Media Website: www.spacedventures.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpacedVentures Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaced.ventures Aaron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarontburnett Aaron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aarontburnett LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spaced-ventures/ Aaron's LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarontburnett/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Website (coming soon): www.astroben.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/gambleonit?lang=en Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The potential benefits to Brownsville in particular and the Rio Grande Valley as a whole of expanding their presence in the NewSpace economy were discussed at the recent BTX Developers Event.The event was hosted by the Rio Grande Valley Partnership in conjunction with Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation and the City of Brownsville. The even comprised a luncheon attended by real estate developers, potential investors and community leaders and two bus tours, one that took in downtown Brownsville and another that featured the city's industrial parks and international airport. The luncheon was held at the Brownsville Events Center.One of the keynote speakers spoke in depth about the NewSpace economy - Brant Arseneau, founder of SpacedVentures and 9Point8 Capital. Arseneau has based his finance company in Brownsville.According to Wikipedia, Joseph Brant Arseneau is “an entrepreneur and executive, best known for his work in both fintech and space technology. He is generally known in finance for his work in Electronic Trading, Renewable Energy Derivatives, and Capital Markets technology.”In his remarks, Arseneau spoke about NewSpace today being in roughly the same place as the digital economy was in the mid-1990s. In other words, it is poised for rapid growth. “Right now, about $400 billion of revenue is being generated within the industry. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America feel that that is going to grow to $1.4 trillion dollars by 2030 and, further, to $3 trillion by 2040. And just to put that into perspective. The oil and gas industry is around $3 trillion. So, it is quite a mass ver amount of capital flowing into the industry.”This podcast features Arseneau's remarks at the BTX Developers Event luncheon.

Aaron Burnett is the founder of Spaced Ventures which is a public equity investment platform for space companies. Aaron comes from a finance and marketing background, and is also a self-pronounced “lifelong space geek.” He was spurred by the first Falcon Heavy launch in 2018 to get involved in the space industry. Aaron created Spaced Ventures to enable public investment in space and help more space startups succeed.

We interview the CEO and founder of Spaced Ventures, a public space investment portal where space enthusiasts can invest along side professional investors in space companies.