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Many industries depend on the government to finance infrastructure and research before a true private market can develop. In the case of space, there is still a strong need for public-private collaboration. But as costs drop to reach space, more private-sector companies can enter the market. Matthew Weinzierl is a senior associate dean and professor at Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau is a strategy manager at Blue Origin. They explain the evolving role of the U.S. government to foster innovation and competition as the space economy increasingly privatizes. They also identify the emerging opportunities for businesses and individuals. Weinzierl and Rosseau are authors of the book Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier.

Peggy Smedley and Matthew Weinzierl, professor, Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, strategy manager, Blue Origin, talk about an upcoming NASA space mission and the impact on the space industry. Rosseau says things are moving fast in the space industry and shares about returning to the moon to spark a permanent lunar presence. Weinzierl says going to the moon in the 1960s was inspirational, but we got stuck. They also discuss: Having a permanent presence on the moon. The importance of creativity and the “a” in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) in the space industry. The current competitive landscape in the space industry and what we can expect in the years ahead. hbr.org/hbrpress  (4/8/25 - 915) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Matthew Weinzierl, Harvard Business School, Brendan Rosseau, Blue Origin This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.

Peggy Smedley and Matthew Weinzierl, professor, Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, strategy manager, Blue Origin, talk about an upcoming NASA space mission and the impact on the space industry. Rosseau says things are moving fast in the space industry and shares about returning to the moon to spark a permanent lunar presence. Weinzierl says going to the moon in the 1960s was inspirational, but we got stuck. They also discuss: Having a permanent presence on the moon. The importance of creativity and the “a” in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) in the space industry. The current competitive landscape in the space industry and what we can expect in the years ahead. hbr.org/hbrpress  (4/8/25 - 915) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Matthew Weinzierl, Harvard Business School, Brendan Rosseau, Blue Origin This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.

In dieser Podcast-Folge von "Vision trifft Business - Der Klartext Podcast" spricht Christina Schmautz mit Verena Weinzierl.Verena war - quasi stellvertretend für das gesamte Team hinter der Ordnungswelt - zu Gast im Podcast.“Chaos verhindert Innovation und Entwicklung, Wohlbefinden und Zufriedenheit.” Mit dieser Erkenntnis haben sie 2022 zu viert die ORDNUNGSWELT gegründet. Und entstanden ist seitdem nicht nur eine Welt sondern ein ganzes Ökosystem rund um das Thema Ordnung:Mit dem Center for professional Organizers - bieten sie eine Ausbildung zum zertifizierten Ordnungscoach an, inkl. TÜV-Siegel. Perfekt für alle, die ihre Begeisterung für Ordnung zum Beruf machen wollen.Mit der OrgArt Community entstand eine Plattform, um angehende OrdnungsexpertInnen dabei zu unterstützen, ein stabiles Business aufzubauen.Und schliesslich die Ordnungswelt als Anlaufstelle für diejenigen, die ihr Chaos zwischen Alltag, Job und Familie bändigen wollen. Hier gibt es Lösungen, die wirklich entlasten und Nerven schonen.In dieser Episode gewährt uns Verena einen Blick hinter die Kulissen ihrer Arbeit und ihren Weg von der angestellten Unternehmensberaterin zur Mitgründerin eines Unternehmens, das es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, die Branche der Ordnungsexperten im deutschsprachigen Raum zu etablieren.Hier findest du mehr über das Ordnungs-Ökosystem:Ausbildung zum zertifizierten Ordnungscoach: https://centerforprofessionalorganizers.com/OrgArt-Community - Businessaufbau für Ordnunngsexperten: https://orgart.community/Die Ordnungswelt für alle, die ihr Chaos daheim bändigen wollen: https://ordnungswelt.com/Zum Podcast von Verena “Ordnung trifft …”: https://open.spotify.com/show/1hyeL0XI2LGHJ20WoOMmSw?si=b95e55db083645b4

Peggy Smedley and Matthew Weinzierl, professor, Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, strategy manager, Blue Origin, talk about how the space industry is changing. Rosseau says the biggest change is the model for how we did space activities has fundamentally changed. Weinzierl says it is natural to worry as we shift from NASA to startups and other companies. They also discuss: Opportunities that exist in the space industry. Examples that exist in the space industry. How to get children interested in the space industry again. hbs.edu  (3/25/25 - 913) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Matthew Weinzierl, Harvard Business School, Brendan Rosseau, Blue Origin This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.

Peggy Smedley and Matthew Weinzierl, professor, Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, strategy manager, Blue Origin, talk about how the space industry is changing. Rosseau says the biggest change is the model for how we did space activities has fundamentally changed. Weinzierl says it is natural to worry as we shift from NASA to startups and other companies. They also discuss: Opportunities that exist in the space industry. Examples that exist in the space industry. How to get children interested in the space industry again. hbs.edu  (3/25/25 - 913) IoT, Internet of Things, Peggy Smedley, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, digital transformation, cybersecurity, blockchain, 5G, cloud, sustainability, future of work, podcast, Matthew Weinzierl, Harvard Business School, Brendan Rosseau, Blue Origin This episode is available on all major streaming platforms. If you enjoyed this segment, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.

The space business landscape is changing. Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are moving at breakneck speed toward goals Americans have dreamed of since the 1960s. At the same time, a whole host of smaller startups are arriving on the scene, ready to tackle everything from asteroid mining to next-gen satellites to improved lunar missions.Today on Faster, Please — The Podcast, I'm talking with Matt Weinzierl about what research developments and market breakthroughs are allowing these companies to thrive.Weinzierl is the senior associate dean and chair of the MBA program at Harvard Business School. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Weinzierl is the co-author of a new book with Brendan Rosseau, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier.In This Episode* Decentralizing space (1:54)* Blue Origin vs. SpaceX (4:50)* Lowering launch costs (9:24)* Expanding space entrepreneurship (14:42)* Space sector sustainability (20:06)* The role of Artemis (22:45)* Challenges to success (25:28)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. Decentralizing space (1:54). . . we had this amazing success in the '60s with the Apollo mission . . but it was obviously a very government-led, centralized program and that got us in the mode of thinking that's how you did space.You're telling a story about space transitioning from government-led to market-driven, but I wonder if you could just explain that point because it's not a story about privatization, it's a story about decentralization, correct?It really is, I think the most important thing for listeners to grab onto. In fact, I teach a course at Harvard Business School on this topic, and I've been teaching it now for a few years, and I say to my students, “What's the reason we're here? Why are we talking about space at HBS?” and it's precisely about what you just asked.So maybe the catchiest way to phrase this for folks, there was one of the early folks at SpaceX, Jim Cantrell, he was one of the earliest employees. He has this amazing quote from the early 2000s where he says, “The Great American Space Enterprise, which defeated Communism in defense of Capitalism, was and is operating on a Soviet economic model.” And he was basically speaking to the fact that we had this amazing success in the '60s with the Apollo mission and going to the moon and it truly was an amazing achievement, but it was obviously a very government-led, centralized program and that got us in the mode of thinking that's how you did space. And so for the next 50 years, basically we did space in that way run from the center, not really using market forces.What changed in various ways was that in the early 2000s we decided that model had kind of run its course and the weaknesses were too big and so it was time to bring market forces in. And that doesn't mean that we were getting rid of the government role in space. Just like you said, the government will always play a vital role in space for various reasons, national security among them, but it is decentralizing it in a way to bring the power of the market to bear.Maybe the low point — and that low point, that crisis, maybe created an opportunity — was the end of the Space Shuttle program. Was that an important inflection point?It's definitely one that I think most people in the sector look to as being . . . there's the expression “never waste a crisis,” and I think that that's essentially what happened. The Shuttle was an amazing engineering achievement, nobody really doubts that, and what NASA was trying to do with it and with their contractors was incredibly hard. So it's easy to kind of get too negative on that era, but it is also true that the Shuttle never really performed the way people hoped, it never flew as often, it was much more costly, and then in 2003 there was the second Shuttle tragedy.When that happened, I think everybody felt like, "This just isn't the future." So we need something else, and the Shuttle program was put on a cancellation path by the end of that decade. That really did force this reckoning with the fact that the American space sector, which had put men on the moon and brought them back safely in 1969, launching all sorts of dreams about space colonies and hotels, now, 40 years later, it was going to be unable to even put a person into orbit on its own rockets. We were going to be renting rockets from the Russians. That was really a moment of soul searching, I guess is one way you think about it in the sector.Blue Origin vs. SpaceX (4:50)I guess the big lesson . . . is that competition really does matter in space just like in any other business.I think naturally we would lead into talking about SpaceX, which we certainly will do, but the main competitor, Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos company, which seems to be moving forward, but it's definitely seemed to have adopted a very different kind of strategy. It seems to me different than the SpaceX strategy, which really is kind of a “move fast, break things, build them back up and try to launch again” while Blue Origin is far more methodical. Am I right in that, is that eventually going to work?Blue Origin is a fascinating company. In fact, we actually opened the book — the book is a series, basically, of stories that we tell about companies, and people, and government programs, sprinkled in with some economics because we can't resist. We're trying to structure it for folks, but we start with the story of Blue Origin because it really is fascinating. It illustrates some really fundamental aspects of the sector these days.To your specific question, we can talk more about Blue in many of its aspects. The motto of Blue from its beginning has been this Latin phrase, gradatim ferociter or, “step-by-step, ferociously,” and Bezos in the earliest days, they even have a tortoise on their company shield, so to speak, to signal this tortoise and the hair metaphor or fable. From the earliest days the idea was, “Look, we're going to just methodically work our way up to these grand visions of building infrastructure for space,” eventually in the service of having, as they always said, millions of people living and working in space.Now there's various ways to interpret the intervening 20 years that we've had, or 25 now since they were founded. One interpretation says, well, that's a nice story, but in fact they made some decisions that caused them to move more slowly than even they would've wanted to. So they didn't continue working as closely with NASA as, say, for instance SpaceX did. They relied really almost exclusively on funding from Bezos himself issuing a lot of other contracts they could have gotten, and that sort of reduced the amount of external discipline and market competition that they were facing. And then they made some other steps along the way, and so now they're trying to reignite and move faster, and they did launch New Glenn, their orbital rocket, recently. So they're back in the game and they're coming back. That's one story.Another story is, well yes, they've made decisions that at the time didn't seem to move as fast as they wanted, but they made those decisions intentionally. This is a strategy we will see pay off pretty well in the long run. I think that the jury is very much still out, but I guess the big lesson for your listeners and for me and hopefully for others in the sector, is that competition really does matter in space just like in any other business. To the extent that Blue didn't move as fast because they didn't face as much competition, that's an interesting lesson for the private sector. And to the extent that now they're in the game nipping at the heels of SpaceX, that's good for everybody, even for SpaceX, I think, to have them in the game.Do you think they're nipping at the heels?Well, yeah, I was just thinking as I said that, that might have been a little optimistic. It really does depend how you look at it. SpaceX is remarkably dominant in the commercial space sector, there's no question there. They launch 100 times a year plus and they are . . . the latest statistic I have in 2023, they launched more than 80 percent of all the mass launched off the surface of Earth, so they run more than half the satellites that are operational in space. They are incredibly dominant such that concerns about monopoly are quite present in the sector these days. We can talk about that.I think “nipping at the heels” might be a little generous, although there are areas in which SpaceX still does have real competition. The national security launch sector, ULA (United Launch Alliance) is still the majority launcher of national security missions and Blue is looking to also get into the national security launch market. With Amazon's satellite constellation, Kuiper, starting to come into the launch cadence over the next couple of years, they will have demand for lots of launch outside of SpaceX and that will start to increase the frequency with which Blue Origin and ULA also launch. So I think there is reason to believe that people in the sector will have more options, even for the heavy-lift launch vehicles.Lowering launch costs (9:24)[SpaceX] brought the cost of getting a kilogram of mass into orbit down by 90 percent in less than, really 10 or 15 years, which had been a stagnant number for going on four or five decades.People in Silicon Valley like talking about disruption and disruptors. It's hard to think of a company that is more deserving, or A CEO more deserving than Elon Musk and SpaceX. Tell me how disruptive that company has been to how we think about space and the economic potential of space.We open our chapter in the book on SpaceX by saying we believe it'll go down as one of the most important companies in the history of humanity, and I really do believe that. I don't think you have to be a space enthusiast, necessarily, to believe it. The simplest way to summarize that is that they brought the cost of getting a kilogram of mass into orbit down by 90 percent in less than, really 10 or 15 years, which had been a stagnant number for going on four or five decades. It had hovered around — depending on the data point you look at — around $30,000 a kilogram to low earth orbit, and once SpaceX got Falcon 9 flying, it was down to $3,000. That's just an amazing reduction.What's also amazing about it is they didn't stop there. As soon as they had that, they decided that one of the ways to make the business model work was to reinvent satellite internet. So in a sector that had just over a decade ago only 1000 operational satellites up in space, now we have 10,000, 6,000 plus of which are SpaceX's Starlink, just an incredibly fast-growing transformational technology in orbit.And then they went on to disrupt their own disruption by creating a rocket called Starship, which is just absolutely massive in a way that's hard to even imagine, and that, if it fulfills the promise that I think everyone hopes it will, will bring launch costs down, if you can believe it, by another 90 percent, so a total of 99 percent down to, say, $300 a kilogram. Now you may not have to pass those cost savings on to the customers because they don't have a lot of competition, but it's just amazingWhat's possible with those launch costs in that vicinity? Sometimes, when I try to describe it, I'm like, well, imagine all your 1960s space dreams and what was the missing ingredient? The missing ingredient was the economics and those launch costs. Now plug in those launch costs and lots of crazy things that seem science-fictional may become science-factual. Maybe give me just a sense of what's possible.Well first tell me, Jim, which of the '60s space dreams are you most excited about?It's hard for me, it's like which of my seven kids do I love more? I love the idea of people living in space, of there being industry in space. I like the idea of there being space-based solar power, lunar mining, asteroid mining, the whole kit and caboodle.You've gone through the list. I think we're all excited about those things. And just in case it's not obvious to your listeners, the reason I think you asked that question is that, of course, the launch cost is the gateway to doing anything in space. That's why everyone in the industry makes such a big deal out of it. Once you have that, it seems like the possibilities for business cases really do expand.Now, of course, we have to be careful. It's easy to get overhyped. It's still very expensive to do all the things you just mentioned in space, even if you can get there cheaply. Once you put humans in the mix, humans are very hard to keep alive in space. Space is a very dangerous place for lots of reasons. Even when there aren't humans in space, operating in space, even autonomously, is obviously quite hard, whether it's asteroid mining or other things. It's not as though, all of a sudden, all of our biggest dreams are immediately going to be realized. I do think that part of what's so exciting, part of the reason we wrote the book, is that there is a new renaissance of enthusiasm of startups building a bit on the SpaceX model of having a big dream, being really cost-conscious as you build it, moving fast and experimenting and iterating, who are going after some of these dreams you mentioned..So whether it's an asteroid mining company — actually, in my course later this week, we're having Matt Gialich, who's the CEO of AstroForge, and they're trying to reboot the asteroid mining industry. He's coming in to talk to our students. Or whether it's lunar mining, we have Rob Meyerson who ran Blue Origin for more than a decade, now he's started up a company that's going to mine Helium 3 on the moon; or whether you're talking about commercial space stations, which could eventually house tourists, manufacturing, R&D, a whole new push to bring the cost savings from the launch sector into the destinations sector, which we really haven't had.We've had the International Space Station for 20 plus years, but it wasn't really designed for commercial activity from the start and costs are pretty high. So there is this amazing flowering, and we'll see. I guess I would say that, in the short run, if you're trying to build a business in space, it's still mostly about satellites. It's still mostly about data to and from space. But as we look out further, we all hope that those bigger dreams are becoming more of a reality.Expanding space entrepreneurship (14:42)The laws of supply and demand do not depend on gravity.To me, it is such an exciting story and the story of these companies, they're just great stories to me. They're still, I think, pretty unknown. SpaceX, if you read the books that have been published, very harrowing, the whole thing could have collapsed quite easily. Still today, when the media covers — I think they're finally getting better —that anytime there'd be a SpaceX rocket blow up, they're like, “Oh, that's it! Musk doesn't know what he's doing!” But actually, that's the business, is to iterate, launch again, if it blows up, figure out what went wrong, use the data, fix it, try again. It's taken a long time.To the extent people or the media think about it, maybe 90 percent of the thought is about SpaceX, a little bit about Blue Origin, but, as you mentioned, there is this, no pun intended, constellation of other companies which have grown up, which have somewhat been enabled by the launch costs. Which one? Give me one of those that you think people should know about.There's so many actually, very much to your point. We wrote the book partly to give folks inside the industry a view they might not have had, which is, I'm an economist. We thought there was room to just show people how an economist thinks through this amazing change that's happening.Economics is not earthbound! It extends above the surface of the planet!The laws of supply and demand do not depend on gravity. We've learned that. But we also wrote the book for a couple other groups of people. One, people who are kind of on the margins of space, so their business isn't necessarily involved in space, but once they know all the activity that's happening, including the companies you're hinting at there, they might think, “Wait a minute, maybe my business, or I personally, could actually use some of the new capabilities in space to drive my mission forward to have an impact through my organization or myself.” And then of course the broader population of people who are just excited and want to learn more about what's going on and read some great stories.But I'll give you two companies, maybe three because I can't help myself. One is Firefly, which just landed successfully on the moon . . . 24 hours ago maybe? What a great story. It's now the second lander that's successfully landed, this one fully successfully after Intuitive Machines was a little bit tipped over, but that's a great example of how this model that includes more of a role for the commercial sector succeeds not all the time — the first lunar lander in the program that was supporting these didn't quite succeed — but try, try again. That's the beauty of markets, they find a way often and you can't exactly predict how they're going to work out. But that was a huge success story and so I'm very excited about what that means for our activity on the moon.Another really fascinating company is called K2. A lot of your listeners who follow space will have heard of it. It's two brothers who basically realized that, with the drop in launch costs being promised by Starship, the premium on building lightweight small satellites is kind of going away. We can go back to building big satellites again and maybe we don't need to always make the sacrifices that engineers have had to make to bring the mass down. So they're building much bigger satellites and that can potentially really increase the capabilities even still at low cost. So that's really exciting.Finally, I'll just mention Varda, which is a really fun and exciting startup that is doing manufacturing in automated capsules right now of pharmaceutical ingredients. What I love about them, very much to your point about these startups that are just flowering because of lower launch costs, they're not positioning themselves really as a space company. They're positioning themselves as a manufacturing company that happens to use microgravity to do it cheaper. So you don't have to be a space enthusiast to want your supply chain to be cheaper and they're part of that.Do you feel like we have a better idea of why there should be commercial space stations, or again, is that still in the entrepreneurial process of figuring it out? Once they're up there, business cases will emerge?I was just having a conversation about that this morning, actually, with some folks in the sector because there is a wide range of views about that. It is, as you were sort of implying, a bit of a chicken-and-the-egg problem, it's hard to know until you have a space station what you might do with it, what business cases might result. On the other hand, it's hard to invest in a space station if you don't know what the business case is for doing it. So it is a bit tricky.I tend to actually be slightly on the optimistic end of the spectrum, perhaps just because, as an economist, I think you are trained to know that the market can't be predicted and that at some level that is the beauty of the market. If we drive down costs, there's a ton of smart entrepreneurs out there who I think will be looking very hard to find value that they can create for people, and I'm still optimistic we'll be surprised.If I had to make the other side of the case, I would say that we've been dreaming about using microgravity for many decades, the ISS has been trying, and there hasn't been a killer app quite found yet. So it is very true that there are reasons to be skeptical despite my optimism.Space sector sustainability (20:06)Space does face a sort of structural problem with investing. The venture capital industry is not really built for the time horizons and the level of fundamental uncertainty that we're talking about with space.It's also a sector that's gone through a lot of booms and busts. That certainly has been the case with the idea of asteroid mining among other things. What do you see as the sustainability? I sort of remember Musk talking about there was this kind of “open window to space,” and I don't know what he thought opened that window, maybe it was low interest rates? What is the sustainability of the financial case for this entire sector going forward?It is true that the low interest rate environment of the early 2020s was really supportive to space in a way that. Again, opinions vary on whether it was so hot that it ended up actually hurting the sector by creating too much hype, and then some people lost their shirts, and so there was some bad taste in the mouth there. On the other hand, it got a lot of cash to a lot of companies that are trying to make really hard things happen. Space does face a sort of structural problem with investing. The venture capital industry is not really built for the time horizons and the level of fundamental uncertainty that we're talking about with space. We don't really know what the market is yet. We don't really know how long it's going to take to develop. So that's I think why you see some of these more exotic financing models in space, whether it's the billionaires or the so-called SPAC boom of the early 2020s, which was an alternative way for some space companies to go public and raise a big pile of cash. So I think people are trying to solve for how to get over what might be an uncomfortably long time before the kind of sustainable model that you're talking about is realized.Now, skeptics will say, “Well, maybe that's just because there is no sustainable model. We're hoping and hoping, but it's going to take 500 years.” I'm a little more optimistic than that for reasons we've talked about, but I think one part we haven't really mentioned, or at least not gone into that yet, which is reassuring to investors that I talked to and increasingly maybe an important piece of the puzzle, is the demand from the public sector, which remains quite robust, especially from the national security side. A lot of startups these days, even when capital markets are a bit tighter, they can rely on some relatively stable financing from the national security side, and I think that will always be there in space. There will always be a demand for robust, innovative technologies and capabilities in space that will help sustain the sector even through tough times.The role of Artemis (22:45)Artemis is a really good example of the US space enterprise, broadly speaking, trying to find its way into this new era, given all the political and other constraints that are, of course, going to impinge on a giant government program. I can imagine a scenario where most of this book is about NASA, and Artemis, and what comes after Artemis, and you devote one chapter to the weird kind of private-sector startups, but actually it's just the opposite. The story here is about what's going on with the private sector working with NASA and Artemis seems like this weird kind of throwback to old Apollo-style way of doing things. Is Artemis an important technology for the future of space or is it really the last gasp of an old model?It's a very timely question because obviously with all the change going on in Washington and especially with Elon's role —Certainly you always hear rumors that they'll cancel it. I don't know if that's going to happen, but I certainly see speculations pop-up in the Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times from time to time.Exactly, and you probably see debates in Congress where you see some Congress-people resistant to canceling some contracts and debates about the space launch system, the SLS rocket, which I think nobody denies is sort of an older model of how we're going to get to space. On the other hand, it's an incredibly powerful rocket that can actually get us to the moon right now.There's a lot of debate going on right now. The way I think about it is that Artemis is a really good example of the US space enterprise, broadly speaking, trying to find its way into this new era, given all the political and other constraints that are, of course, going to impinge on a giant government program. It's a mix of the old and the new. It's got some pieces like SLS or Gateway, which is a sort of station orbiting the moon to provide a platform for various activities that feel very much like the model from the 1980s: Shuttle and International Space Station.Then it's got pieces that feel very much like the more modern commercial space era with the commercial lunar payload services clips contracts that we were briefly talking about before, and with some of the other pieces that are — whether it's the lander that's also using commercial contracts, whether it's those pieces that are trying to bring in the new. How will it all shake out? My guess is that we are moving, I think inexorably, towards the model that really does tap into the best of the private sector, as well as of the public, and so I think we'll move gradually towards a more commercial approach, even to achieving the sort of public goods missions on the moon — but it'll take a little bit of time because people are naturally risk averse.Challenges to success (25:28)We're going to have some setbacks, some things aren't going to go well with this new model. There's going to be, I'm sure, some calls for pulling back on the commercial side of things, and I think that would be a real lost opportunity. . .How do we not screw this up? How do we not end up undermining this momentum? If you want to tell me what we can do, that's great, but I'm also worried about us making a mistake?There are threats to our ability to do this successfully. I'll just name two which are top of mind. One is space debris. That comes up in virtually every conversation I have. Especially with the increasing number of satellites, increasing number of actors in space, you do have to worry that we might lose control of that environment. Again, I am on the relatively more optimistic end of the spectrum for reasons we explain in the book, and I think the bottom line there is: The stakes are pretty high for everybody who's operating up there to not screw that part up, so I hope we'll get past it, but some people are quite worried.The second, honestly, is national security. Space has always been a beacon, we hope, of transcending our geopolitical rivalries, not just extending them up there. We're in a difficult time, so I think there is some risk that space will not remain as peaceful as it has — and that could very much short-circuit the kind of growth that we're talking about. Sadly, that would be very ironic because the economic opportunities that we have up there to create benefit for everybody on Earth and are part of what hopefully would bring people together across borders up in space. It's one of those places where we can cooperate for the common good.How could we screw this up? I think it's not always going to be smooth sailing. We're going to have some setbacks, some things aren't going to go well with this new model. There's going to be, I'm sure, some calls for pulling back on the commercial side of things, and I think that would be a real lost opportunity. 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In Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier, Matthew C. Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau discuss the discuss the history, the present, and the future of the space economy.Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and founder of the Economics of Space project at HBS. Rosseau is an Orbital Launch strategy manager at the American space technology company Blue Origin. Together, they provide in-depth academic and practitioner perspectives on the space economy.In their conversation with Nikolaus Lang, global leader of the BCG Henderson Institute, they discuss the central governance vs. market-driven models of the space economy, the geopolitics of space, and whether the first trillionaire will be an asteroid miner.Key topics discussed: 02:03 | The three phases of the space economy05:28 | Central governance vs. market-driven model of the space economy08:23 | Geopolitics of space11:33 | The market structure of the space economy (on Earth)17:14 | Space junk21:03 | Asteroid mining23:47 | How to make space interesting again

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau to talk about their new book, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. Supply! Demand! Subsidies! Probably dunking on the commercial space station market!TopicsOff-Nominal - YouTubeEpisode 185 - A Little Bit Like Mexico (with Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau) - YouTubeSpace to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier: Weinzierl, Matthew, Rosseau, Brendan: 9781647827168: Amazon.com: BooksEconomics of Space | Economics of SpaceQuirks & CompulsionsFollow Off-NominalSubscribe to the show! - Off-NominalSupport the show, join the DiscordOff-Nominal (@offnom) / TwitterOff-Nominal (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow JakeWeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to MarsWeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | TwitterJake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceFollow AnthonyMain Engine Cut OffMain Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | TwitterMain Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey SpaceAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | TwitterAnthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club

Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau join me to talk about their new book, Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. We talk about the economics driving the space industry today, how traditional economic theories apply—or not!—to the industry, and how to use economics as a lens to shape your business and policy approach to the future.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 31 executive producers—Josh from Impulse, Russell, Joakim (Jo-Kim), Ryan, Lee, Fred, Pat from KC, Steve, David, Stealth Julian, Joel, Jan, Frank, Matt, Bob, Pat, Better Every Day Studios, Joonas, Donald, Warren, Theo and Violet, Kris, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!), The Astrogators at SEE, Will and Lars from Agile, and four anonymous—and hundreds of supporters.TopicsSpace to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier: Weinzierl, Matthew, Rosseau, Brendan: 9781647827168: Amazon.com: BooksEconomics of Space | Economics of SpaceThe ShowLike the show? Support the show on Patreon or Substack!Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to anthony@mainenginecutoff.comFollow @WeHaveMECOFollow @meco@spacey.space on MastodonListen to MECO HeadlinesListen to Off-NominalJoin the Off-Nominal DiscordSubscribe on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn or elsewhereSubscribe to the Main Engine Cut Off NewsletterArtwork photo by Blue OriginWork with me and my design and development agency: Pine Works

Space to Grow is a new book on the space economy. Its authors, Matt Weinzierl, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, also formerly of Harvard and now in strategy at Blue Origin, are my guests this week. Enjoy!   Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier (Harvard Business Publishing, 2025) https://www.amazon.com/Space-Grow-Unlocking-Economic-Frontier/dp/1647827167#:~:text=Book%20overview&text=An%20exploration%20of%20the%20dynamic,a%20commercial%20revolution%20right%20now.  

This week on Pathfinder, we're joined by Matt Weinzierl, Chair of the MBA Program and Professor at Harvard Business School, and Brendan Rosseau, a member of the strategy team for launch at Blue Origin. Together, they've co-authored Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier, a new book exploring the history, key players, and economic forces driving the momentum behind the space industry.We discuss:The evolution of space economics and how government-private sector dynamics are changingThe role of NASA as an anchor customer and whether the model has limitsThe rise of defense-focused pivots in commercial space companiesMarket competition and whether we're seeing monopolization in spaceThe economic case for lunar activity, space stations, and emerging industriesThe biggest risks that could stall commercial space progressTheir book launches on February 25, and this conversation is a must-listen for anyone interested in the economic forces shaping the future of space. You can order here! • Chapters •00:00 Intro04:00 HBS's Space Program06:36 An introduction to “Space to Grow”08:50 The shift from space to defense13:02 What to expect from the book16:56 Space competition or monopolization?21:52 How classic economic principles apply to space29:24 Are we transitioning away from NASA to anchor customers?33:36 Does space have the right financing structures in place to build this industry?38:47 Economic case for the Moon (Mars?)44:16 Viability of space stations48:22 What space industries have the best economic potential in the next couple decades?52:32 Biggest impediment to the space industry55:43 Key takeaways from “Space to Grow”59:05 Matt and Brendan's favorite books01:01:13 Where to find Matt and Brendan • Show notes •Space to Grow — https://www.amazon.com/Space-Grow-Unlocking-Economic-Frontier/Mo's socials — https://twitter.com/itsmoislamPayload's socials — https://twitter.com/payloadspace / https://www.linkedin.com/company/payloadspacePathfinder archive — Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@payloadspacePathfinder archive — Listen: https://pod.payloadspace.com/episodes • 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 19,000+ commercial, civil, and military space leaders. Payload is read by decision-makers at every leading new space company, along with c-suite leaders at all of the aerospace & defense primes. We're also read on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon, and at space agencies around the world.Payload began as a weekly email sent to a few friends and coworkers. Today, we're a team distributed across four time zones and two continents, publishing five media properties across multiple platforms:1) Payload, our flagship daily newsletter, sends M-F @ 9am Eastern2) Pathfinder publishes weekly on Tuesday mornings (pod.payloadspace.com)3) Polaris, our weekly policy briefing, publishes weekly on Tuesdays4) Payload Research, our weekly research and analysis piece,  comes out on WednesdaysYou can sign up for all of our publications here: https://payloadspace.com/subscribe/

Lifetime Fitness instructor Kristin Weinzierl talks about New Year's resolutions and the tips to stick with them if you are looking to get more exercise in the new year.

Lifetime Fitness instructor Kristin Weinzierl talks about New Year's resolutions and the tips to stick with them if you are looking to get more exercise in the new year.

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In dieser Folge quatscht Jason Modemann mit Andy Weinzierl, Co-Founder von Sushi Bikes. Seit dem letzten Podcast hat sich viel getan – von neuen Herausforderungen im Fahrradmarkt bis hin zu mega Erfolgen wie Platz 2 im Jung von Matt Brand Report 2024. Andy gibt uns spannende Einblicke, wie Sushi Bikes mit cleverer Kommunikation und kleinem Team so erfolgreich geworden ist. Außerdem geht's um den New Com Summit 2024, bei dem Andy als Moderator der Communication Stage am Start ist. Er verrät, worauf er sich am meisten freut und wie man mit der richtigen Markenkommunikation im Mobility-Sektor punkten kann. Highlights: - Sushi Bikes' Erfolgsstrategie im Mobility-Markt - Platz 2 im Jung von Matt Brand Report 2024 - Andy als Moderator auf der Communication Stage beim New Com Summit 2024 Mit dem Rabattcode Podcast25 spart ihr 25% auf alle Brand-Tickets. Zu den Tickets ___________________________________________________ ✅ Folge uns auf Instagram! ✅ Jason Modemann auf LinkedIn ✅ Fragen, Kommentare oder Wünsche zum Podcast? Schau auf unserer Seite vorbei: https://new-com.com/podcast

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Willy was joined by Matthew Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program at Harvard Business School and an economist whose research focuses on economic policy and the commercialization of space. They discussed Matthew's intellectual pursuits and his experience as a student at HBS, his pivot from a focus on tax policy to the new frontier of space, the curriculum at HBS and their focus on leadership over strictly business, why your company needs to have a space strategy, the adoption of AI and tech to propel HBS forward, and much more.

We welcomed back both Dr. Matt Weinzierl with Brendan Rosseau to discuss big vision commercial space economics, the soon to be published book by our two guests, "Space To Grow," space markets, using the space economy to avoid national and global economic stagnation and more. Read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, April 26, 2024.

"Das Amt, das ich bekleide, ist leider kein Luxus!?" Michael Weinzierl ist jetzt genau ein Jahr lang im Landeskriminalamt der Beauftragte gegen Hasskriminalität und Antisemitismus. Von Simon Berninger

Kristin Weinzierl joins Tom Hauser to talk about New Years resolutions, and what you need to do to make sure they stick this time!

Kristin Weinzierl joins Tom Hauser to talk about New Years resolutions, and what you need to do to make sure they stick this time!

...und so saß Andy vor dem Launch des ersten E-Bikes alleine im Büro, um sich vor niemandem zu blamieren. Doch dann kam alles anders und aus dem ersten Prototypen wurden viele tausend Fahrräder auf der Straße. Wir haben über seine Ambitionen als "Gruppenleiter" und die Fahrrad-Werkstatt seines Vaters gesprochen, über den Supergau auf dem Suez-Kanal und die daraus resultierenden Stornierungen, über einen kleinen Sticker, der den Zoll in den Wahnsinn getrieben hat und wie er mit Joko Winterscheidt zum Namen des Startups kam.

Das ist die 38 Ausgabe der Dunkelkammer und heute geht's um Geld, nicht um meins, da wären wir schnell durch. Nein, es geht um das Geld anderer Leute.Leute, die mal einiges davon hatten, jetzt aber auch nicht mehr ganz so flüssig sind. Im ersten Teil geht's um die Signa-Krise. René ne va plus: René Benko verliert nun offenbar tatsächlich die Kontrolle über seine Schöpfung Signa, und ist es unklar, wie viel von der Schöpfung übrig bleibt. Und im zweiten Teil geht's um die Meinl Bank, eine Wiener Privatbank, die es schon länger nicht mehr gibt. Die Bank spielt auch eine Rolle in den Narco Files. Das ein internationales Rechercheprojekt zur Organisierten Kriminalität, über das ich in der vorangegangen Ausgabe Nummer 37 erstmals berichtet habe.I. Die Signa-Krise also.Ich habe mich vor einiger Zeit hingesetzt und damit begonnen, ein Schaubild der Signa-Struktur zu zeichnen. In so einem Fall nimmt man sich ein Blatt Papier und fängt Kästchen zu zeichnen.Da entstehen dann mehrere Ebenen, von Kästchen, die mit Linien verbunden werden. Ganz oben stehen die Gesellschafter oder Aktionäre, in der Mitte die Konzerngesellschaft und darunter die Beteiligungen und deren Beteiligungen.Die Idee dahinter ist, den Aufbau einer Firmengruppen auf einen Blick verständlich zu machen.Im Falle der Signa hatte ich nicht ein Blatt Papier genommen, sondern zwei, und da gleich Format A3, dann hab ich Kästchen gemacht, viele Kästchen und noch mehr Linien und irgendwann habe ich aufgegeben.Mir war klar: Signa kann man nicht zeichnen. Das beginnt schon damit, dass das nicht ein Konzern ist, der sich um eine Obergesellschaft herum organisiert.Es ist ein Verbund mehrerer Obergesellschaften, die nebeneinander bestehen und unterschiedliche Eigentümer haben. Und unter diesen den Obergesellschaften,  diese heißen zum Beispiel Signa Holding oder Signa Prime Selection oder Signa Development Selection, hängen hunderte Beteiligungen im In- und Ausland, die teilweise auch untereinander verbunden sind.Da versammeln sich Bürohäuser, Hotels, Luxusimmobilien, Kaufhäuser, Sporthändler und Medienbeteiligungen.Ich habe zuletzt immer wieder gelesen, dass Signa aus 1000 Firmen besteht, wenn auch ohne Quellenangabe. Das dürfte eine ziemliche Übertreibung sein. Nach meinen Recherchen sind es eher um die 500 Signa-Firmen. Reicht aber auch. Wie gesagt. Signa kann man nicht zeichnen. Also jedenfalls nicht verständlich. Wenn man all die internen Verflechtungen berücksichtigt, dann hätte man am Ende kein Organigramm, sondern etwas das mehr ausschaut wie der Netzplan der U-Bahn von Tokio (die übrigens deutlich weniger Stationen hat, als es Signa-Firmen gibt). Transparent war Signa nie. Das war gewollt. Eine wirkliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit hat es dort nicht gegeben, ich hatte da meistens mit mehr oder weniger gut aufgelegten Rechtsanwälten zu tun. Es gibt zwar öffentlich zugängliche Jahresabschlüsse von Signa-Firmen, aber die zeigen jeweils nur Ausschnitte. Einen gesammelten Überblick, eine so genannte Konzernbilanz, die gibt es nicht, die kann es auch nicht geben, weil es ja keinen Konzern im eigentlich Sinn gibt. Und weil das so ist, lässt es sich derzeit von außen nicht gut beurteilen, wie schlimm es wirklich um Signa bestellt ist. Tatsache ist, dass die Struktur erhebliche Schulden aufgetürmt hat und in ihrer jetzigen Form nicht weiterbestehen wird. Der Teilbereich Signa Sports ist bereits pleite. Signa Sports, das ist übrigens die Firma, wegen der Rene Benko mit Sebastian Kurz vergangenes Jahr mit Investoren aus Abu Dhabi verhandelte, um dort Geld für den Online-Sporthandel aufzutreiben. Was offensichtlich nicht gelungen ist.Über Abu Dhabi, Benko und Kurz habe ich in der Dunkelkammer-Ausgabe Nummer 7 berichtet.Das sichtbarste Zeichen der Signa-Krise ist derzeit vermutlich die stillstehende Baustelle Elbtower in Hamburg. Dort fürchtet man sich bereits, dass daraus eine Dauerbaustelle wird.Der Elbtower ist ein Projekt der Signa Prime Selection AG und die hat im Vorjahr wegen der veränderten Marktlage, hurra Zinswende, eine Milliarde Euro netto versenkt. Diese Firma allein hat gut elf Milliarden Euro Schulden, etwa die Hälfte davon sind Bankschulden. Ich gehe jetzt mal davon aus, dass man die Signa-Krise gerade in der Raiffeisen-Organisation aufmerksam verfolgt. Raiffeisen ist einer der ganz großen Signa-Gläubiger. Es erstaunt mich mittlerweile übrigens nicht, wie oft ich im Zuge vom Recherchen irgendwann bei Raiffeisen lande. Gut, wenn man über Schulden spricht, dann muss man auch über Vermögen sprechen. Die genannte Signa Prime Selection AG hatte Ende 2022 insgesamt rund 14 Milliarden Euro an Investment Property in den Büchen. Also Immobilien. Dazu kamen noch weitere fast drei Milliarden Euro an sonstigen Vermögenswerten, aber ich wills jetzt nicht zu kompliziert machen. Machen wirs einfach: 11 Milliarden Schulden auf der einen Seite, 14 Milliarden Immobilienvermögen auf der anderen. Das schaut jetzt einmal grundsätzlich so schlimm aus. Aber und das ist eine der zentralen Fragen: Sind diese Immobilien die 14 Milliarden Euro auch wirklich wert? Wenn man sie alle auf einmal auf den Markt schmisse, dann gewiss nicht. Und sowieso muss man bei Immobiliengesellschaften immer fragen, wie realistisch sie es mit Bewertung der eigenen Immobilien nehmen. 2021 zum Beispiel hat die genannte Signa Prime Selection den eigenen Immobilienbestand um 1,04 Milliarden aufgewertet, im Vorjahr hat dann man um 1,17 Milliarden abgewertet. Erinnert ein bisschen ans Jojo-spielen. Wie viel etwas wirklich wert ist, das weiß man aber eben erst, wenn mans verkauft hat.Bis dahin sind Bewertungen notgedrungen immer eine Fiktion.Abseits der Rechenspiele braucht Signa aber kurzfristig Cash, um Zahlungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen. Für offene Rechnungen von Lieferanten, für Abgaben, für Bankschulden und so weiter. Allein bei der Signa Holding soll der kurzfristige Liquiditätsbedarf bei mehr als 400 Millionen Euro liegen. Das ist nicht gerade wenig, wir reden da von echtem Geld, nicht von Bewertungsspielchen, und das Geld muss von irgendwo her kommen.Die Signa Holding war zuletzt auch der zentrale Schauplatz des Geschehens.Sie ist eine dieser Signa-Dachgesellschaften, nicht die größte, aber die wichtigste. Benko hatte da bisher über Privatstiftungen die Mehrheit, und er war Vorsitzender des so genannten Beirats und der Gesellschafterkomitees. In diesem Gremium saßen zuletzt neben Benko lauter gescheite Leute, insgesamt sieben Männer und eine Frau, darunter Susanne Riess-Hahn, Alfred Gusenbauer und Karl Stoss. Der Beirat wurde immer als Beratungsgremium vorgestellt und eingedenk dieses Desasters stellt sich jetzt natürlich die Frage, was da eigentlich beraten wurde. Die Signa-Krise ist nicht von jetzt auf gleich passiert. Das hatte einen langen Vorlauf. Benko ist jetzt jedenfalls raus aus dem Beirat und aus dem Gesellschafterkomitee, auch wenn er weiterhin über seine Stiftungen die Mehrheit hat.Spät aber doch haben ein paar Investoren Druck gemacht, hervorgetan hat sich da bisher vor allem Hans Peter Haselsteiner, der über eine Privatstiftung mit rund 15 Prozent bei der Holding dabei ist. Was mich an den bisherigen öffentlichen Erklärungen von Haselsteiner erstaunt hat, ist, dass die Signa offenbar nicht nur für Außenstehende intransparent war, sondern auch für die eigenen Mitgesellschafter. Die scheinen auch nicht so genau zu wissen, in was sie da eigentlich investiert haben. Gut, Signa war lange Zeit eine Gelddruckmaschine, da hat der Mangel an Transparenz vermutlich nicht so gestört. Jetzt soll es jedenfalls der deutsche Sanierer Arndt Geiwitz richten und Geiwitz wird das machen, was Sanierer immer machen. Er wird Signa entflechten und filetieren. Und am Ende wird die Struktur eine ganz andere sein. Mal schauen, was das zum Beispiel für die indirekten Anteile an Kronen Zeitungen und Kurier bedeutet, die Benko vor seit einigen Jahren über Deutschland erworben hat. Oder für die Jacht Roma, eines von Benkos Spielzeugen. Ich will noch nicht zu viel verraten, aber die Jacht wird mich demnächst ausführlicher beschäftigen. So oder so: Ich bleibe dran. II. Es war einmal die Meinl Bank. Ich habe in meinem Büro eine Fotowand, wo Bilder beruflicher Begegnungen hängen, ja ich hab auch eine sentimentale Seite. Auf einem der Fotos bin ich mit Peter Weinzierl zu sehen, der war einmal Direktor der Meinl Bank. Wir stehen in der Meinl Bank vor einem Gemälde von Julius Meinl II., das war der Gründer der Bank.Julis Meinl II. hatte 1923 mit einem Spar- und Kreditverein für die Angestellten und Kunden seiner Firma begonnen,  Jahrzehnte später wars dann auch ein Spar- und Kreditverein für russische Oligarchen. 2019 passierte dann etwas, das es hierorts bis dahin noch nicht gegeben hatte. Die Europäische Zentralbank entzog der kleinen Privatbank die Lizenz wegen mangelnder Sorgfalt im Geldverkehr, Stichwort: Geldwäscheprävention.Die Haus musste daraufhin schließen, es hat sein 100-jähriges Jubiläum knapp nicht erlebt.Das Foto mit Peter Weinzierl erinnert mich daran, welch merkwürdige Wendungen das Leben nehmen kann.Entstanden ist es 2015 bei einem Interview, ich war damals profil, er Meinl Bank. Heute bin ich freier Podcaster, die Meinl Bank ist Geschichte und Peter Weinzierl sitzt in Großbritannien fest und bekämpft seine Auslieferung in die USA, die ihn wegen Geldwäscherei anklagen wollen.   Weinzierl soll für den brasilianischen Baukonzern Odebrecht jahrelang hunderte Millionen Dollar gewaschen haben. Was er bestreitet. Odebrecht, das ist ein Riesen-Skandal in Lateinamerika, aber eigentlich weit darüber hinaus. Die früheren Manager der Baufirma, heute heißt sie Novonor, haben über eineinhalb Jahrzehntelang Politiker und Beamte in etlichen Ländern mit hunderten Millionen Dollar geschmiert, um an öffentliche Aufträge zu kommen. Die hatten bei Oderbrecht dafür sogar eine eigene Bestechungsgeldabteilung eingerichtet. Und sie hatten die Meinl Bank. Also genau genommen hatten sie die Meinl Bank Antigua Limited. Richtig gehört, die kleine Wiener Meinl Bank hatte mal einen Ableger auf Antigua, das ist in der Karibik und in meiner Welt nennt man Antigua auch ein Offshore-Paradies. Das ist da, wo sich die Briefkastenfirmen besonders wohl fühlen. 2011 hat eine Offshore-Firma die Mehrheit der Meinl Bank Antigua gekauft und später hat sich dann herausgestellt, dass hinter dieser Offshore-Firma Leute von Odebrecht standen. Ja und nicht nur das: Die Odebrecht-Leute sollen die Meinl Bank Antigua dann auch dazu verwendet haben, um Odebrecht-Bestechungsgelder auszuzahlen. Für Peter Weinzierl ist das insofern dumm gelaufen, als er da immer noch Direktor der Meinl Bank Antigua war.Weinzierl hat später gesagt, dass er eine Zeit lang nur noch auf dem Papier Direktor in Antigua war. Durch den Verkauf der Mehrheit in Antigua habe die Meinl Bank dort operativ nichts mehr mitzureden gehabt, und er selbst sei da ins Nichts involviert gewesen.Mittlerweile weiß man allerdings auch, dass der gesamte Antigua-Zahlungsverkehr über die Wiener Zentrale der Meinl Bank gelaufen ist, also über österreichische Bankkonten.Was natürlich nicht heißen muss, dass Weinzierl das hier mitbekommen hätte. Er war als Bankdirektor schließlich vielbeschäftigt. Die Oderbrecht-Zahlungen über Wien sind auch der Grund, warum die WKStA in Österreich seit 2017 wegen Bestechung und Geldwäscherei ermittelt. Und so schließt sich dann der Kreis zu den “Narco Files” aus Kolumbien. “Narco Files”, das ist ein internationales Rechercheprojekt auf Grundlage gehackter E-Mails einer kolumbianischen Staatsanwaltschaft.Das Projekt wird von der Investigativ-Plattform OCCRP koordiniert, in Österreich berichten der Standard, profil und eben die Dunkelkammer.Laut den Datensätzen schickte die Staatsanwaltschaft in Bogota 2021 ein Rechtshilfeersuchen nach Wien. Denn auch Kolumbien hat Odebrecht seinerzeit fest geschmiert, um öffentliche Aufträge zu bekommen und auch da wurde ermittelt. Da gings unter anderem um ein mehr 500 Kilometer langes Autobahnteilstück, für das kolumbianische Politiker die Hand aufgehalten hatten. Auch da soll Bestechungsgeld über die Meinl Bank in Wien an Offshorefirmen verteilt worden sein. Die WKStA reagierte damals übrigens schnell und schickte einen ausführlichen Bericht des Bundeskriminalamts nach Kolumbien, wo eine Reihe von Transaktionen aufgeschlüsselt waren, für die sich die Staatsanwaltschaft dort eben interessierte.Wie gesagt, das war 2021. Jetzt haben wir Ende 2023 und soweit es die WKStA betrifft … wird immer noch ermittelt. Laut einer Anfragebeantwortung an Stefan Melichar/profil und mich ermittelt man gegen derzeit noch gegen sieben namentlich bekannte Personen, acht Verbände und einen unbekannten Täter und zwar wegen des Vorwurfs der Bestechung und der Geldwäscherei.Das Ermittlungsverfahren dauert laut WKStA noch an, es sind mehrere Rechtshilfeersuchen ergangen, wann die Ermittlungen abgeschlossen werden, kann die Behörde nicht sagen. Das ist jetzt deshalb bemerkenswert, weil es ja schon seit 2021 eine Anklage gegen Weinzierl gibt. Nur eben in den USA. Auch da geht's um Odebrecht, auch da geht's um Schmiergelder und auch da geht's um die Meinl Bank. Bereits vor Jahren hat Odebrecht in den USA wegen der Korruptionsvorwürfe einen Deal mit der US-Justiz gemacht und dort 2,6 Milliarden Dollar Strafe gezahlt. In den USA selbst hat Odebrecht zwar nicht geschmiert, dafür aber auch US-amerikanische Bankkonten genutzt, und das reicht dort schon, um ordentlich Ärger zu bekommen. Peter Weinzierl und ein zweiter ehemaliger Manager der Meinl Bank werden von den Amerikanern nun als Teil der Odebrecht-conspiracy betrachtet und sollen deshalb vor Gericht. Weinzierl wurde 2021 bei einem Trip nach Großbritannien für ihn völlig überraschend festgenommen, mittlerweile darf er sich dort frei bewegen, er darf das Land aber nicht verlassen. Im September hat der zuständige Londoner Richter der Auslieferung zugestimmt, auch das Innenministerium hatte keine Einwände, jetzt liegt die Entscheidung beim Londoner High Court, den er angerufen hat. Da gibt es noch keine Entscheidung. Sollte Weinzierl aber in die USA ausgeliefert und dort angeklagt werden, dann wäre das erstens für die WKStA ziemlich peinlich, wie gesagt: die Amerikaner haben ihre Anklage seit 2021 fertig, die WkStA hat auch 2023 keine. Für Weinzierl wäre es das deutlich unangenehmer.In Österreich hätte er bei einer Verurteilung - es gilt natürlich die Unschuldsvermutung - keine zehn Jahre zu erwarten, in den USA sind es bis zu 70 Jahre Gefängnis. Meine letzte Anfrage an die Meinl Bank war übrigens 2019, kurz bevor die Europäische Zentralbank den Stecker zog. Zum Ende hieß sie übrigens nicht mehr Meinl Bank AG, sondern Anglo Austrian AAB AG, was auch nichts mehr geholfen hat. In der Anfrage ging es um Kreditgeschäfte mit Kunden aus Russland und aus der Ukraine. Es kam eine knappe Antwort zurück und da stand im Wesentlichen drin, ich sei ein “williges Werkzeug” der Finanzmarktaufsicht. Dem Finanzplatz Wien fehlt die Meinl Bank nicht wirklich.Mir irgendwie schon.

Die "Bashis" Ralph Kästl und Robert Weinzierl sind über München hinaus eine Institution, sie frisieren und stylen um. Warum sie am Höhepunkt ihrer Bash-Clubs die Reißleine ziehen mussten, erzählen sie auf der Blauen Couch.

In dieser Episode interviewe ich den CEO von Sushi Bikes, Andy Weinzierl. Er verrät mir, wie sich seine Personal Brand auch positiv auf sein Unternehmen auswirkt und wie man eine Personal Brand aufbaut. Viel Spaß beim Anhören!

We welcomed Matt back to the program to not only discuss his Harvard class on space commerce and more but student views, his views and listener views on space economics, policy, national security space, commercial space investment and much more. Please see the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date. Friday, April 28, 2023.

This week, we take you behind the scenes of one of Monotype's biggest, and most anticipated campaigns of the year: the annual Type Trends report. Tune in to hear from the report's curators, Creative Type Directors Terrance Weinzierl and Emilios Theofanous on their experiences producing the report. Why do people make trends reports? What does the curation process entail? How do cultural and societal shifts influence patterns in typography and design? What should creatives do with this information? Download the report and sign up for the Type Trends virtual event at monotype.com/type-trends-2023. To read more about this episode and our past guests, head over to monotype.com/podcast.

Kein einziger Schuss aufs Tor - der 1. FC Nürnberg sah in Kaiserslautern nicht besonders gut aus. Dabei hätte es ja ein Fußballfest werden können am ausverkauften Betzenberg. Wurde es dann aber nur nicht, weshalb die gute Nachricht war, dass zum vierten Mal hintereinander defensiv zumindest die Null stand. Unter Markus Weinzierl spielt der Club einen sehr nüchternen Fußball - fast so wie einst in der Bundesliga unter dem damaligen Trainer Dieter Hecking. Der ist inzwischen Sportvorstand und hat Weinzierl sehr bewusst in den Verein geholt. Einen anderen hat Hecking nicht in den Verein geholt: Florian Zenger arbeitet dennoch neuerdings für den Club - für die Frauen in der zweiten Liga. Was er da genau macht, warum er sich auf seinen ersten Auftritt im Max-Morlock-Stadion freut und wo das alles hinführen soll, darüber spricht Zenger bei seinem vorläufigen Abschiedsbesuch im Podcast mit Fadi Keblawi. Präsentiert wird das alles wie immer von der Sparkasse Nürnberg.

Gute 60 Minuten hatte der 1. FC Nürnberg das Heimspiel gegen Holstein Kiel unter Kontrolle, aber dann verspielt man innerhalb weniger Minuten eine 1:0 Führung und verliert beim Debüt von Trainer Markus Weinzierl verdient gegen die Störche. Simon Strauß und Marcus Schultz waren vor Ort im Stadion, haben aber wenig Positives zu berichten. Lange Bälle scheint man beim 1. FC Nürnberg derzeit nicht wirklich zu mögen. Zumindest scheint man sie auch nicht verteidigen zu können, denn zwei der drei Gegentore waren Folge einer solchen Spielsituation. Und bereits beim ersten Gegentreffer ging das alles viel zu leicht und ohne wirkliche Gegenwehr. Dabei hatte man die Störche doch in den ersten 45 Minuten recht gut unter Kontrolle, gab so viele Torschüsse wie noch nie zuvor in dieser Saison ab, vergaß aber mal wieder, sich selbst zu belohnen. Und nach dem ersten Gegentor brach das fragile Mannschaftsgefüge wieder komplett in sich zusammen. Dabei wollte man doch den Schwung, den so ein Trainerwechsel in der Regel mit sich bringt, für sich nutzen und einen Heimsieg einfahren. Doch die Probleme sind und bleiben die gleichen, auch wenn nun ein Neuer den Besen schwingt. Somit rangiert man nach 11 Spieltagen nun auf dem unseligen Relegationsrang 16 und hat nun eine englische Woche vor der Brust, die es in sich hat. Zuerst Samstag in Düsseldorf, dann am Dienstag in der 2. Pokalrunde beim SV Waldhof Mannheim, bevor am Samstag drauf dann Hannover 96 seine Visitenkarte im Max-Morlock-Stadion abgibt. Und so langsam sollte man Erfolge einfahren, damit der Herbst am Valznerweiher nicht noch heißer wird... Shownotes: Der Spieltag: Holstein Kiel Kollaps nach 60 Minuten Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten.

Weinzierl neuer Trainer in Nürnberg, Drei deutsche Teams in Champion League gefordert, Flensburg muss in Handball-European-League ran, Tischtennis-Herren erreichen Achtelfinale bei Team-WM

Hast du schon mal darüber nachgedacht, dich als Aufräumcoach oder Ordnungsexpertin selbstständig zu machen? Und sind dir dabei Gedanken gekommen, wie, brauche ich eine Zertifizierung und wo bekomme ich die her? Brauche ich einen Steuerberater, bin ich dann Gewerbetreibende oder Einzelunternehmerin? Fragen über Fragen, die Verena Weinzierl mit drei weiteren Gründerinnen in einer Community zusammengefasst hat. Sie haben das Unternehmen Orgart gegründet. Eine Plattform in der sich gestandene Ordnungscoaches, wie auch Neueinsteigerinnen, sich treffen und verlinken können. Hier findest du Antworten auf deine Fragen bezüglich Aufräumbusiness, außerdem findest du Links und Adressen zu Expertinnen, wie Steuerberater, die sich mit dem Geschäftsmodell Ordnung auskennen.  Verena Weinzierl hostet den  Podcast "Ordnung trifft", sie ist Unternehmensberaterin und hat jahrelang Erfahrungen in China sammeln können. Ihr liegt das vernetzen mit anderen Unternehmerinnen sehr am Herzen. Du findest sie auf Instagram mit ihrem Orgart Account. 

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ISA and IL Corn are rewriting the script on commodity collaboration, resource sharing, and pooling time and talent for the best interest of Illinois farmers. We check in on how this collaboration has grown under John and Rod's direction, and what's ahead for these two organizations.

This week's episode explores how to find that ideal balance of work hard and play harder. Christina is joined by one of her favorite fitness motivators Kristin Weinzierl who dishes out weekly butt kicking workouts and inspirations that fuel your best self! She is a former collegiate runner, marathon winner, Lifetime Fitness instructor, high school X-country coach, fitness industry professional, and busy wife/mom.  Take a listen to learn how to connect your fitness dots from one of the best! Want to learn more? Check out: LinkedIn Profile or www.A4.healthCheck out our new website: www.optivnetwork.comCheck out A4Health: https://www.a4.health/Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/optivnetworkFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OptivNetworkEmail us at optivnetwork@gmail.com with your questions!Music: "Extra Fresh" by Birocratic (http://birocratic.lnk.to/allYL)

We welcomed back Matt with Brendan to discuss the new Harvard Business School commercial space courses. We talked about content, student interest, commercial space at Harvard, the commercial space economy, investments and even why space. The billionaire controversy got some air time too. Please read the full summary of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, May 27, 2022.

Gäste: Markus Krösche, Hasan Salihamidzic, Martin Quast, Alfred Draxler, Basti Red und Stefan Effenberg Für alle, die den Doppelpass verpasst haben. Hier gibt es jeden Sonntag die aktuelle Ausgabe zum Nachhören als Podcast.   Themen - wir küren die großen Gewinner bei uns im Doppelpass 1.) Pokal-Sieger: Talk und Schalte mit Champions aus Berlin (hoffentlich...) 2.) Meister: Talk mit Salihamidzic über alle Bayern-Themen und Zukunftsvisionen, Personalien (Lewandowski, Gnabry, Neuer, Tolisso, Gravenberch, Kalajdzic, Dembele, ...) und natürlich auch über seine Transferbilanz insgesamt und über ihn persönlich 3.) Europa-League-Sieger: der Wahnsinn hat einen Namen: Eintracht Frankfurt. Wir drehen die Geschichte weiter, die Frage lautet: wie geht es mit den EURO-Helden weiter? Was bedeutet das für den Klub, für die Struktur, das Image, die sportliche Führung, den Trainer, die Mannschaft... 4.) Relegations-Halbzeit-Sieger HSV: Schafft der Traditionsklub aus Hamburg im vierten Anlauf die Rückkehr in die Bundesliga? 5.) Trainer-Beben und die Folgen: Wer wird der Gewinner des Trainerbebens? Sprich: wer wird neuer Trainer in Gladbach, Hoffenheim, Augsburg... Weinzierl und Kovac kurz vor fix... 6.) Effes Sieger: wir machen ein Ranking: Wer ist der Trainer der Saison und der Spieler der Saison. Effe lüftet seine Rangliste. 7.) und wir fragen die Zuschauer in unserer Frage der Woche: wer ist für Sie "Trainer des Jahres"? Glasner, Streich, Tedesco, Fischer, Baumgart, Büskens, Nagelsmann...

Gäste: Markus Krösche, Hasan Salihamidzic, Martin Quast, Alfred Draxler, Basti Red und Stefan Effenberg Für alle, die den Doppelpass verpasst haben. Hier gibt es jeden Sonntag die aktuelle Ausgabe zum Nachhören als Podcast.   Themen - wir küren die großen Gewinner bei uns im Doppelpass 1.) Pokal-Sieger: Talk und Schalte mit Champions aus Berlin (hoffentlich...) 2.) Meister: Talk mit Salihamidzic über alle Bayern-Themen und Zukunftsvisionen, Personalien (Lewandowski, Gnabry, Neuer, Tolisso, Gravenberch, Kalajdzic, Dembele, ...) und natürlich auch über seine Transferbilanz insgesamt und über ihn persönlich 3.) Europa-League-Sieger: der Wahnsinn hat einen Namen: Eintracht Frankfurt. Wir drehen die Geschichte weiter, die Frage lautet: wie geht es mit den EURO-Helden weiter? Was bedeutet das für den Klub, für die Struktur, das Image, die sportliche Führung, den Trainer, die Mannschaft... 4.) Relegations-Halbzeit-Sieger HSV: Schafft der Traditionsklub aus Hamburg im vierten Anlauf die Rückkehr in die Bundesliga? 5.) Trainer-Beben und die Folgen: Wer wird der Gewinner des Trainerbebens? Sprich: wer wird neuer Trainer in Gladbach, Hoffenheim, Augsburg... Weinzierl und Kovac kurz vor fix... 6.) Effes Sieger: wir machen ein Ranking: Wer ist der Trainer der Saison und der Spieler der Saison. Effe lüftet seine Rangliste. 7.) und wir fragen die Zuschauer in unserer Frage der Woche: wer ist für Sie "Trainer des Jahres"? Glasner, Streich, Tedesco, Fischer, Baumgart, Büskens, Nagelsmann...

Wow! Was für ein Saison-Ende. Wer hätte das gedacht? Die Hertha muss in die Relegation, der HSV beendet die Spielzeit mal nicht auf Platz vier, Stuttgart rettet sich auf den letzten Metern, Fussball Experte Thomas Wagner und Focus Online Kolumnist Mike Kleiß sind echt baff! Florian Kohfeldt ist nicht mehr Trainer in Wolfsburg, Weinzierl schmeisst in Augsburg hin, ebenso wie Hütter in Gladbach. Die komplette Analyse heute in dieser Folge "Eier, wir brauchen Eier". Dazu gibt es in den kommenden Tagen wichtige Entscheidungen: Wie stellt sich der FC Bayern für die Zukunft auf? Werden Augsburg, Gladbach und Wolfsburg schnell neue Trainer finden? Und wer gewinnt das Finale in der Europa League? Werden die Rangers auch das dritte deutsche Team besiegen? Oder fährt Eintracht Frankfurt den wichtigsten Sieg seit 40 Jahren ein? Mehr Spannung war nie, mehr Themen waren nie in diesem Podcast.

Über eine Stunde geballtes Reden über unsere große Leidenschaft…!

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Die Bundesliga-Saison 21/22 ist zu Ende und wir fassen die Highlights des spektakulären letzten Wochenendes nochmal zusammen. Darin enthalten: Kampfansagen von Oliver Kahn, Parolen von Felix Magath und Abschiede von großen Persönlichkeiten. Dazu natürlich eine Vorschau auf die Relegation. Von Tobi Schäfer.

VfB schafft direkten Klassenerhalt - Hertha muss in Relegation, Hütter und Weinzierl hören auf, Rot-Weiss Essen steigt in 3. Liga auf, Beerensteyn und Asseyi verlassen FC Bayern

Zwei Jahre nach seinem ersten ChefTreff-Interview gibt Andy Weinzierl, Founder und CEO von SUSHI Bikes, ein Update zur Entwicklung seines E-Bike Start Ups. Im Gespräch mit Sven lässt der Münchner die vergangenen zwei Jahre Revue passieren, die für ihn und sein Team gleichermaßen von Herausforderungen und Erfolgen geprägt waren. Denn auch SUSHI Bikes war von Lieferschwierigkeiten und steigenden Kosten betroffen. Auch deshalb, so Andy, setzt das Unternehmen auf absolute Transparenz und macht Kund*innen sogar Tabellen rund um Lieferpläne zugänglich. Zudem setzen Andy und sein Team auf enge Zusammenarbeit mit der SUSHI Bikes Community, die dank einer fünfstelligen Anzahl verkaufter Bikes sehr groß geworden ist. In der Folge mit Andy Weinzierl und Sven Rittau lernst Du:

Die Eintracht gewinnt, die Bayern verlieren und Kaiserslautern spielt bestimmt auch irgendwo Fußball. Als wären das nicht schon genug Zutaten für eine schöne Spieltagssuppe, würzen wir noch mit Fehlentscheidungen, Fehlpässen und fehlenden Impfpässen nach. Bone Apple Tea!

July was an exciting month for space enthusiasts of all sorts. From Richard Branson's suborbital flight to Jeff Bezos' launch, the era of private space travel has truly arrived. SpaceX and Blue Origin may be making the headlines, but they are far from the only companies involved in the emerging space economy. And at the same time, NASA intends to continue manned missions to the Moon with its Artemis program. In a recent event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, John Roth, Rich Boling, Mike Gold, and Matthew Weinzierl discussed the present and future of space commerce, from tourism to manufacturing and beyond. John Roth serves as vice president of business development for Sierra Space, a subsidiary of the Sierra Nevada Corporation. Richard Boling is vice president of corporate advancement at Techshot. Mike Gold is executive vice president of civil space business development and external affairs at Redwire Space. And Matthew Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

After beating the Soviet Union in the race to the moon, America lost much of its drive to explore space for several decades. However, with the rise of private pioneers such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, this has begun to change. And as the US resumes its exploration of outer space, many questions have been raised. Can a private space economy be profitable? Do we have good reason to return to the moon and travel to Mars? And what new discoveries await us that we have yet to predict? I discussed these questions and many more in a recent AEI online panel discussion, which I now present in podcast form. Tim Fernholz is a senior reporter at Quartz, and he is the author of the 2018 book, https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Billionaires-Elon-Bezos-Space/dp/1328662233 (Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the New Space Race). Sara Seager is a professor of planetary science and physics at MIT, where she is known for her research on extrasolar planets. Stan Veuger is a resident scholar in economic policy studies at AEI, as well as a visiting lecturer of economics at Harvard University. And Matt Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he has recently launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications.

Welcome to the Divine Feminine Revolution Podcast! Ready to turn your trauma into your superpower? You get to heal your wounds healer! Shelby Weinzierl is a sepsis warrior, mama, yogini, and an up and coming herbalist specializing in infused oils, butters, and salves. You can find her out in the garden, foraging in the mountains, or whipping up herbal goodies in the kitchen. She truly believes that plants have miraculous abilities to heal the planet and will play an integral role in ushering in the divine feminine revolution. Ready to join the Divine Feminine Revolution Podcast Launch Squad & Win Prizes for sharing and leaving a five star review. Join for free here-> https://www.fearlessfeminineacademy.com/launch-squad Come join me in my FREE private Facebook group, Divine Feminine Revolution: https://www.facebook.com/groups/divinefemininerevolution/ Send me a DM on instagram! https://instagram.com/drmeganmonday