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Ed Elson

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Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

And so you're working at school, at lunch breaks, the guy's letting you use the metalworks.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

And then at what point do you start to really operationalize this?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

At what point does this go from a kid using the DT workshop at lunchtime to actually building a company?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

We'll be right back.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

We're back with Peter Beck.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

So what does it take to actually build a company at that point that is actually building rockets?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

What does the recruitment process look like?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

What does the fundraising process look like?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

How do you convince an investor that they're going to get their money back by giving you money to build rockets into space?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

When you make that pitch to these Silicon Valley investors, I mean, obviously, they're trying to figure out how this becomes profitable.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

What does that pitch look like?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

Are you kind of describing the need for space equipment today?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

Or is it more of a pitch about something, you know, hundreds of years in the future?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

Like, what does that pitch at that point actually look like?

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

You mentioned some of these insane valuations and these Series A rounds, $2.2 billion valuation for a company that hasn't actually built anything.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

Yeah, it's crazy.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

Just crazy.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

But then also you look at

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

the valuations and the pricing on the companies that actually are building things, and the valuations are pretty stunning, the multiples are pretty stunning, including on your company.

Prof G Markets
The Space Boom Is Just Beginning

And one thing that is...