Luke Fischer is the Co-Founder & CEO of SkyFi, a company that we'll describe in a few ways in this episode, but boils down to an Earth Observation marketplace. We talk about Luke's 20 year time in the military before getting into startups, why Luke is bullish on their approach and many more

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Gabe -unit economics- DominocieloBill PerkinsDie with ZeroSilicon Valley No Revenue • Book & Podcast recommendations • Freedom’s Forge ( Affiliate Link • ) BigDeal by Codie SanchezTimestamps (00:00) - Intro (00:50) - Sponsor: SatCamp (02:41) - Luke describes himself (04:21) - Getting into the satellite image industry (07:13) - Risks starting a company (10:16) - Don't start a marketplace (18:22) - Racing to get customers (23:08) - What is the Product in all of this? (25:00) - What is the product that SkyFi needs to build today? (28:17) - Who is this for? (33:08) - Biggest pain points (37:44) - The market's view of Earth Observation businesses (45:00) - Pivoting from the military (51:28) - Hiring (59:12) - Raising big, early (01:02:08) - Predicting the industry in 2.5 years (01:09:05) - Consumer market? (01:14:24) - Health & family (01:26:05) - Community while all Remote (01:30:25) - Book & Podcast Recommendation (01:33:09) - Support the podcast on Patreon

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