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Cold Star Project
By Jason KaniganBusiness
Cold Star Project episodes
- Graham Lau - Looking at Space and Science Fiction with The Cosmobiologist - Cold Star Project S02E48
Dr. Graham Lau aka The Cosmobiologist is my guest on this episode of the Cold Star Project. We dig into:
- his co-hosting of the Ask An Astrobiologist Show
- the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
- his work as a research scientist, and the future application of his knowledge of sulfur cycling in glacial environments with Jovian moon investigation
- the public's view on science fiction, and what could be improved in that approach
- getting young people interested in science
and more.
Dr. Lau was a speaker at the second "Make Space Boring" virtual conference hosted by Cold Star Technologies, recording of which is available here: https://coldstartech.com/msb-virtual-conference-2/
Dr. Lau's personal website: https://cosmobiota.com/
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science website: https://www.bmsis.org/
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42 min - Brant Arseneau - Funding Strategies In Space Investment - Cold Star Project S03E04
Brant Arseneau, partner at 9point8 Capital, Board Member of Spaced Ventures and Mentor at Creative Destruction Labs is on the Cold Star Project. With host Jason Kanigan he answers:
- What is your opinion on the current state of raising capital for space startups?
- How does capital typically form in a nascent industry?
- Is the space industry different from other industries?
- Can you explain the challenges in the capital supply chain?
- Other than venture capital are there other capital sources?
- Doing business in space is risky, so are there any financial risk mitigation tools available to companies?
- What are investors looking for from space startups and what type of investors are out there?
9point8 Capital website: https://www.9point8.net/
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39 min - Joseph Paris - State of Readiness for Space Companies - Cold Star Project S02E47
Joseph Paris of Xonitek and founder of the Operational Excellence Society is on the Cold Star Project to discuss OpEx and his book State of Readiness. With host Jason Kanigan, JP explores:
- What OpEx means to him, and it's not Lean Six Sigma, TQM or TPS
- The definition of "State of Readiness" and its implications for industry
- How his strategic view of Operational Excellence came about, and what Strategic OpEx looks like
- Whether Joseph believes a change agent with "no past" with the organization they're working on is essential to produce good results
- How commonly opinions are masquerading as "facts" within organizations, leading to groupthink
- What happens when senior management stop being involved with OpEx improvements
- The notion and value of "packaging ideas for delivery" to communicate with stakeholders who may not understand operational excellence terminology
and more.
Xonitek website: https://xonitek.com/
Operational Excellence Society website: https://opexsociety.org/
(valuable articles here)
[Disclaimer: since this interview was recorded, Cold Star Technologies has become a Bronze level sponsor of the Operational Excellence Society, and the founder Jason Kanigan is now on its Board of Advisors. This was not the case when we recorded our discussion here, and there is often a long gap between recording and release dates. In this case, the recording was done on March 17, 2020 and released July 2, 2020. This interview is not intended to be an advertisement and was done in an independent spirit, with no view on how the future would turn out.]
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56 min - Nicholas Loise - Driving Revenue with Sales Performance Team - The Cold Star Project
Nicholas Loise has quite the resume, headed by his current role as Fractional Sales & Marketing Leader, Founder/Owner, Sales Performance Team. It includes being President of Glazer Kennedy Inner Circle - GKIC/Magnetic Marketing, involved with GKIC 8 years; Owner of a Direct Response Agency and Outsourced Sales Leader Company; Adjunct Professor of Marketing, North Park University; MBA from North Park; VP Sales & Marketing Provena Mercy Medical Center 9 yrs, a $156 Million division. On the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan, Nick explores:
- Why he choose “execution-focused” sales areas of business
- Where clients have told him they need help in sales
- What he sees that is wrong in selling and sales processes today, that Nick is earnestly driven to correct...and how does this improvement lead to organizational results?
- When he believes clients should be approaching Sales Performance Team for expertise
- In his experience, how often is the salesperson in need of improvement vs the sales process?
- [In Jason's experience over the past 25 years, he has seen companies large and small who do not control or have consistency in their sales process. You can walk across the hallway and find a salesperson who is doing the job completely differently from their fellow sales employee.] What are the consequences of this lack of consistency? How does it affect buyer experience? And financial results? Ability to determine what went wrong or even what went right?
- What does Nick hear that tells him, “This is going to be a great project”?
- What did he see at his years of GKIC and his own agency that caused Nick to start Sales Performance team?
Sales Performance Team website: https://salesperformanceteam.com/
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32 min - Chris Stott - Satellite Spectrum and Space Activism - Cold Star Project S02E46
ManSat Chairman Chris Stott returns to the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan to talk further about satellite spectrum and space advocacy. Activist-authors Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, the economics of space, space scholarships and more are our topics.
ManSat website: http://www.mansat.com/
SpaceIsle website: https://www.spaceisle.com/
SSPI website: https://www.sspi.org/
International Institute of Space Commerce website: https://iisc.im/
Geeks Without Frontiers website: http://geekswf.org/
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42 min - Chris Stott - Spectrum Filing Surprises In Satellite Manufacturing - Cold Star Project S02E45
Chairman & CEO of the ManSat group of companies Chris Stott is on the Cold Star Project, and our main topic is satellite spectrum. Where does the authorization for satellite communication frequencies come from, and how is it distributed? With host Jason Kanigan, Chris discusses:
- the definition of "satellite spectrum"
- how ManSat got the authority to distribute satellite spectrum, and from whom? Who is the target market, and what does the process of working with ManSat look like?
- what SpaceIsle.com is and how it is different from the ManSat corporate site
- experiences he has had as a member of the ISU Board of Directors
- projects he has worked on and produced as a "Multi Award winning Documentary Film Maker and Executive Producer", per his LI profile
- what the Space & Satellite Professionals International organization is and what his involvement is
- how Chris helped develop Geeks Without Frontiers.
ManSat website: http://www.mansat.com/
SpaceIsle website: https://www.spaceisle.com/
SSPI website: https://www.sspi.org/
International Institute of Space Commerce website: https://iisc.im/
Geeks Without Frontiers website: http://geekswf.org/
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1 hr 3 min - Meagan Crawford - Space Investment Pitches To SpaceFund - Cold Star Project S03E03
Managing Partner of space venture capital firm SpaceFund Meagan Crawford is on the Cold Star Project. With host Jason Kanigan she explains:
- how SpaceFund defines "space company", and why that matters
- what the surprising thing most often missing from pitch decks is that founders should make sure they include
- what the realities are of the exit landscape for space companies
- her recommendations to space companies so they avoid another OneWeb situation
- where and when Meagan believes working with the newspace marketing firm she co-founded, Brand Delta-V, fits for space founders
- advice for careers in space, particularly for women
- her mission as host of the Mission Eve podcast, and what being a show host has been like.
SpaceFund website: https://spacefund.com/
Mission Eve podcast: https://cscf.space/missioneve
Brand Delta-V website: http://branddeltav.com/
Center for Space Commerce & Finance website: https://cscf.space/
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38 min - Marek Ziebart - Satellite Geodesy and Space Populations - Cold Star Project S02E44
Dr. Marek Ziebart, Professor of Space Geodesy at and Director of University College London's Space Geodesy and Navigation Group, is on the Cold Star Project to discuss space object tracking and situational awareness.
Dr. Ziebart is a fellow of the Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, journal reviewer, and winner of several awards including 2018 Tycho Brahe Award from the Institute of Navigation. Host Jason Kanigan asks about:
- what space geodesy is
- a quick look at how GPS works
- the definition of antenna thrust and its usage
- what happens at the Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory at UCL
- what tools Dr. Ziebart uses to collect and process spacecraft orbit determination and prediction
- outcomes of a European Space Agency project to design a combined navigation and communication system for manned and robotic landings on Mars that he was Principle Investigator of
- conclusions of a study for the UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, simulating the launches of multiple mega-constellations and their impact on space populations over the next 25 years
- our shared interests in photography and Dr. Richard Feynman.
Still images from Dr. Ziebart's simulations
2019: https://coldstarproject.com/marek2019
2028 estimate: https://coldstarproject.com/marek2028Sign up for email notifications of new episodes: https://www.coldstartech.com/msb
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48 min - Michael Mealling - What Space Companies Do Venture Capitalists Invest In? - Cold Star Project S3E02
General Partner at Starbridge Venture Capital and President of the Moon Society Michael Mealling is on the Cold Star Project. Michael has long been both a technical and business leader in the space field. Our main aim in this episode is to clear up the question of What Kind Of Space Companies Do Venture Capitalists Invest In?
- With host Jason Kanigan, Michael Mealling discusses:
- how venture capital works for space companies
- what Starbridge's definition of "space company" is, and what factors make a space company an attractive investment opportunity
- what Starbridge does not invest in, and why
- the reason the space sector needs more sector-focused VCs
- why venture capitalists are not typically interested in space mining, space solar power, antimatter, Mars colonies etc.
- where Michael sees space investment headed over the next decade
- the Moon Society's mission and current events.
Starbridge Venture Capital website: https://www.starbridgevc.com/
Moon Society website: https://www.moonsociety.org/
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40 min - Christopher Newman - Environmental Protection In Space Law - Cold Star Project S02E43
Dr. Christopher Newman is Professor of Space Law and Policy at Northumbria University. We're talking about an important but not oft-seen issue in space, which is a part of many areas such as space situational awareness: environmental protection.
The first thing you're likely to notice is that phrase, like many things in space, does not quite mean what you first thought. It is farther reaching and more broadly applied. Dr. Newman and Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan discuss:
- Why we should care about environmental protection in space
- What capabilities exist for environmental protection to be included or executed through space law
- The issues with enforcement of any agreements
- Christopher's experience with implementing environmental protection though space law
- What the good doctor would download directly into his students' skulls, "Matrix-style", if he could
and more.
Space Watch Global story on the development of the Space Law Games: https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/space-law-games-at-the-4th-global-space-traffic-management-workshop/
Space Law Games website: https://spacelawgames.wordpress.com/
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