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The Business That's Selling Sunlight After Dark with Ben Nowack, CEO of Reflect Orbital (#419)

The Business That's Selling Sunlight After Dark with Ben Nowack, CEO of Reflect Orbital (#419)

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In this episode, Chris sits down with Ben Nowack, co-founder and CEO of Reflect Orbital, one of the first companies building satellites that redirect sunlight from orbit to specific spots on Earth, with the goal of delivering sunlight on demand, 24/7. Why would you want sunlight 24/7? Agriculture and farming, construction projects, rescue missions, military operations, powering solar panels closer to 100% of the time instead of ~30%, etc. Ben started Reflect in 2021. He spent the first year in a garage, $60k in credit card debt, before a $350k raise came in. Reflect has now raised more than $35 million. Sequoia led the seed (its first space investment since SpaceX), Lux Capital led the $20M Series A, and it launches its first satellite later this year. They discuss:• A speech Gwynne Shotwell gave during his tenure at SpaceX that he will never forget• What he learned while working at SpaceX that he implements at Reflect• The story of building the actual company and why building hardware is hard• How they think about vertical integration• The trillion $ business case for redirecting sunlight• How he recruits technical talent, what works and what doesn't Timestamps(0:00) Intro(1:07) "Rockets Are Cool, But They're Not the Big Money Makers"(7:00) Lessons from SpaceX: What Ben Took (and Left Behind)(16:35) The Origin: From High School Fusion Reactors to Reflect Orbital(25:10) The Fossil Fuel Problem and Why It's So Hard to Beat(28:37) "By 3 AM You Have a Minimum Viable Financial Model"(35:44) The Breakthrough: Putting Mirrors in Space(41:00) Building the First Satellite(51:03) First Satellite and Seven-Figure Demand Nobody Expected(57:00) The Constellation Plan: 18 Satellites, Global Coverage(1:10:00) What It's Like to Order Sunlight(1:22:00) Why Fashion Designers Build Better Spacecraft Than JWST Engineers(1:25:36) The 10-Year Vision: Starship, Scale, and Powering the Earth Find our sponsors: Collateral PartnersCollateral Partners builds institutional-grade investor materials for private credit, private equity, real estate, and family office firms, the kind of marketing collateral that helps you close capital. Learn more at https://collateral.com/powers Relay Human CloudRelay Human Cloud gives you pre-vetted, fully managed global talent for up to 75% less than hiring locally. Your best people stop doing repetitive work and get back to the work that moves your company forward. Learn more at https://www.relayhumancloud.com/powers/ Chris on Social Media:X: https://x.com/fortworthchrisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepowerspodcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ Visit our website: https://www.powerspod.com/Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO
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