Tag Archives: Startup Files

Analyzing and predicting climate and weather is one of the most important parts of the space economy. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) has been a key part of that for years. A new company in Toronto called Perceptive Space, however, is taking that to another level. Having just emerged from stealth a few months ago, Perceptive Space and founder/CEO Padmashri Suresh aim to deploy …

Whether they like it or not, Founders tend to spend a lot of time trying to raise money. After establishing that they want or need the money, the next question they always confront is how much they are worth. Or more specifically, what value can they set on their company and their equity in it – to sell that equity to an investor. This is known as …

Yes, you read the title correctly. In this column I am going to assert that in business, anyway, there really are no "right " decisions.

In the space business, there is an old adage. If you don't have time to do it right. Do you have time to do it twice? This is, in a sense, one of the rules of the space business that has been challenged in the new space environment. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

One of the most important jobs of a founder of startup business – well of any business is what I refer to as the process of separating the Merely Urgent from the Truly Important. Which is a statement that might require a bit of explanation.  So, in this column I want to talk about what I mean by that and why it matters.

Leadership is the art of influencing human behaviour so as to achieve the mission in the manner desired by the leader. That is the definition of leadership that I learned at the age of 13 as an Air Cadet (it was the Canadian Forces standard definition at the time). I have never needed another.

If you have ever tried to raise money for a business, you will be familiar with the term “Lead Investor.” If you have not had that pleasure, you might not be.

In the last two columns I have talked about why space, as an investment sector, is not really like other "Deep Tech" sectors. At times, I may have made the sector sound like it was unattractive to investors. I don't think it is. In fact, I think it has enormous potential specifically because its dynamics are not widely appreciated. The sector really is ready for some smart money that …

In my last column I spent some time looking at the investment environment in the space sector, including why I think that it may not be meeting the expectations of some investors who arrived in the last major surge of investment. Without going into detail again, I think that the main issue is that the space market does not match the expectations of investors coming …

The space sector is seeing a shift in funding. Five years ago, private sector funding was on the rise. Government spending was decreasing and appeared set to continue. There were some predictions this "reversal" of capital was going to remake the industry. It didn't. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …