Dan Berkenstock, Julian Mann, John Fenwick, and Ching-Yu Hu (Skybox Imaging) - Launching into Uncharted Space

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2013

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The co-founders of Skybox Imaging, Dan Berkenstock, Julian Mann, John Fenwick and Ching-Yu Hu, realized early on they had one thing in common: they don't take no for an answer. Here the team of Stanford alumni explain their passion to disrupt the satellite imaging industry and share engaging tales of launching their unique venture.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leader series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.3	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:18.6	Today we have an incredible opportunity. We have a special entrepreneurial thought leader lecture for you where we have four speakers today.
0:25.6	I don't think we've ever done that before.
0:27.6	We have the founders of Skybox Imaging.
0:30.6	And this is a very interesting company to bring in because this company got launched in one of our classes.
0:35.6	MS&E 273. How many of you have taken or
0:39.4	are in 273? Some of you, technology venture formation. Okay, this project came out of that class.
0:45.3	There are three students on the team from the engineering school, one former student from
0:49.3	the business school. And my favorite story is that Julian Mann, one of the former students on the team, was in my class when they were working on this.
0:58.0	He came to where their final presentations an hour late because they had just signed their term sheet.
1:04.0	So this company is doing galactic things. They actually build micro satellites and the company is doing remarkably well.
1:12.6	They're going to tell us all about their story and their insights. So without further ado,
1:16.6	join us.
1:18.6	Tina, thank you very much.
1:24.6	Hi, and thanks for the warm welcome.
1:28.3	My name is Dan Birkenstock.
1:31.3	I was a PhD student here in aeronautics and astronautics from 2004 to 2009-ish.
1:40.3	It got a little confusing at the end there.
1:43.3	Yeah, not quite sure it was happening. Just
1:46.4	for a quick intro, so everyone knows, we've got Ching Yu Hu, another co-founder who was in MSN.E.
1:52.0	We've got John Fenwick, who was in the business school, and we've got Julian Mann. Before
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