Michael Suffredini, Axiom Space - The Only Thing I Know How To Do Is Build And Operate A Space Station | #340

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Business, Investing, Management

4.7 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In episode 340, we welcome our guest, Michael Suffredini, CEO and co-founder of Axiom Space, which is building the world’s first internationally available commercial space station. In today’s episode, we’re talking all about space travel. We start by hearing about Mike’s time running the International Space Station. Then Mike shares what led him start Axiom Space and undertake the task of building the first commercial space station. He walks us through the business model of a commercial space station and what Axiom’s competitive advantage is when competing with China and Russia. Then we talk about the space economy, including the potential benefits for pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and even 3-D organ printing. As we wind down, Mike talks about Axiom’s recent 130 million dollar Series B and whether or not an IPO may be in store in the future. Please enjoy this episode with Axiom Space’s Michael Suffredini. ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- This episode is sponsored by AcreTrader. AcreTrader is an investment platform that makes it simple to own shares of farmland and earn passive income, and you can start investing in just minutes online. AcreTrader provides access, transparency, and liquidity to investors, while handling all aspects of administration and property management so that you can sit back and watch your investment grow. If you're interested in a deeper understanding, and for more information on how to become a farmland investor through their platform, please visit acretrader.com/meb. Today’s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Join today and get access to quarterly CAPE ratios, an excel quant backtester and the entire research library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mebb Faver Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.
0:11.0	Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and
0:13.5	uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser.
0:17.2	Better investing starts here.
0:18.8	Met Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.
0:23.3	Did it industry regulations, he will not discuss any of Cambry's funds on this podcast.
0:27.2	All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion
0:31.1	of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.
0:33.4	For more information, visit Cambria Investments.com.
0:39.6	Welcome, podcast listeners.
0:40.9	Today we have another episode in our podcast founder series
0:44.1	where we invite kick-ass entrepreneurs to chat about their experiences from the
0:48.2	front lines of starting a company. We cover everything from newly minted
0:52.1	startups still struggling to make it out of their garage
0:54.4	all the way to the elusive unicorns that are either transforming traditional business sectors with innovative ideas
1:00.5	or creating entirely new ones through cutting edge technologies.
1:04.0	Either way, the result will be total catastrophic failure in bankruptcy,
1:08.0	or hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue,
1:10.0	and evaluation worth north of a billion dollars.
1:14.0	Listen in to hear the tales of blood sweat and tears
1:16.7	as these founders try to change the world.
1:19.2	As a disclosure reminder, I've invested in most,
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