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We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

TIP408: A Deep Dive into Terran Orbital w/ Marc Bell

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 01:55 - Terran’s fundamentals.
  • 11:36 - Key differences in the technology of the satellites in play.
  • 18:51 - The competitive landscape of the Earth Observation as a service industry.
  • 31:51 - Why Terran is choosing to go public through a SPAC merger.
  • 46:33 - A look into the team behind Terran and also the SPAC Sponsor team.
  • 53:20 - Marc's experience as a private investor and much more!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to TI-P.

0:03.1

On Episode 399 with Josh Wolf, we discuss Luxe Investment in a company called Planet,

0:08.3

which has hundreds of satellites currently in lower Earth orbit capturing visual data

0:12.2

every day.

0:13.2

It's a very compelling idea, so on Episode 401, we discuss Planet in more detail with

0:17.5

Chris Demuth of Rangelic Capital.

0:19.7

From these discussions, it appeared that Planet didn't have much competition, but today we

0:23.1

are speaking to Mark Bell, who says not so fast.

0:26.1

Mark is the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Terran Orbital.

0:30.1

Terran has been primarily manufacturing satellites for others for the past nine years, but has

0:34.2

an aggressive plan to take on planet and others in the race for Earth observation services.

0:39.3

In this episode, we discuss Terran's fundamentals, the competitive landscape of the Earth observation

0:44.0

as a service industry, key differences in the technology of the satellites in play, why

0:48.7

Terran is choosing to go public through a SPAC merger, a look into the team behind Terran

0:53.0

and the SPAC sponsorship team?

0:55.0

Mark's experience as a private investor and much, much more.

0:58.3

Mark is an extremely accomplished individual who is about to realize his fifth unicorn

1:02.5

company, meaning a company valued over a billion dollars.

1:05.6

I walked away from this discussion feeling that this is not a man I would bet against.

1:09.8

The flurry in excitement around space technology continues, so please enjoy this very enlightening

1:14.1

conversation with Mark Bell.

1:16.8

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