Mo Islam (@itsmoislam), co-founder of Payload Space, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- There is no doubt that we are in the early stages of the space economy, Mo says.- The cost to go to Mars will be paid many time

Dual Use Tech with Ari Schuler and Andrea Garrity

Nov 3rd, 2022 38m 44s

Ari Schuler, CEO of goTenna, and Andrea Garrity, Chief Growth Officer of goTenna, join Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon join us on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- goTenna was founded after Hurricane Sandy when a brother and sister didn’t kno

Spacecraft Manufacturing with Apex’s Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi

Oct 24th, 2022 32m 5s

Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnamon), co-founder and CEO of Apex Space, and Max Benassi (@mxbenassi), co-founder and CTO, join Lucas Bagno on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The cost per kilogram to get things into space has gone down dramaticall

A Deep Dive on SBIRs with Ben Van Roo

Oct 20th, 2022 50m 36s

Ben Van Roo (@DavidNorthStar), co-founder and CEO of Yurts AI, joins Lucas Bagno on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The Small Business Innovation Research program was originally developed as a grant program to allow small companies do in

Reimagining The Kill Chain with Christian Brose

Oct 6th, 2022 52m 20s

Christian Brose (@cdbrose), Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril and author of The Kill Chain joins Lucas Bagno on this episode. Takeaways:- The US military and its procurement system has been built for equipment that is big, heavy, and hard to re

Restoring Dynamism in a Decadent Society with Ross Douthat

Sep 29th, 2022 51m 47s

Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT), New York Times columnist and author of The Decadent Society, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Since the moon landing, we have entered a period of stagnation. Confidence and optimism hav

Innovating in National Security with Raj Shah

Sep 22nd, 2022 40m 29s

Raj Shah, Managing Partner at Shield Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Raj and Shield don’t care whether a founding team has experience selling to government, because the firm can help with that. They eval

Mike Brown on How To Ensure The US Leads Defense Innovation

Sep 15th, 2022 51m 46s

Mike Brown, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- It can easily take 10-20 years for tech to make its way into the Department of Defense. The Defense Innovation Unit help

Investing in Defense with Alex Moore

Sep 1st, 2022 38m 6s

Alex Moore (@AustinGiraffe), investor at 8VC and board member at Palantir, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Alex was one of the original team members at Palantir. He says that helping build the compan

The Rare Earths Threat with Nathan Picarsic

Aug 11th, 2022 38m 32s

Nathan Picarsic, co-founder of Horizon Advisory, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways: - There are 17 rare earth metals that are of immense strategic importance. They are used in a vast array of everyday pr

Steve Blank on Rebuilding the Department of Defense

Aug 4th, 2022 52m 23s

Steve Blank (@sgblank), creator of Hacking For Defense and author of 4 Steps To The Epiphany, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- The secret history of Silicon Valley is that it emerged from the governme

Our Hypersonic Future with Hermeus’ AJ Piplica

Jul 12th, 2022 51m 39s

AJ Piplica (@AJ_Piplica), founder and CEO of Hermeus, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- Every time there has been an acceleration in the speed of transportation in history, high GDP growth has followed.- A switch t

SBIRs, PORs, and Lobbyists with Peter Newell

Jul 5th, 2022 43m 51s

Peter Newell (@PeterANewell), CEO of BMNT, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Peter was “handed the Ferrari of skunkworks” when he came to be in charge of the Rapid Equipping Force. It was a program tha

Erik Torenberg on How Startups Can Help Save The World

Jun 29th, 2022 46m 42s

Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg), co-founder and general partner at Village Global and co-founder and co-CEO of On Deck join Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Solarpunk. Takeaways:- Startups are the most effective organizations for

The Future Industrial Network with Hondo Geurts

Jun 21st, 2022 47m 29s

James “Hondo” Geurts, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Takeaways:- What kept Hondo up at night was that there was a good idea out there that wa

Noah Smith's Deep Dive on the Chinese Economy

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 20m

- The narrative that China can do no wrong and why Noah says it is out of date at this point.- The long-term headwinds that China is facing, including demographic changes, resource limitations, and real estate challenges.- Why America should ra

Jacob Helberg on China’s Global Influence

Jun 7th, 2022 48m 36s

Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), foreign policy expert and author of The Wires of War, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Why he says peace through trade was the biggest foreign policy miscalculation in US history.- How US companies

Back to the Basics: Building in a Downturn with Geoff Lewis

Jun 2nd, 2022 44m 46s

Geoff Lewis (@GeoffLewisOrg), founder at Bedrock, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- His thoughts on the markets and the advice he has for founders operating in a market like this one.- What is driving financial nihilism and how it

Bilal Zuberi on Unifying America

May 26th, 2022 53m 43s

Bilal Zuberi (@bznotes), partner at Lux Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Bilal’s investing thesis of finding companies building solutions to interesting problems that impact a lot of people.- Why he’s investing in space

Laura Crabtree on Space Software

May 12th, 2022 48m 10s

Laura Crabtree (@llcrabbie), founder and CEO of Epsilon3, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode to discuss:- What she accomplished during her time at SpaceX and her journey to starting Epsilon3. - Whether the biggest contribution o

Joshua Steinman on Unrestricted Warfare

May 3rd, 2022 56m 34s

Joshua Steinman (@JoshuaSteinman), founder and CEO of Galvanick, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- The history of cybersecurity at big industrial companies and how he is building “Splunk for industrial systems” to solve that probl

Martin Gurri on Authority’s Reaction to The Revolt of the Public

Apr 26th, 2022 56m 13s

Martin Gurri (@mgurri), author of The Revolt of the Public, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- The genesis of the thesis about the revolt of the public while Martin was working at the CIA analyzing communications as social media an

Manufacturing The American Dream with Chris Power of Hadrian

Apr 19th, 2022 52m 38s

Chris Power (@2112Power), founder and CEO of Hadrian, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Why manufacturing is key to a strong position in the world order. - The changes in the landscape that have enabled a company like Hadrian to b

America Next with Mike Maples

Apr 5th, 2022 52m 11s

Mike Maples (@m2jr), founding partner at Floodgate, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnamon) to discuss:- Why there has been an “epidemic of fakery” in society over the last 50 years or so. Mike says that institutions a

The Space Economy with Delian Asparouhov

Mar 29th, 2022 49m 35s

Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnammon) on this episode to discuss:- Why he says that VCs have a moral obligation to