E59: The Space Industry Is About To Change - Oluseun Taiwo (Frontier #13)

Olu Taiwo is founder and CEO of Solideon, which 3D prints for the space industry!

3D printing allows for AI-optimised design, speedy iteration, and limitless personalisation 💪 Olu's vision is to be the "AWS of manufacturing" by upending the historically slow-moving and capital-intensive industry.

Olu has great stories about how he got his first startup funding, his lessons from the titans of the Space Industry at Virgin Orbit & RocketLab, the difficulties that comes with being a hardware founder, solving the problems of the space supply chain, and following his lifelong passion for space & manufacturing.

"If you're building a company on Earth, you're inherently a space company!" 🛰

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Olu's startup: https://solideon.com/
Follow Olu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluseun-taiwo-44b97910b/
Follow James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bannon/

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00:00 Olu's Passion for Space & Engineering
08:15 Lessons from Space Industry Leaders
13:15 Relativity Space, Olu's Startup & Additive Manufacturing
19:22 Problems with the Space Supply Chain
26:21 VC Fundraising, Techstars & Getting Customers as a Startup
38:03 Story Time - Olu's Hardest Moment on his Startup Journey
45:16 Where is the Space Industry Headed?
52:49 The Next 10 Years
58:26 Three Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs

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