Mo Islam: The Space Industry is Changing, So Is How It's Reported On - MBM #33

Mo Islam is the Co-Founder & CEO of Payload, a Modern Media Company build around a daily newsletter reporting on the Space Industry.--- <br />Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO Hub<br />Geoawesomeness<br />UP42<br />---Shownotes: <br />- Subscribe to Payload! <br />- Pathfinder, their podcast<br />- Crowdfunded SpaceX round of investment<br />- Book & Podcast Recommendations <br />     - Engines that move markets<br />     - The Portal, Episode with Peter Thiel<br />- For All Mankind<br />- Payload's space-themed playlistTimestamps: <br />00:00 Introduction <br />03:34 Episode Begins: From Banking to Space Media <br />07:41 Deciding to start a Newsletter <br />12:19 Doing to Media what Happened to New Space <br />14:21 Deciding to Focus on 'High Value Readers'' <br />19:50 Getting Feedback <br />21:52 Payload's Target Audience <br />31:21 Earth Observation <br />35:33 Challenges of Reporting on Technical Fields <br />38:18 What Is Worth Reporting On <br />43:05 Earth Observation is Tough for Investors <br />50:18 Information Over Opinion <br />55:04 What Happened to the Earth Observation SPACs <br />59:35 Predictions: Earth Observation companies Getting Acquired <br />01:01:58 Would Google or Facebook buy an EO Company? <br />01:05:19 Other Forms of Media & TikTok <br />01:09:11 The Media Funnel <br />01:13:27 Focus & Analogy With Software Products <br />01:15:34 Payload's EndGame <br />01:18:10 Books & Podcast Recommendations <br />01:22:59 Music & Other Arts Around Space <br />01:24:24 Pathfinder Spotify Playlist Feel free to reach out! <br />- Website<br />- My Twitter<br />- Podcast Twitter<br />- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter<br />- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work