tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post7116908225804062761..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Startup Relativity Space Secures $140 Million FundingSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52402886565225754502019-10-07T14:45:15.501-04:002019-10-07T14:45:15.501-04:00I wish I could read a news story about a company b...I wish I could read a news story about a company building an electro-magnetic catapult for launching cargo, and eventually passengers, into space. Rockets are cool, but fundamentally limited.jabrwokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537636497352864636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-19235949907002327392019-10-07T09:47:32.053-04:002019-10-07T09:47:32.053-04:00LOL.
Understand that I can only give you broades...LOL. <br /><br />Understand that I can only give you broadest overall picture - never done it, never been around it. If I was a bazillionaire CEO, I probably wouldn't be blogging here. <br /><br />There are venture capital (VC) companies that specialize in this sort of investment. If you have the next big idea, <i>they're</i> looking for <i>you</i>. These companies are in the phone book, but you can search for venture capital companies and get a list. <br /><br />Next, you put together a business plan and some details on why your idea is the killer idea of the century, but not too much details on the tech because they're not techies. I also always heard to have an "elevator version", a few seconds to half a minute, to grab their attention should you get that rare instance where you jut happen to bump into someone. Or maybe to break the ice. <br /><br />Bear in mind that these companies don't expect to make money on everything they fund. They expect some percentage will fail, some will be around the break even point, but if they get one or two that return a metric butt load of money, the VC company's the winners. <br /><br />But, also from what I've heard, don't expect to get their attention without some investment of your own. It's easier to get funding if you've gotten your company up the point where you've got some sort of working prototypes if possible, a beta version or something to show you've been working on it for a while. <br /><br />Let's say you get an idea for that under-$1000 3D metal printer. You'd be more likely to get VC money if you've maxed out your credit cards and gotten loans from everywhere but can show a crude prototype than if you have an idea and haven't put any effort into developing it. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40673666457572834112019-10-07T00:38:39.374-04:002019-10-07T00:38:39.374-04:00Can someone explain to me how to get startup funds...Can someone explain to me how to get startup funds? Of all the things I learned in school this would have been among the most useful and was totally ignored. This guys are in their 20s and got $185 million. Who the shit gives that much money to guys like that and how does someone get in touch with them?J-https://www.blogger.com/profile/06654995678618663683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-38273252468585571832019-10-04T21:28:37.713-04:002019-10-04T21:28:37.713-04:00Obsolete doesn't seem to be quite the right wo...Obsolete doesn't seem to be quite the right word, because obsolete implies it's no longer done. 3d printing guns is in a different place. It seems to me there's no question of whether technology allows it to be done, the problem is that the laser sintering metal printers like Relativity Space uses are really expensive. Printing a gun is routine enough if you have a (several?) hundred thousand dollar printer but kind of hard if you print plastic. <br /><br />I've said it time and time again, when a sub-$1000 3D printer that can print moderately strong metals gets here, that changes just about every paradigm there is. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-50460082681384979162019-10-04T16:42:23.403-04:002019-10-04T16:42:23.403-04:00If you can 3D print ICBMs, then 3D printing guns i...If you can 3D print ICBMs, then 3D printing guns is probably obsolete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-91180843337680321612019-10-04T00:58:25.010-04:002019-10-04T00:58:25.010-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.danielbargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393881220588192280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-74412640787776304472019-10-03T22:50:22.724-04:002019-10-03T22:50:22.724-04:00Very interesting. I could see this being used in ...Very interesting. I could see this being used in space to harvest ice asteroids. Print the engine, mine the asteroid for fuel, add on a control center (manned or unmanned) and, like in an Asimov story, whoooosh cometh the water.<br /><br />Heck, drop enough into Mar's atmosphere and you could probably kickstart <br />a thicker and vastly wetter atmosphere.<br /><br />Interesting. Will be curious to see how their tanks and engines hold up to reality.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com