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Extraterrestrial seed corn

Over on RocketForge, Michael Mealing has an interesting discussion on how best to seed entrepreneurial space companies.

He lays out a good list of what an effective early stage incubator should provide:

  1. Funding
  2. Mentoring
  3. Market Development
  4. Ongoing Support

He feels none of the existing organizations fill the niche properly and asks: “So who’s interested in building such a thing?”

Any takers?

3 comments to Extraterrestrial seed corn

  • Left Field

    Gee – I always thought the path to a successful business was:

    Stage 1: Collect Underpants
    Stage 2: ???
    Stage 3: Profit

  • Andrew Duffin

    “So who’s interested in building such a thing?”

    The answer, of course, is “anyone who can make a profit out of it.”

    Which is to say, nobody.

    And that is why nobody is doing it.

  • ed

    What I find curious, and annoying, is that a $100 billion dollar space station’s sole achievement has been to earn the Russian’s $20 million for a single visit.

    :/