Charles Miller is co-founder and CEO of Lynk. He is a serial space entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in the space industry.
Lynk - https://lynk.world/)
**Steve and Charles discuss: **
0:00 Introduction and guest background
1:27 Miller's early passion for space
3:54 Evolution of commercial space
6:42 Impact of Elon Musk and SpaceX
8:01 The challenges of early stage startups
11:26 The birth of Lynk, its technical challenges, and breakthroughs
33:11 Use cases for satellite connectivity
35:20 The plan for Lynk satellites
36:41 Competition with Starlink
39:25 Investment opportunities in Lynk
47:04 Satellite technology and global competition
50:21 Impact of Huawei’s satellite phone features
59:01 Advice for entrepreneurs
Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.
