2020 is an exciting year for Internet Satellite companies. There were roughly 200 Internet satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) seeking to offer Internet access to wider consumers and enterprises in 2019, and the number grew to 700 satellites. Globally, Morgan Stanley estimates that satellite internet providers could be generating over $500 billion in revenue by 2040. Our featured guest is Christian Keil, the Chief of Staff at Astranis, a geostationary communications satellite company with a vision of building the next generation of internet satellites. It is a timely conversation as it touches on the ever evolving technology scene and how it’s becoming more democratized thanks to the next generation of startups.
To many people’s surprise, Christian was never technical. With a business degree and used to work as a management consultant, Christian Keil paved his way in tech by applying for a supply chain operations manager’s role at Astranis, but unfortunately got rejected for lack of relevant experience. Christian did not just walk away from a company that is aligned with where he wants to be in a long-term. In this first edition of “Unstoppable Millennials”, Christian shares how he started a company but walked away from his investors, and eventually became the chief of staff in his dream company (after being rejected). To Christian, he thinks many of us who have a Silicon Valley dream but might not necessarily end up in the valley, but being a “Silicon Valley Outsider”, he shared his learnings constantly through self-reflection and weekly newsletters.
2020 is an exciting year for Internet Satellite companies. There were roughly 200 Internet satellites in low-earth orbit (LEO) seeking to offer Internet access to wider consumers and enterprises in 2019, and the number grew to 700 satellites. Globally, Morgan Stanley estimates that satellite internet providers could be generating over $500 billion in revenue by 2040. Our featured guest is Christian Keil, the Chief of Staff at Astranis, a geostationary communications satellite company with a vision of building the next generation of internet satellites. It is a timely conversation as it touches on the ever evolving technology scene and how it’s becoming more democratized thanks to the next generation of startups.
To many people’s surprise, Christian was never technical. With a business degree and used to work as a management consultant, Christian Keil paved his way in tech by applying for a supply chain operations manager’s role at Astranis, but unfortunately got rejected for lack of relevant experience. Christian did not just walk away from a company that is aligned with where he wants to be in a long-term. In this first edition of “Unstoppable Millennials”, Christian shares how he started a company but walked away from his investors, and eventually became the chief of staff in his dream company (after being rejected). To Christian, he thinks many of us who have a Silicon Valley dream but might not necessarily end up in the valley, but being a “Silicon Valley Outsider”, he shared his learnings constantly through self-reflection and weekly newsletters.