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Did you guys completely change the dashboard? I can't find the treasury company metrics or comparison section anymore. Is it on a different site now?
@ramahluwalia I’ve been following your work and really enjoy your commentary. Is there a way for a retail investor like me to invest in a Lumida Wealth actively managed ETF focused on long-term capital appreciation? @ramahluwalia
@joshwoodward@GeminiApp I’d like a way to duplicate a chat so I can branch a conversation without starting over. This would significantly improve multi-path thinking and iteration.
This man who grew up in middle class India literally built the only startup outside US/China/Japan that sent rockets to space.
Here's the never-before-shared crazy story of Pawan Chandana:
> be middle class kid growing up in Vizag
> terrible student, get 51 marks in maths
> ambitious dad doesn't give up, puts you in IIT coaching
> fall in love with math and science
> go from worst to best in school
> crack IIT first attempt
> 2007: go to IIT KGP for mechanical engineering
> everyone around you chasing big packages, consulting, going abroad
> you just love rockets
> 2012: join ISRO as scientist straight out of campus
> pays peanuts
> loves it
> doing so well you want to retire here
> but entrepreneurial bug from IIT days never left
> dreams of building a global space company from India
> but no policy allowing private rockets, no funding environment for space
> 2018: quit anyway, ready to survive in rags
> googles "what is equity"
> zero connections
> cold DM Mukesh Bansal on LinkedIn
> he writes a $1.5M check
> COVID hits, seed capital running out
> Series A is a brutal struggle
> no fund invests
> founders of renewable company Greenko invests
> 2021: PM Modi opens up space sector to private players
> become first company to sign MoU with ISRO
> get largest check in Indian DeepTech, $51M
> Nov 18, 2022: launch Vikram-S: India's first suborbital private rocket
> reaches 90km
> Prime Minister Modi inaugurates your new facility
> grow to 1000 employees
> build India's largest private rocket factory at 200,000 sq ft
> valued at $527M
> first orbital launch, Vikram-1, planned in 2026
> will be one of ~5 companies globally regularly launching to orbit
> next: reusable spaceships
> Open Space for All
We talk a lot about Elon Musk and SpaceX, but imagine having NO prior wealth. Being in a developing country. Constantly saying no to money. Being unable to raise any venture funding multiple times. Being called crazy by everyone. And still having the perseverance to dream beyond the stars.
I'd call Pawan's story inspirational, but honestly it's more than that. It's beyond what I can fathom.