Will Marshall

8 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2021 by Will Marshall · across every show →

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Dec 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Marshall: Planet generated over $100 million in revenue last year
“We did just over a hundred million in revenue last year, and that's a mature business at some level.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 48:55 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021 positive
Insight
Marshall: Large satellite constellations allow companies to tolerate higher unit failure risk
“Mainly it's about a risk approach, which is just assuming more risk per satellite. Okay, that one satellite has slightly more chance of having a dust on it, but we're going to put more satellites up than we need, and if a couple have that, it's not the end of …”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 39:18 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021
Assertion Supported
Planet's first two satellites launched within 48 hours despite six-month plan
“We had planned them to be six months apart so that we could take the results from the first one, and if something went wrong, iterate the satellite and try and fix that before the second one, except because you can't control the launch date, and they ended up …”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 40:13 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021 positive
Insight
Marshall: Transparency regarding nations' military activities increases the likelihood of peace
“The more information different countries have about each other's activities, including military activities, the more it's likely to be peace.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 51:04 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Marshall: Planet founders shared a communal house with Apple, Google, and Stanford peers
“Yeah, no, actually, but it wasn't just NASA people. We had Students who are at Stanford, people that worked at Apple, people that worked at Google, all these places, and that created a fervor of intellectual dizziness that was always fun for us. So it was a mi…”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 13:38 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Marshall: Planet projects over 40% annual growth and profitability within two years
“So we have very clear line of sight now on a growth path, you know, going just over 40% a year for the next five years we project. And that gets us to profitability in the next couple of years.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 55:12 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021 neutral
Disclosure
Marshall: Planet paid roughly $300,000 per launch for its first two satellites
“I think it was 300,000 dollars for the first one, and it was about that for the second one, and we decided it'd be best to put one satellite on each of two rockets to give a bit of redundancy.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 33:02 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
Dec 13, 2021
Disclosure
Marshall: Planet has repeatedly refused data requests to prevent civilian harm
“We have our own ethics committee. That reviews every case with the government and checks. Is, is there some way in which this might bring civilian harm? And we have many cases refused to give data where we think that would be the case.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 52:04 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
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