Jakub Dziwisz - Orbify, No Code Earth Observation & Saas-like Business Models - Ep 18

Jakub Dziwisz is the founder & CEO of Orbify, a company that is attempting to simplify the process of building Earth Observation solutions for any application.

Episode Sponsors

• Radiant Earth Foundation: Apply for the 2022 Radiant MLHub Impact Award for agriculture-related applications for Africa - with a $5,000 cash prize.

• Element84

  • Dan Pilone’s appearance on the podcast

About Jakub:

• Twitter

• LinkedIn

• Orbify

Shownotes:

• Orbify

• Book & Media recommendation:

  • You’re already listening to the first one ;-)

  • Mapscaping

  • The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport

  • The Case for Space by Robert Zubrin

  • 9 Lies about Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World by Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall

  • Twenty Minute VC

Time stamps:

• 00:00 - Introduction

• 02:48 - Episode begins, Jakub presents himself

• 09:40 - Jakub’s first few jobs: Travel Agencies

• 19:10 - Travel Agencies used to look a lot like the Earth Observation industry today

• 21:48 - Jakub’s entry in Earth Observation

• 25:28 - A Shopify analogy to self-service

• 31:30 - Orbify

• 35:40 - Specializing versus Diversifying

• 43:31 - Rethinking User Interfaces

• 45:50 - A SaaS-like business model

• 51:52 - Some of Orbify’s current clients

• 54:50 - Jakub’s point of view coming from outside Earth Observation

• 59:00 - Keeping a fresh eye

• 1:01:27 - How much programming does Jakub still do?

• 1:05:26 - Book & Podcast recommendation

Feel free to reach out!

• My Twitter

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• Website