Minds Behind Maps Ep 18 - Jakub Dziwisz - Orbify, No Code Earth Observation & Saas-like Business Models
Apr 1, 2022
01:09:50
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.
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Episode Sponsors:
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- Element84
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About Jakub:
Shownotes:
- Orbify
- Book & Media recomendation:
- 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!