Today, David is speaking with Rob Pakalski. Rob is co-founder and CEO of Datum – a venture-backed early-stage startup aiming to be the nucleus of the world’s supply chain. Rob spent the first ~4 years of his career at SpaceX, leading supply chain efforts for various products, including the spacesuit, Falcon Heavy thrust structure, and Dragon Spacecraft structural components. After SpaceX, Rob led the supply chain department at Virgin Hyperloop for 2.5 years before co-founding Datum. Rob is passionate about helping both buyers and suppliers work together to bring hardware to market more efficiently.

What You’ll Learn:

All things Space Tech
Raising a $4.6M Seed Round
Details about the Supply Chain in Advanced Manufacturing
Working at SpaceX
The reason why Datum Source founders decided to solve the supply chain problem in the space industry

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“In a Negotiation Never Speak First”

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Rob Pakalski of Datum Source on Space Tech and Raising a $4.6M Seed Round