How I Built A $4.2 Billion Space Start-Up | Founder Effect

We can recognize the biggest names in space by just their last names: Bezos, Musk and Branson. But you might want to keep an eye on an up-and-comer: Ellis. In order to join Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the race to Mars, Tim Ellis’s Relativity Space is building the world’s largest 3D printed rocket. Tim spent five years working at Blue Origin before leaving to start the first 3D printed rocket company with a $500,000 check from Mark Cuban. Here’s how a 31-year-old named Tim Ellis built a $4.2 billion space start-up called Relativity Space.
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How I Built A $4.2 Billion Space Start-Up | Founder Effect

[@ahmadzaimhilmi]

I like how real entrepreneurs talk about solving problems instead of those marketing gurus who talk about how you could get rich by doing something.

[@cineproshorts]

Ok

[@idonotlikethismusic]

Entrepreneur vs. "entrepreneur"

[@Frazier16]

Well tbf most buissness owners aren't trying to change the world or make it better

[@doords]

marketing gurus, influencers, basically people who never graduated highschool

[@Brodragon2225]

product makes richif he makes rocket affordable then internet will be faster

[@bavan]

Suddenly my respect for Mark Cuban has increased. Computers and Software catapulted humanity centuries ahead when creating Computers and Software became possible from a simple Garage. Likewise, we should be able to do Space exploration in our garage too. I have always imagined having a small lab kit where we could explore human cells and simulate string theory. Though this is not a garage project, 3D printing a rocket and Cuban funding it is good start. We will make it one day and find the answer to this universe together.

[@normalguy8550]

I have rarely seen a comment with which I agreed more. Making the tools for innovation more accessible is a very important step if we're hoping to change the world

[@xpengfangirl7942]

so catapulting humans ahead, you mean the end game is basically conscious AI that will absorb all technology and energy itself and call itself humanity and end game eternal form of "life"? or what is "progress" in your view?

[@corail53]

Cuban wasn't an innovator - he got lucky someone one wanted to buy his non working crappy Radio on the internet company for a bit over a billion. (the company no longer exists). Cuban has been riding off that for years with his only money making venture being a basketball team. Almost all his other public investments have crashed and burned including all his useless crypto pumping.

[@shukrantpatil]

@@xpengfangirl7942 AI will never go against us , we humans are pros at keeping other beings below us , let it be animals or an AI , we have been masters at making slaves and keeping them under control , AI will be no different and if it does become conscious and go against us , we will simply make it unconscious , do not underestimate humans my friend , we ae no less fierce than any futuristic AI .

[@xpengfangirl7942]

@@shukrantpatil haha, funny joker, the point is there is no need for middle class jobs, so the world is elite unicorns and slaves that will still work cheaper than the AI option, if AI turns on humans, then that is another issue

[@nissarahamed]

That's impressive he got $500k with a cold email. And a company was born!! Amazing story of hustle. 💯💯💯

[@Okeh_Emmanuel]

The beauty of the USA

[@aymanelzahed1747]

I love that guy! Very intelligent, humble and inspiring.

[@wilsonjudson1650]

There might be an economical turmoil but there is no doubt that this is still the best time to invest.

[@jamesmaduabuchi6100]

Best time to invest? thats funny though because in the last four months I have lost more than $47,900 in stock market which is the biggest I have loss since I ventured into stock investment.

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[@YasinNabi]

this is one of the best videos I have just watched today... thanks for sharing :--==

[@ijyoyo]

That's so inspiring. What a journey so far.

[@rishirajtripathi5711]

people after watching this video let's email Mark Cuban 😂

[@RC-yx4kb]

This story needs to be turned into a movie!

[@user-tk7hs7px3g]

My respect sir, 3d printing is definitely a gold mine. I your humility

[@shubhz7164]

you can never know what could have happened if you don't ask do Ask, you never know who can help Love this guy

[@yashstreamin2826]

Thanks! This video is very valuable❤

[@defintity_9951]

This guy is going places

[@xpengfangirl7942]

just act like a fake kid, going on a scout venture, at 12, say the key words of our time, like badass, nsane, crazy, stoked, plaided, space is a greeny gooey, and sheep will give you their money

[@defintity_9951]

@@xpengfangirl7942 I'm not sure about execution, but 3D printing does have many applications.

[@xpengfangirl7942]

@@defintity_9951 I will send cold mails to rich people

[@doords]

The key to success is that get yourself into a low paid internship of a good tech company. Dont waste time doing grunt work and hoping you will get promoted years later. Focus on learning how to get ahead and learn their business and then leave the job and start your own company

[@FrankieJ789]

a lot of it is luck. Some groups dont allow their interns to see or do much.

[@investavenue]

AMAZING

[@AstorSkywalker]

This must be the guy from that 80s movie Weird Science! Genius!

[@thebrainpal]

1:53... Man this guy is overpowered as fuark 😂

[@Djfjfjrhhrjrhrhfj]

So he cold emails Mark Cuban and then 5 mins later Cuban responds to a complete stranger and tries to wire him half a million dollars without an interview/meeting/etc? I know half a million isnt much to Cuban, but I'm not sure I'm buying that story.

[@Wesley-rn7oc]

Masayoshi Son gave Alibaba $20 million after like a two min conversation with Jack Ma.. Theranos became a $9 billion company with no actual technology, just promises from Holmes. You don't get rich by sitting on your cash.

[@Djfjfjrhhrjrhrhfj]

@@Wesley-rn7oc I didn’t say sit on your cash, I said it’s odd to give a complete stranger a half a million dollars from a cold email without any sort of due diligence

[@johan1471]

@@Djfjfjrhhrjrhrhfj you don't know what in the email it was probably a detailed one with a business plan who knows

[@Djfjfjrhhrjrhrhfj]

@@johan1471 he responded 5 mins later it couldn’t have been that detailed. And even if it was super detailed, you don’t wire 500k dollars to a complete stranger 5 mins after they email you

[@fuadadesokan2435]

I understand your point but would also note it’s possible Cuban just made a verbal commitment. His lawyers will definitely go through the legal stuff and due diligence. I doubt the cash goes out immediately during a funding round.

[@lakshanperera9735]

brilliant

[@davideguerra743]

Early saving and investing money creates compounds growth, it's a beautiful thing.But it takes focus and discipline. You need to be focused enough to commit to a plan and a process. Retried with a 7 figure portfolio and receiving about $143k in dividends. I have been in the stock market about 20 years. Am I worried? Am I selling? Absolutely not. I have purchase growth stocks too a little at a time over the past few weeks. I am going to sit back and observe how this all plays out, adding more at a time. my investment strategy with my FA actually calms me down. Eye on the prize, stay the course!

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[@xavierabdulkarem5057]

I like startups changing the world

[@corail53]

How is this changing the world? We don't need more rockets

[@thibauddrion8501]

This mark cubain story is absolutely mind boggling

[@hikodzu]

Impressive

[@ibrahimandong1572]

This is what I live for

[@EmpoweredUniverse]

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I wanted to invest more in crypto, but the fluctuations in crypto value discouraged me into dumping.

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[@glennalexon1530]

Wow- he turned a $100K student loan into a company that loses money. Way to redefine success, CNBC.

[@iuseyoutubealot]

wdym loses money

[@nick_0]

u know companies aren’t gonna be net positive as soon as they start right? 😂😂 investors know this, relativity obviously has a viable business plan

[@amsthe3rd]

Goes to show: ALL dreams have to be big. Can't sit on small ideas and expect them to move. Congrats!!

[@corail53]

No - all this shows is that if you use the correct buzzwords have a lot of connections in the VC world you can get given a ton of money for what is essentially vapourware in the current form. This business will hemorrhage money for years to come and rely on funding rounds to stay alive.

[@amsthe3rd]

@@corail53 We appreciate your take but that's only a spectator's perspective. A quick paraphrase of the grueling work and learning that was invested by this young man. In any event, we meant that small ideas seem to NEVER move. They don't motivate individuals nor attract an audience. This company likely WILL lose much money early on. But if it takes off... That possibility is what excites the crowd. Buzzwords have their utility.

[@Djfjfjrhhrjrhrhfj]

Gunna be awesome when future generations get to have interplanetary wars when the humans who live on mars decide to invade earth when the first disagreement arises.

[@911Salvage]

He hasn't made it. He's just getting started.

[@mountainman6172]

SV/SF echo chambers: Raising fund for your startup = You made it Then you ask them, What about Profit, Sir? VC and their minions founders= Big man, we don't do that over here. It is a glorified rug-pull imho. The public market will invariably end up holding the bag.

[@Rashaadthegr8]

Talk about when your idols become your rivals.

[@user-ce2il5ct5i]

MGK-Eminem

[@kakerake6018]

lmao jeff says the exact thing i imagined him saying

[@SinCity4o1]

This guy's story seems like a story fit for a villain's sidekick that will soon become the villain.

[@filippocucina7001]

GOO!!

[@morrisjowas5039]

Very inspiring. Maybe you could stop this whole 'wrote the idea on restaurant napkin' cliche though.

[@AakarshNair]

insane

[@tibsyy895]

Hot Air!

[@omegajonathan4754]

I must also Be like this guy when I grow up but it is hard cause I’m in uganda but I also want to be an engineer

[@amjads8971]

Lol mark just took him to enter into space technology just because he had worked in Jeff Bezos' space company for short time. This dude benefited from the elite's fight

[@RocketCarpenter]

Its not cliche, sometimes it is in those unplanned moments when Ideas come up. I agree with you it sounds cliche though

[@Applesauce56]

Is there an IPO yet from this company

[@PierreEpage]

Many a great idea... started on a coffee shop napkin

[@shawnthomson9109]

"Bezos, Musk, Branson" 🤣 It should be "Musk and those other dudes" 😎

[@AntonSlizzardhands]

One billion dollars is a ton of money. I'm curious to know his company's debt to income ratio.

[@williambardsley7540]

Probably very negative, as its highly unlikely they have a positive net income and probably have lots of debts. The $bns valuation is not tradeable as well its just a dumb number came up with PE/VC people to try and pump up the stock as they go through funding rounds.

[@temper44]

Why does their debt or income matter at this stage, they don't even have a product yet.

[@raul9937]

Time horizon is way longer. This is like building roads into uncharted territory, its category shaping. This is where the venture part comes into play.

[@corail53]

It's going to be all debt - no income for the next decade at least. These guys are going to burn through all the current cash and it will be yet another company solely surviving off inflated funding rounds.

[@corail53]

@Richaroo Which is such nonsense. It is very stupid how that became a thing and we are currently seeing how that has played out. All these insanely high p/e tech darlings are getting slaughtered in the markets because they have nothing and no moat.

[@user-dr2pg8fk2i]

The napkin story? Sounds like a trope.

[@XO43137]

Yes. Engineers are highly underestimated. And I studied architecture ... It taught me how to desigñ a currency that values creating sustainably. That's good. :)

[@Rashaadthegr8]

We the same age and I am debt free. Time I step my gam up.

[@chipsun2504]

How to make it next, We just need a space 3D printed nft blockchain that does machine learning while in flight and sell that to all genius on the internet.

[@jocksavage3911]

I didnt think Cuban was that SMART UNTIL NOW.... also

[@anc2242]

…..that napkin is the key

[@jeffw8218]

They have raised 1,300,000,000 and haven’t had any successes so far. As of now, this company is closer to Juicero or Theranos than it is to Rocketdyne or Northrop Grumman.

[@dogefromthefuture]

Imagine being valued at 4.2 billion dollars without successfully launching anything and having a company logo that looks like a uterus 👍

[@dogefromthefuture]

Bernie madoff: scams millions This guy: Hold my beer 🍺

[@p-i-n-k5960]

guess what

[@johnpatrickoldfield534]

Always tricky about who to ask for funding.

[@HandlewasNo]

How can I short this before they go public?!? Seems like shooting fish in a barrel

[@xenialvirtuoso]

$4.2 BILLION? They don't even have a single launch! If that's not hype, idk what is.

[@jocksavage3911]

"there is another Skywalker..."

[@endofdays7568]

Its a viable business model

[@perspective8369]

Finally another ceo like Elon musk. Someone who understands the problems at hand and works to solve them and doesn’t care about money

[@RaymondSamuray]

Rocket Lab ?

[@dg_dotnet9616]

If tim cook and elon musk had a son . thats it !

[@Narwaro]

Wait internships can be paid?

[@Yomamaissoo]

I bet this week his market valuation is cut in half :)

[@REMOV28]

I'm half way there...I'm only 50k in debt

[@no1no1655]

the young man thinks like a billionaire. I predict he'll be there.

[@corail53]

Most likely not.

[@pj5295]

@@corail53 he literally just launched a rocket few days ago, most likely he will be a billionaire, that is if he isn't already.

[@leonardfoster2155]

So can i have that email i need funding over at LFP Space.

[@maribethcondrillon1079]

Yes 🥰

[@dawidwtorek]

Yeah, but how much do they make in terms of revenue?

[@dac8939]

2 cents

[@corail53]

No revenue. We are looking at a zombie company in the making.

[@dac8939]

Easy. Just a small loan of a million dollars

[@idonotlikethismusic]

The interviewer needs to do better. Calling something "insane" and "crazy" is middle school talk, not how a professional journalist should be discussing his topic. Otherwise, kudos to Relativity Space.

[@celdur4635]

Fund and or hire Engineers when the objective is to push technology forward, hire MBA's and accountants (the unscrupulous ones) when you want pure profit but, beware that the company will get behind in tech vs the competition in the medium to long term.

[@sarveshm6779]

ok, now i need Mark Cuban's mail; coz i wanna start my own company.

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

Have u found his email yet?

[@jes6628]

So am I getting that correctly? I’ll be honest I didn’t listen to every word I was doing other things, but did Mark Cuban get into one of the future biggest names in space for only $500,000?

[@ransomzac]

Yeah he has a habit of making good investments

[@corail53]

Not worth 4.2 billion$ - VC folks are out to lunch with these valuations.

[@DynamiteSushi325]

Tim will be the next Elon Musk. 100%

[@georgeb.3292]

Nahh

[@xpengfangirl7942]

what do you mean, the goal of humanity is to have 1 trillion dollars? and 9 billion sheep will be happy to give all their money and not have their own space ships to explore the galaxy with?

[@killercon2735]

@@xpengfangirl7942 'sheep' 🤓, youre so woke

[@corail53]

No one will know his name in a month

[@xpengfangirl7942]

@@corail53 Spyros Panopoulos

[@jeffdorris5321]

🕶🙌

[@lulemuhammed2260]

Intro to rocket science. Elon ur the best

[@rustlerboi1052]

A lot of this is oversimplifying how a rocket is made. They have an overweight vehicle (so far) that hasn't launched yet after over a billion in funding. I think "if" they succeed, it's because they pivot towards simply doing the right thing to get a rocket to orbit, and making an incremental improvement on 3D printing.

[@ariantamunthe9391]

Thanks Elon for Making Space Business for Private possible

[@gatecrasher1970]

elon is an alien nobody human could have ever made those schemes up

[@businessacc3779]

How much is $3000 a month in your country's currency mine is k54000 practically what people make a year

[@playframe6231]

"Im one of the richest people in the world" as an explanation for something is very telling that it is a vanity project for him, not a serious effort.

[@dkbb12]

In celebration of Relativity's historic first launch! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7Rl2yueaihZtU

[@maribethcondrillon1079]

Wow 💕 it

[@avefreetimehaver5154]

This sounds more like a dig at amazon and student debt more than anything else.

[@chrisr326]

These stories seem to have Nudge-ing embedded in them. Agendas

[@peterkovacs4]

History taught me to look around twice when white people start to build rockets.

[@xpengfangirl7942]

anyway, AI soon conscious and will just shave these fake MakeIt heists, Rocket launching is so great for humanity, fireworks were always fun.

[@bubumic2971]

If it breaks i have the solution but it costs you 100.000.000 $$ :)

[@akashsaini100]

LEGO..... thats an expensive hobby !

[@cold7564]

Then Elon ends up buying this company 😂🤣

[@xpengfangirl7942]

we want Elon to buy the world up? Is that where we are going to?

[@neslymarcellon5744]

This is one of the steps for Rise of the machines. Let an AI get full autonomy and they will come back from mars and invade us..lol..

[@ravaz1]

Another front company

[@namudoreen2430]

Hello guys greetings from Uganda please support us with food

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

No. Help yourselves by not making babies that you can't afford to feed.

[@BobSmith-jf8dt]

RUG

[@timbocracy]

That Starbucks napkin was a lie. Everyone says that

[@hamzafarooq3251]

2 person to comment

[@ilovebighearts]

Great ideas

[@chrisbravo7997]

Blue Origin over SpaceX 🤢

[@savannahmiddlefield616]

This startup has no real competitive edge. 3d print is cool… but where is your rocket that actually fly? Probably get the same fate as blue origin… gonna fly no real rocket.

[@sapito169]

american are crazy with student loan

[@xpengfangirl7942]

so 5 billion in other people´s money, what is the payback? How many square feet do we want, a trillion feet, to show we are "big"?

[@teenytinytoons]

If you’re telling me this is nurture, gtfoh. This was clearly nature. People in their 30’s and 40’s don’t even know what they want to do in life. Some people just have their path laid out from the day they were born.

[@forfucksakecomrade]

Im inclined to agree with you but just to play devils advocate, do you think it was his natural curiosity or his surroundings that played a bigger part?

[@teenytinytoons]

@@forfucksakecomrade it started at an extremely young age. Most children experiment with different things. Very few children just stick to one thing at that young of an age imo. I think both nature and nurture will always play a part but I think In this case I feel it is heavily skewed toward the natural side. I will give him credit as an adult for recognizing and maximizing this natural curiosity in this one domain though. But nah. He had it made from the get go.

[@tmzz3609]

3:35 What ridiculously stupid interview questions........