Mo Islam: Co-Founder and CEO of Payload

Mo Islam is the co-founder and CEO of Payload, a space media company that covers the business and politics of space. Prior to Payload, Mo Islam was a senior member of Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan's institutional asset platform, where he raised over $250 million in strategic capital for growth-stage technology companies. Payload has received a seed round of $650,000, primarily from Winklevoss Capital, the venture firm led by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, as well as Andy Weissman and Sam McIngvale. In this episode, Ben and Mo talk about the parallels between crypto and a space startup, and how the space industry is growing faster than ever. 00:18 Welcome to episode 26 - Mo Islam & Payload 01:20 Bringing on Mo 02:00 What’s been going on for Mo 02:52 What is Payload? 04:25 Who is the target market for Payload? 07:34 How did Mo meet Ari? 09:50 Synergies between Crypto and a Space Start up? 13:10 Payloads investor group 16:15 How Payload plan on growing? 19:40 Payload website strategy 22:34 Types of media - where does Payload sit? 28:00 Where do’s Mo see Payload going in 5-7 years? 30:38 What Mo does in his spare time 33:00 Wrap Up/Outro Social Media Subscribe to: https://payloadspace.com/news/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/payloadspace Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ Website (coming soon): www.astroben.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/gambleonit?lang=en Please subscribe and rate - Ad Astra!