Brian Lim heads Dandelions, a three-year-old company that specialises in space manufacturing on Earth. (Intriguing, right?). His team has found a way to drop cell phone signals from the sky to deploy them in disaster-struck areas. Ultimately, Brian’s goal is to be the first and only “overnight” shipping from space to the earth.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Brian’s coming to Australia 20 years ago to study and how his BVA (Bridging Visa A) and one day at a pub started his vision
- Having raised over $5,000,000 in Silicon Valley to work on a project for a space company
- The Australian Government has poured more funds into the space sector
- How the cost to go/send something to space is crazy expensive at $5,000 (USD) But now has been reduced to $25 USD by Elon Musk
- Dandelion’s goal and role to manufacture space crafts that can be used to bring things back to the earth in high volume
- Winning the NSW Small Business and Innovation Grant for Connectivity
- Whom to approach or how to get approved on a grant
- How Dandelions is currently in the works towards working on export discussions and partnering with the USA
- The long-term economic opportunity of Australia is in the exporting of high end manufactured goods.
- The massive supply chain issues and massive re-organisations being moved around due to the pandemic
- Minimising supply-chain risks by keeping the manufacturing within the country
And his success stories, experience in the manufacturing industry, and of course his answer to our main topic: Will Australian Manufacturing ever return to the glory days of the '60s?
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