Session Details
Date:
1:45 PM
Where:
California Ballroom
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From the Garage to Mars: A Journey to the Red Planet and Beyond
Hacks, Shortcuts, and Lessons Learned From 35 Years of Space Entrepreneurship
Scott Tibbitts shares his story of an invention made of hardware store parts and wax, a cold-call to NASA, and the result: Starsys Research Corporation, which grew to 150 employees, becoming the world’s leading provider of mechanisms for spacecraft. Starsys was legend in the industry for its unique, humanity-based organizational culture and the extraordinary results that created: more than 3500 devices flown in space zero failures and 97% employee retention.
Speakers
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Scott Tibbitts
Founder
Starsys Research Corp., eSpace, the Center for Space Entrepreneurship, Level 6 Space
