EPISODE SUMMARY
You’ve probably seen Ari in his natural habitat: flying around the country to events and conferences, sporting his trademark Payload baseball cap, helping companies understand why they need to partner with Payload. But today, the lifeblood of Payload’s sales engine sits down with fellow cofounder and Pathfinder host Mo Islam.
EPISODE NOTES
You need to be paying attention to the space industry. Why? Because Payload Cofounder Ari Lewis has finally agreed to be a guest on Pathfinder.
You’ve probably seen Ari in his natural habitat: flying around the country to events and conferences, sporting his trademark Payload baseball cap, helping companies understand why they need to partner with Payload. But today, the lifeblood of Payload’s sales engine sits down with fellow cofounder and Pathfinder host Mo Islam.
Mo and Ari discuss the Payload origin story, scaling a media organization, and the future vision of the business.
They also talk about:
- Challenges faced by the space industry today
- Parallels between the space and crypto industry
- How to build a strong media brand
- The Payload 10-Year Vision
And much more…
Our episode is brought to you by SpiderOak, a US-based software company that builds space cybersecurity products and solutions for civilian, military, and commercial space operations. Learn more at https://spideroak.com/
• Chapters •
00:00 – Introduction
00:35 – SpiderOak Ad
01:13 – Introduction to Ari
01:37 – What finally made you decide to come on the show?
02:16 – Payload origin story
07:01 – How Ari got to Payload
09:02 – Crypto to space?
13:02 – What made Payload unique and allowed it to grow?
18:25 – How does Payload make money?
21:53 – Space industry challenges and how Payload can help
31:02 – How you view Twitter as a tool for the space industry
35:57 – SpiderOak Ad Break
36:45 – Will Payload expand beyond the space industry?
39:00 – Fundamentals of building a strong brand
45:53 – How Ari stays focused and motivated
47:37 – Hobbies outside of work
48:29 – Secret energy source?
50:23 – How does someone working at Payload ask for a raise?
51:39 – Favorite part about Payload or memory
54:40 – The Payload 10 Year Vision