Spire - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2014
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Meet the CEO Who's Never Fired Anyone

Keywords: satellites; Spire; Space Research and Technology; Government

September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
Case

Spire, the CubeSat Revolution, and the Government as a Space Data Customer

By: Matthew Weinzierl, Mehak Sarang and Brendan L. Rosseau

This case outlines the rise of Spire Global, a young space company using CubeSats to provide weather data and weather prediction services. In addition to tracing the evolution of a space startup from novel idea to publicly-traded company, the case also examines the... View Details

Keywords: Space; Government Contracting; Remote Sensing; Satellites; Business Startups; Public Sector; Cost vs Benefits; Competition; Weather; Forecasting and Prediction

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11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

about where Spire's at now. PP: Spire today runs the world's largest multipurpose constellation. We track every spot on Earth over 100 times a day. All of the world's maritime aviation and weather activity is tracked and predicted based... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

of Operations at Spire Inc. Gain an overarching framework to evaluate opportunities, manage startups, and finance new ventures. My favorite part of Entrepreneurship Essentials was the financing and equity module. It taught me the basics... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Janet Kraus, cofounder of Circles, a leader in concierge services, is HBS’s newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Founded in 1997, Circles became a $50 million company with nearly 1,000 people operating in Boston and Burlington, Ontario. After selling Circles in 2007,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

company. After selling Spire in 2010, Kraus decided that she was not ready to found a third company and instead wanted to spend more time at home with her twin daughters, who are now 4. "Then this opportunity to be on the HBS faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

direct them to specific orbital locations where, as a group, they will provide total global coverage 24/7, rather than viewing some of Earth some of the time. Spire wants to put up 100 of them to provide worldwide weather and shipping... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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