Episode Synopsis "From Hyperloop to Pixxel Satellites : Awais Ahmed | DFTL 10"

Awais Ahmed is the Co Founder and CEO of Pixxel, an Indian space technology start up. Pixxel is building the world's most advanced constellation of earth imaging microsatellites, and revolutionizing the Indian private space sector. They recently also raised a $5 million round of funding. Besides running Pixxel at the age of 22, Awais was also one of the founding members of India's Hyperloop team for Elon Musk's competition. If you are even mildly interested in space, entrepreneurship, engineering, or even just interesting challenges in general, this is the episode for you. Awais is genuinely one of the most inspiring people I've ever spoken to. Subscribe to our newsletter now! https://medium.com/dont-follow-the-leader-blog/newsletters/the-dftl-newsletter Follow me on IG and Twitter! https://www.instagram.com/noahfromgoa  https://twitter.com/noahfromgoa  Intro Music by Skeletron  https://www.instagram.com/skeletron_music   Cover Art by Anslem https://www.instagram.com/98artofficial  Primary Editing by Somrat Dutta https://www.instagram.com/somrat_dutta  DFTL https://www.instagram.com/dftl.podcast   Don't Follow the Leader (DFTL) is a college podcast run by Noah, Rayan, Rohan and Gada in an attempt to understand society's exceptions. We interview entrepreneurs, business people, celebrities and academics, and try to understand what makes these people special, and try to decode how they think.

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