I’m just an MC kickin’ MBA raps

I’m adding lyrical value, but y’all paid for this class

And that’s a value chain move, check the EnStrat collage

And case-study my rap flow with Abhishek Nagaraj

Abhishek, you can take this whole freestyle flow

And get the class to analyze it like Tomorrow.io

Flippin’ the EnStrat compass up in any format

From hard core raps to digital weather forecasts

So what’s a weather forecast company supposed to do?

The global demand for information, yo it’s gonna be huge

It’s gonna blow up, boosting Tomorrow.io up

But the data’s gotta come from more than just NASA and NOAA

So what? What are we gonna do about that data supply?

Should we or should we not launch a whole fleet of satellites?!

It’s a necessity, you gotta capture the information

The risk is worth it, you can ask Rajashree Raghunathan

Or Mark Lyubovitsky, he was like “Yeah baby, good stuff”

“Calculated risk, it’s just the right amount of Chutzpah”

And damn that’s good stuff, ask Hasan Masud

A first mover’s gotta move like a first-mover should

Ask Yash Gogte, it’s all about the data, plainly

The software is not the main bottleneck, says Meng Shi

Control the proprietary data, baby, straight up

Get the radar up into space in a rush

But wait up, some skeptics are questioning why we do

Gotta convince the “B”s on the shelf, like Jiayi Zhou

Controlling design is expensive, ask Zhilian Liu

Is there a cheaper option? If only Dominic Williams knew

Plus Zhilian wants a drink now, but don’t be spillin’ it

When you encounter the skepticism of Julie Zinamon

She’s like “Whoah, it’s totally blue sky!”

Julie’s not tryin’ to be rude, guys

But she’s a straight-up “A” – she thinks it’s not so wise

What exactly is this company proposing to build?!

Software and hardware, yo they’re totally different skills

If companies gamble massively, ask “Do they prosper?”

Better think about the answer carefully, Rei Goffer

I’m just an MC kickin’ MBA raps

I’m just adding lyrical value, but y’all paid for this class

And hey, it’s a value chain, check the EnStrat collage

And case-study the raps with Abhishek Nagaraj

Abhishek, you can take this whole freestyle
flow

And get the class to analyze it like Tomorrow.io

Flippin’ the EnStrat compass up into any format

From hard core raps to digital weather forecasts

I get it, Rei Goffer thought about it well, I can tell

It’s a move to future, what you think he’s still ClimaCell?

It’s a twenty-year bet on the way that data can function

And the government data, that is not really gonna cut it

So what’s the play? Is it disruption or is it value chain?!

Leo Yao says now it’s architectural all the way

‘Cause they’re moving the party up inside their house now

With a dedicated team of experts, Shyam Srinivas style

With that rapid iteration, makin’ sure the tech works
Pivot to building the architecture in-house, says Philip Drexler
 

Go big or go home, make the application happen

Collaborate and control the data, says Bart Jackson

Intellectual Property, so the profiting can’t jam

Capture new use-cases with Kaushik Ranjan
 

It’s a big risk outsourcing any part of the plan

Gotta research your vendors well, says Aamna Khan

Gotta scale that tech at speed, like Aniket Soneji

Figure the critical piece you need, Elaine McChesney

To keep everyone happy, deploy tactically

While the business is still profitable, Mohammad Naqvi

And Rei sat back, he was listening to the conversation

Then stepped in like: “Yo, let me introduce Constellation”

It’s propriety, prototyped, and it’s workin just fine

We built it on a license from NASA – TRL 9

We got the January launch, so pop the libations

Far from basic, Tomorrow’s getting props from SpaceX

So tell about the use-cases you’re starting to see

And thanks for not takin’ the easy path, says Gloria Yi
 

And Rei was listing off as many as he could remember

Like tropical cyclones and flood warnings in Kenya

So get those satellites watching, get the farmers to prosper

To conquer the the prediction problems, talkin’ to Rei Goffer

What about the supply chain, is it going to
plan?

How can you slice it up? Asked Raji Venugopalan

How do you choose a path, how do you verify assumptions?

You navigate inside the darkness with your EnStrat compass

Rei was like “We started out with it fundamentally broken

And the field was wide open, so now watch the explosion

So yo, get the drinks poured and distributed in a hurry
 

‘Cause your MBA is now complete, Ian Leatherbury!