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214 (Special Edition) | Listen to the show! | | Aired on April 18th, 2004 | | Guest: Rick Citron |
| Rick Citron treated Space Show listeners to an exceptional ninety minutes of clarity, reality, potential, and optimism regarding commercial space ventures, space entrepreneurism, and the future of such business projects. Mr. Citron discussed in details the essential elements needed for a successful business venture, including a space business venture. These essentials focus on the management team, the comprehensive business plan which includes marketing and more, and the financial component for the venture which specifies the sources for the venture financing. Mr. Citron repeated the importance of the management team throughout the program, stressing that a superb management team might be able to turn a mediocre venture into success but that even with a good idea, a less than quality management team would be unlikely to be successful. Mr. Citron talked about being able to know a realistic venture for one that is off in the future and that is ahead of its time versus a venture that is appropriate for this time. We also discussed the space business investment climate in the context of today's economy and deficits, the war on terrorism and in Iraq, the Bush space policy initiative, and the current status of NASA and its existing programs and publicly stated plans. Mr. Citron explained how he participated in the creation of Spacehab and Kistler Aerospace to Space Show listeners, using those companies as models for his formula for success for building a successful business venture. This program can serve as a superb guide for Space Show listeners interested in space commerce, their own entrepreneurial space venture or terrestrial venture for that matter, or investing in such a matter. In addition, Mr. Citron says he reads all his e-mail and will look at all two-four page Executive Summary type descriptions of a space business plan that are sent to him. Don't miss this show! |
| About our guest... |
Rick Citron Rick Citron is an attorney and partner in Citron & Deutsch in Los Angeles, CA. He is also an entrepreneur with a special interest in space commercialization. He has contributed to the success stories of hundreds of companies, utilizing his experience and the synergy of a carefully nurtured network of professionals throughout the world. Mr. Citron's support and counsel have fostered positive business relationships and created an entrepreneurial client base for his firm, Citron and Deutsch. He continues to share his knowledge and experience through guest seminars on raising capital, technology, and the law. Mr. Citron graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in statistics. He obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in marketing from U.C. Berkeley in 1967 and, in 1970, his Juris Doctor degree from UCLA. He was an Assistant Professor of business statistics, marketing and business law at California State University, Northridge, from 1968 to 1973, and an Instructor of Corporations at Western State University, 1970-1973. Rick built his first micrograin rockets in the late 1950's and assisted his brother, Bob Citron, in the formation and capitalization of Spacehab, Inc. and Kistler Aerospace Corporation. Mr. Citron abilities, understanding, guidance, and counseling for space entrepreneurs is without a doubt among the finest if not the finest in the industry and advocacy world.
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