Bob johnston podcast

If you've ever tried to secure a student loan, you know how frustrating it can be. David Klein, CEO of CommonBond, set out to change things. His goal was simple – launch a digital startup to automate the archaic student loan industry. Fast forward eight years, and CommonBond has facilitated more than $6 billion in student loans. Oh, and his 201st investor pitch became their lead investor (Driven!)

St. Louis Blues CEO, Chris Zimmerman, discusses what lessons in storytelling, trust and how you behave can be gleaned from running a sports team (Tim cut his teeth in advertising and c-level roles at Nike and Saatchi & Saatchi). We also cover the amazing ‘story’ of how the Blues came from last place and won the Stanley Cup, his time as a player and coach at the collegiate level, and much more.

The head of the first venture fund dedicated to investing in the Space industry discusses why it could be affordable for the typical citizen-tourist to travel to space sooner than we think, the partnership between SpaceX and NASA (and NASA's suddenly-sexy brand), the roughly $400 billion being invested in Space-related startups, how early space tourism resembles early airplane tourism...and more.