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This seems like the kind of insight that is better monetized than preached - the value will not be perceived until there is a business success that derived from it.

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I sell satellite imagery. I want more people to start application companies, and less people to start data feed companies. "Preaching" is the most scalable way to try to convince people to change tack. I can't personally start dozens of application companies, but I can hopefully help spur the founding of those firms through my writing.

> I want more people to start application companies

Are you aware of ways for a hypothetical start-up team to get cheap/affordable raw imagery data to attempt this? Instead of paying B2B prices upfront just for experimentation?

A good place to start might be the public space agencies, for example: https://scihub.copernicus.eu/

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