# Bridgit Mendler

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Real Alpha has cut 7 moments of Bridgit Mendler (Co-founder & CEO, Northwood Space) talking, from an interview on Sourcery published Aug 31, 2026.

- Role: Co-founder & CEO, Northwood Space
- About: Co-founded Northwood Space, building shared satellite ground infrastructure; earlier a Disney Channel actress and singer.
- On X: https://x.com/bridgitmendler

## What Bridgit Mendler said

- [Ground infrastructure lagged because the industry split the work](https://realalpha.app/s/ground-infrastructure-lagged-because-the-industry-split-the/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 6 min
  > “so for us, what we're doing is we're looking across that whole value chain and trying to accomplish it all within one company” — Bridgit Mendler · [4:27](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=267)
- [Northwood wants revenue growth before expanding its scope](https://realalpha.app/s/northwood-wants-revenue-growth-before-expanding-its-scope/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min
  > “It's how can you demonstrate a business year after year that grows and that actually hits rather compelling revenue figures along the way.” — Bridgit Mendler · [23:42](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=1422)
- [Ground networks use costly redundancy to guarantee reliability](https://realalpha.app/s/ground-networks-use-costly-redundancy-to-guarantee/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 3 min
  > “sometimes they'll have, like, three times the amount of ground capacity that they would otherwise” — Bridgit Mendler · [28:19](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=1699)
- [The Space Force contract is a trial for a larger engagement](https://realalpha.app/s/the-space-force-contract-is-a-trial-for-a-larger-engagement/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min
  > “it's us demonstrating our system works. We're able to do all the things that we said we were able to do.” — Bridgit Mendler · [15:10](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=910)
- [Northwood uses site diversity to limit the impact of outages](https://realalpha.app/s/northwood-uses-site-diversity-to-limit-the-impact-of-outages/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min
  > “we have a bunch of sites and we have that diversity of sites so that we can make sure if any one of those sites goes down” — Bridgit Mendler · [18:44](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=1124)
- [Space companies still need real businesses today](https://realalpha.app/s/space-companies-still-need-real-businesses-today/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min
  > “there's a lot of enthusiasm around the category, but you have to tie that back to business fundamentals.” — Bridgit Mendler · [9:26](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=566)
- [Northwood is bringing time-critical manufacturing in-house](https://realalpha.app/s/northwood-is-bringing-time-critical-manufacturing-in-house/)
  Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026 · 2 min
  > “We're going to be doing PCB assembly as well, basically bringing in all the different parts of the supply chain that are kind of, you know, imposing timeline restrictions” — Bridgit Mendler · [40:09](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/?t=2409)

## The episode

- [Bridgit Mendler Gives Us the First Tour of Northwood's New HQ + Factory](https://realalpha.app/v/8SGgaMiGv6g/) · Sourcery · Aug 31, 2026