Starting a Drone Business? – 5 years advice in 10 minutes
Starting a Drone Business? – 5 years advice in 10 minutes
5 years of drone industry insight in 10 minutes. Insight into what it takes to be a successful drone business. Including your plans, finance advice, and personal success. Not a paid advertisement for any classes or promotions. Honest advice from someone who has seen it all in the drone industry over the years. Please subscribe for more straight forward information on drones.
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Great advice thanks very much. I’m brand new to this industry so fingers crossed I can build a social media following and things will take off 😉✌️
Didn’t know this was so serious. Lol I sign off on Aircrafts. Part 107 can’t be that hard to pass. Try the documentation on CFR 131 part 121 and part 145. Also dealing with repairs.
Thank you Justin, you’ ve made things very clear : one step at a time, very carefully and not get into big debts …just in case. Great presentation ! Your friend from Puerto Rico, Edwin Oliveras
I think the 346 dislikes are the people that want a drone and don’t want to hear the reality. 🙂
hola realmente buen video espero que sigan haciendo este contenido!!! Voy a seguir mirando sus creaciones. Les envio un abrazo chau 🤞🏽👍🏽
Great advice for anyone starting their own business, no matter if it’s drones or anything else.
Seems like you should start with a drone that won’t require you to mortgage your house and start locally with small businesses to prove the concept.
More of this.
Yep only people making money are businesses selling drones or drone pilot training companies. So many experienced multi year veterans in many countries say that big companies do it in-house and there just isn’t enough work out there to make a solid living. A few succeed but most don’t. Way easier ways to make money.
sso positive… sort of
After doing aerial photography from airplanes for several years, I can attest that aerial photography is the greatest "part time" job in the world., but don’t give up your day job. Have fun and make some cash with this on the side. If you have trouble selling, just take a lot of shots of local interest and set up a booth in a local craft show . In addition to selling some aerial prints, advertise and talk to folks about shooting their property. It works and they come to you. Great fun and good money. You are offering them a unique perspective that they can’t get themselves, and they love it.
The drone industry is just Starting, the consumer cinematography business might be done but we just got a dji sprayer drone and holy crop this mad things amazing, its not flawless yet but once u get used to all of em software problems then stuff starts to go fast.
Were looking forward to a multispectral drone, not a dji this time because it has to fly midday and from my experience a phantom sucks at the heat so a more experienced company like Parrot seems like a better idea.
Extremely valuable information and advice. Much appreciated. I am covering those bases. QUESTION:: You mentioned gov’t work. I have 20 years drone experience (the Gov’t intelligence ones.. The Big boys). If I have a current gov’t clearance what advice do you have as far as targeting customers and jobs in the Gov’t sector? Thanks again.
I think the advice people are looking for when they read this title is….. how do I know which companies need drone services (how to spot) examples of what you would say. Funny how everyone that makes a living with it doesn’t really share the secret to make it work
Great real world advice!
Great advices normally offends someone. Being able to buy gear doesn’t equate success.
I am an insurance broker and got my part 107, the insurance to do this is super cheap.. through scottsdale about $750 bucks a years. that’s 2 million in GL and 10k in BP.
Thanks for your sincere pieces of advice 👍🏾
Well thanks I guess i quit
Feels like you just went on the negatives and were very broad about it. But yea truth is its very hard to become a successful pilot for hire, especially when it comes to sports where you have all these drone pilots doing it for free which just makes it harder on the ones doing it for a living. But anyways follow your passion and be smart about it.
Great advice on complementing your existing business with the drone.
Very informative! Thank you!!
I like the no holds bared expose of the harsh reality of this but, now four years later.. how is the conditions/ opportunity and general nature of the whole quad copter Industrey laying out there now.. I know things must of Changed by now.. Elon Musk is serious about putting a colony on Mars, for instance(!)
2 top check off points
before starting a drone
business:
( ) Have I made a true
dollar and sense
reality check?
( ) Am I willing to
learn the craft of
sales and truly
apply myself to
it?
Beware the thrill of
gear.
FYI 2020 there are more than 150K people with Part 107 in the US, and growing.
There are exceptions, but drones are mostly a solution looking for a problem.
Can you write off drones as a business expense on your taxes?
RESPECT!!!…. FOR EVERY WORD AND THOUGHT OF YOURS. GOD BLESS KEEP GROWING.
Great advice!! It is important to have realistic expectations. Talk to any videographer/photographer, 70% of the business is making the connections and promoting yourself. I am not quoting the day job but I will see what I can make and at least make enough to pay for the drone.
Thanks for posting.
Great advise for anyone going into business.
Nice tips!
New mortgage? Lol I’m starting with a mavic mini 400 usd.
Can’t say this video was worth watching.
I’m looking to get into drones for a hobby, but might do photography, Standard DSLR and Drone, for a couple Realtor friends. It’s something that I can do on weekends for a few hours for a few extra bucks. Not really a business model, but a good little side hustle after I get my 107 done.
You can make a little bit of money but you are going to be working a lot, I made lots of money doing government contracts flying drones with Insitu(a Boeing company) and Tesxtron(Aerosonde) we provided overhead watch for the military….other than that good luck but I really dont see it unless you have gigantic money backing such as companies like Matternet…..odds are you will not be successful unless you are selling products to consumers…….pipe dreams
Thanks for some great feedback
Thanks for the honest presentation. It makes one think it over and sleep on the idea 🙂
Drone business should be easier to get than a real commercial airline pilot lets go make some money guys
This video made me a subscriber. Thanks for an awesome honest take on the business. It’s actually just what I planned; start off slow on the side. Thanks for the advise and video.
Haha holy shit. We have the same name. I can’t believe it
Smart advice that can be generalized to just about any business.
I doubt I could find 100 jobs in a 200 mile radius over 5 years. Appreciate the honesty over the schmucks profiting off of selling unobtainable dreams to the wide-eyed.
mortgage on the house to start a drone business spells d.i.v.o.r.c.e.
Take the FAA 107 test and it’s a joke. Has nothing to do with Drones. Alot of bullshit.
Brilliant and honest video, thanks much!
Thank you for changing my mind. This is a Great! Video, for people like us who gets excited to get into Drone business. Now that I’m educated from you, instead of making it myself I rather invest in successful running Drone companies. Thank you again, for saving my money.
Why are all these people in your examples go all in without any experience? Why not starting small with a cheap second hand drone?
Hey, Needed sincere advice. I have taken some basic training on the drone flying, but i am more inclined toward the processing part of the business. I feel my i can build more strength on the analysis of the data and the presentation part of it. Pl advice whats the best way to start. Have watching some webinars on drone deploy, but wanted to know if i can learn on the go or need to take a full time course from drone deploy or any one else. Pl suggest!!!. Many thanks
Would you only recommend an expensive drone?
The advice is decent but what else? Clearly you’re still in the game…so instead of all negative considerations why not some strong pointers on how to make it work. What about 10 mins of that?