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How can business owners project 3 year revenues and maintain a steady flow of revenue? On today's episode we discuss ways to project finances and revenues for future and ways by which individuals and business owners can set up systems to effectively calculate future cash flows. We also go over how business owners can generate a steady income. Our question for today's episode is from our student, Jimmy, who is securing a SBA loan and wants to calculate the next 3 year cashflows. Jimmy is also getting started on his drone business and wants to know how to generate a steady income in a drone business. Thank you Jimmy for the question. We delve into understanding how business can plan their forward looking projections through rational means and assumptions. We emphasize how business owners can plan and calculate revenues from services and goods while also understanding how to calculate and identify expenses through ChatGPT and AI. Rob explains how business owners can develop tools to provide rationale for services and how you charge clients in your business. Rob also shares his Spreadsheet Calculator that he used for developing a projection model when starting Drone U and how business owners can use the tool to build their forward looking plan. (Please reach out to support@thedroneu.com if you have questions) Tune in to this detailed and informative podcast on how you can project your business earnings when obtaining an SBA loan and developing a strong revenue/cash flow model for your business. 5-Day Free Course: Thriving Drone Real Estate Business Transform your drone operations into a thriving real estate-focused business. Learn client management, pricing for profit, and creating high-value deliverables. Grow My Drone Business Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [05:20] Today's question on calculating future cashflows and generating steady earning from a drone business [06:25] Ways to calculate future cashflows from business when securing SBA loans [07:48] Why is important to understand cashflows and how Drone U calculated its projections (refer description for file link) [17:51] The benefit of running a business while understanding your strengths and weakness and leveraging business partners and other stakeholders

What options do pilots have to save their flight data? On today's episode we answer Kevin's question on how we can save and manage flight data on your drone in the event of a theft of your drone/drone system. Join Paul and Rob as we show a quick live demo of how you can save your drone data on your drone/SD card and ways to import flight data. Tune in to this quick educational podcast on how you can ensure the safety of your drone data in event of theft or data corruption on your device. 5-Day Free Course: Thriving Drone Real Estate Business Transform your drone operations into a thriving real estate-focused business. Learn client management, pricing for profit, and creating high-value deliverables. Grow My Drone Business Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [04:07] Today's question on how to manage your flight data in the event of a theft [06:30] Demo of options and setting on your drone remote to help with saving relevant flight data - export and import

Can 2D or 3D models make dirt work in construction more efficient? What techniques exist and how can businesses go about efficiently conducting earth work. Happy New Year from Drone U to you and your family. Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. On today's episode we discuss about mapping specifically how 2D or 3D models can help business involved in construction and how these models can efficiently show how materials / earth work can accurately measured. Every construction project involves a significant amount of dirt work and understanding how much earth is required for various construction needs in a project. Our question for today is from Marco Pena who would like to know how drone 2D/3D models can help businesses involved in dirt work. We discuss about the multiple techniques that business currently utilize and how drones have revolutionized the often arbitrary effort on the field. We also discuss about software and techniques involved in measurement and making earth work efficient and conducting volumetric measurements. Tune in to this insightful and educational podcast on how you can use drone technology for understanding how to efficiently and effectively measure and carry out dirt work in the field of construction. 5-Day Free Course: Thriving Drone Real Estate Business Transform your drone operations into a thriving real estate-focused business. Learn client management, pricing for profit, and creating high-value deliverables. Grow My Drone Business Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [03:42] Today's question on how a 2D or 3D model can help with dirt work [05:03] The evolution of earth works with the use of drones and the changes in cut and fill techniques [11:49] Calculating the actual amount of dirt work using drones [11:10] Development of Grok and its use cases [17:25] Best software to utilize for measurement and calculation of dirt work [22:19] Importance of having technical knowledge to drive sales in business

Using AI for developing creative content for business. Happy New Year from Drone U to you and your family. On today's episode we discuss how we can use AI for creative endeavours. When is it ok and when it isn't and how we can use AI for multiple use cases. In today's AI world where AI is able to accomplish a multitude of tasks from video and audio to text based projects, we discuss how AI can be leveraged in the development of content for drone industry specifically. We go over tools like suno.com and sora.com that can be used to create audio and video and talk about commercial use, monetization and discuss copyright ownership. Tune in to this insightful and educational podcast on how you can use AI for your creative content requirements and learn about the many use cases of AI. 5-Day Free Course: Thriving Drone Real Estate Business Transform your drone operations into a thriving real estate-focused business. Learn client management, pricing for profit, and creating high-value deliverables. Grow My Drone Business Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [07:00] Robots and innovations at CES 2025 [08:20] Using AI for filling in for creative work [10:35] Today's question on use of AI for content creation [11:10] Development of Grok and its use cases [16:25] Creating music content for your videos using AI - examples [23:36] Terms of Use and commercial licensing and copyright

Landscape of US Drone Industry: DJI Ban, equipment, tech and future of the industry. On today's episode we talk with Bobby Sakaki, UAV expert and CEO of UAS Nexus. We discuss with Bobby on the current state of the UAV industry and his insights on critical topics such as DJI Ban, US politics on the industry, latest tech and impact of supply chain and geopolitics in drone industry. Learn all about the topics and events in the industry that can impact drone pilots in today's uncertain environment. 5-Day Free Course: Thriving Drone Real Estate Business Transform your drone operations into a thriving real estate-focused business. Learn client management, pricing for profit, and creating high-value deliverables. Grow My Drone Business Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [01:23] Is a tariff based strategy good for the US Drone Industry [03:00] Discussions and thoughts on DJI ban [05:57] Are the efforts for growing the UAV industry on the right track? [10:20] Who are the upcoming players in the drone industry that are promising to be key players in the future and why - Quantum Systems, FreeFly, Firestorm [16:25] Are US companies equipped to replace or compete with DJI? [24:23] Is DJI's strategy working on providing high value equipment during the transition to US drones? [34:22] Section 1709 - Can federal government enforce an operational ban [01:04:10] What is UAV Nexus - Bobby's company and how does it help pilots

Whats all with recent news of drone swarm? Are there people who are aware of these drones and their flight missions? Today’s episode is also brought to you by Colorado Drone Chargers, specialists who offer drone charging systems that charge multiple batteries and a flight controller at the same time, offering the fastest, and most efficient drone charging solutions on the market. On today's episode we discuss the very recent news event of drone swarm recently observed in NJ and discuss the various theories surrounding the incident. On Sunday, New Jersey was under a 'siege' of drone swarm with its mission objectives unknown and incidents of it following a US coast guard ship. Adding to the mystery was the origin of the drones, the intention of flight and the overall perception and theories floating around the drone swarm. We discuss about the timeline of events and what is known in the public domain along with discussing the theories currently in the industry, the government and the general public. We review the details of these flights and what are the implications for drone pilot and what the US government can do and not do in this scenario. Tune in today to know more about the event and its implications for the industry as a whole. Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [03:09] Today's discussion on the NJ Drone swarm [07:33] Is the incident an intelligence failure or a communication problem with various stakeholders [09:33] timeline of events and theories around the drone flights [15:10] Other theories surrounding the drone swarm [18:33] Why does NJ and NY have high radiation readings and are the drones nuclear drones? [25:56] Key takeaway from the incident

Dive into the heated reactions following an interview with Skydio's Adam Bry. Explore the complex implications of the DJI ban and the need for thoughtful alternatives to regulations. The conversation exposes privacy concerns surrounding DJI’s practices and addresses the frustrations within the drone community. Engaging feedback from listeners reveals a passionate debate on competition and national security. This dynamic discussion emphasizes the importance of community dialogue in navigating industry challenges.

Adam Bry, Co-founder and CEO of Skydio, dives into the complexities of the drone industry. He discusses how geopolitical tensions, especially with China, shape U.S. manufacturing. Bry emphasizes the importance of innovation to counter reliance on foreign suppliers and bolster national security. He also examines the impact of drones in modern warfare and the challenges of competing against dominant players like DJI. Listeners will be intrigued by his insights on the future of drones and emerging technologies that could revolutionize various industries.

Learn about some of the best Black Friday deals currently live. Happy Thanksgiving from Drone U and go-live of our Black Friday offers. On today's episode we talk about some of the awesome Black Friday deals that we have found in the market that would be great buy for drone pilots or make a great gift for the holiday season. Whether you are choosing to purchase a drone or add on valuable drone accessories, we'll go over some of the best value for money Black Friday deals that we have come across. Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U Black Friday deals. Drone U is currently having a great Black Friday deal giving you the chance to grab all of our courses and content at a great discount. Purchase today or Gift a subscription. Tune in to this episode to not miss on great Black Friday deals !! Free Video Series: Unlock Your Drone's Profit Potential in Real Estate Discover how to create compelling real estate photos, videos, and walk-throughs that sell properties fast and command premium rates. Get Free Instant Access  Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [09:04] Best Black Friday deals in the market now [13:07] Low price on the SD card and card holder - a good gift / a great purchase [13:47] Anker Black Friday deal [15:37] Action camera deals [17:41] 360 camera deals [21:16] Drone U Black Friday deals and the value from Drone U courses and content [26:43] New courses and content coming to Drone U membership

Role of drones in the construction industry, how data and analytics is used in the construction industry and managing drone projects On Today’s podcast, we have a special guest, Joshua Marriott, Director of VDC and Field Solutions at the Weitz company, talking to us about the role of drones in the drone industry. Today's podcast is brought to you by the December 6th Drone Mapping and Flight Mastery class. Out special bootcamp is a three-day boot camp plus one-day Flight Mastery Training. We will be introducing and flying a variety of data acquisition types followed by discussion and instruction on how to process the acquired data. From Pix4d Mapper to Pix4d React, to Drone Deploy and Optelos. Students will go through a total of 12 exercises to master the workflow for various deliverables. The goal is to map and build models of this training's location. We have only 2 seats available and to sign up please reach out to Rob. We invite our special guest, Joshua Marriott, to our studio today to discuss about drones in the construction industry. Joshua comes with many years of managing challenging projects in the construction industry and is an expert at managing drone programs and projects. We discuss very important of construction industry and the role drones and drone data plays in ensuring the operational efficiency of the industry is maintained. We discuss about data, technology, use cases, data analytics, hard lessons learnt, GCP use and also the potential impact of DJI ban on the drone industry. Free Video Series: Unlock Your Drone's Profit Potential in Real Estate Discover how to create compelling real estate photos, videos, and walk-throughs that sell properties fast and command premium rates. Get Free Instant Access  Tune in to this comprehensive episode to learn valuable insights from Joshua and understand better about the role of drones in the construction industry. Tune in today !! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps: [00:45] What does VDC stand for and Learn more about our Dec Mapping class [06:55] Why VDC is valid for the entire lifecycle of the project as against specific phases of a project [13:27] How does bedrock mapping avoid expensive additional work and time in industries such as solar [14:26] How is data being used in the construction industry for savings, legalities and many more use cases [18:43] How do companies determine the value of using a drone vs deploying traditional project practices and costs and technology involved [32:21] How difficult is it for companies like Skydio to bring out data analytics solutions [37:25] What are the some of the hardest lessons learnt in managing drone projects and teams [51:57] Is there a list of when to use and not use GCPs on projects [55:03] How does a DJI, Autel Ban impact the role of drones in the drone industry?