About this episode
How should you plan your business plan? What factors should you considering while selecting a niche? Today's episode is brought to you by Drone U In-person Events. If you're looking to enhance your flight skills (and who among us doesn't need to enhance our flight skills), we are hosting our last in-person mapping training in November in beautiful Colorado. This is our 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 7 exercises to master the workflow for various deliverables. The goal is to map and build models of this training's location. Join us today !! On today's show we discuss about developing a blueprint for your drone business and what are the best ways to achieve a solid blueprint. Our question for today is from Sebastian from Costa Rica who would like to know what would be the best way to get a drone business started and how he can effectively plan a blueprint and decide on the domain that he can venture to run a successful business. Thanks for the question Sebastian. On today's episode we delve into the many factor new and old business owners need to consider while running a drone business. We start off discussing about regulations, certifications and developing a business acumen for running a drone business. We then discuss the first few steps of doing a business and how business owners can perfect their craft. Lastly we also discuss about choosing a domain, the benefits of working in a domain and bootstrapping and working your way up a domain. Tune in today to learn more and discover the steps to running a successful business ! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! 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: [0:51] Overview of today's episode on running a drone business [02:40] Today's question on developing a blueprint for a drone business [04:44] Getting certified and developing business acumen for running a business [07:01] Determining and working on the first few steps in your business [10:01] Choosing your domain and working in a niche and being systematic in your approach [13:21] Bootstrapping, getting a drone and working your way up - financial aspects