Ian Carroll

But if you're a parent or you have young kids, this is going to be very hard to watch and listen to because they were not expecting their day to go like this.

But if you're a parent or you have young kids, this is going to be very hard to watch and listen to because they were not expecting their day to go like this.

So that little girl, unfortunately, suffered a punctured lung, a traumatic brain injury, broken bones, and permanent disability, including learning deficits, hearing loss. And her injuries are still uncertain and sustained to this day. They have been in secret arbitration up until... right now. And this is just one poor little girl's story at Urban Air.

So that little girl, unfortunately, suffered a punctured lung, a traumatic brain injury, broken bones, and permanent disability, including learning deficits, hearing loss. And her injuries are still uncertain and sustained to this day. They have been in secret arbitration up until... right now. And this is just one poor little girl's story at Urban Air.

So that little girl, unfortunately, suffered a punctured lung, a traumatic brain injury, broken bones, and permanent disability, including learning deficits, hearing loss. And her injuries are still uncertain and sustained to this day. They have been in secret arbitration up until... right now. And this is just one poor little girl's story at Urban Air.

But unfortunately, it is very much not the only story like this. And today, I wanted to tell you a story about Urban Air because Urban Air is a very small piece of a very big picture. And it starts with a man named Michael Browning. Michael Browning is the son...

But unfortunately, it is very much not the only story like this. And today, I wanted to tell you a story about Urban Air because Urban Air is a very small piece of a very big picture. And it starts with a man named Michael Browning. Michael Browning is the son...

But unfortunately, it is very much not the only story like this. And today, I wanted to tell you a story about Urban Air because Urban Air is a very small piece of a very big picture. And it starts with a man named Michael Browning. Michael Browning is the son...

of let's just say a very wealthy man, also named Michael Browning, who is famous in the Indianapolis real estate development scene and the founder and chief partner of Browning. But his son, you know, Michael Browning Jr., grows up in this lifestyle and wants to, you know, be like dad, I presume, and be a big, a big shot.

of let's just say a very wealthy man, also named Michael Browning, who is famous in the Indianapolis real estate development scene and the founder and chief partner of Browning. But his son, you know, Michael Browning Jr., grows up in this lifestyle and wants to, you know, be like dad, I presume, and be a big, a big shot.

of let's just say a very wealthy man, also named Michael Browning, who is famous in the Indianapolis real estate development scene and the founder and chief partner of Browning. But his son, you know, Michael Browning Jr., grows up in this lifestyle and wants to, you know, be like dad, I presume, and be a big, a big shot.

And so after founding a couple of companies in 2011, he founds this company called Urban Air and it's an adventure park, right? And he's growing Urban Air Adventure Parks, you know, with the goal of being a big shot, like his dad, I would presume.

And so after founding a couple of companies in 2011, he founds this company called Urban Air and it's an adventure park, right? And he's growing Urban Air Adventure Parks, you know, with the goal of being a big shot, like his dad, I would presume.

And so after founding a couple of companies in 2011, he founds this company called Urban Air and it's an adventure park, right? And he's growing Urban Air Adventure Parks, you know, with the goal of being a big shot, like his dad, I would presume.

He eventually, in 2018, gets a whole bunch of private equity funding and expands his business rapidly all around the United States from 45 parks at the time up well over 100. They initially got investment from Ross Perot's private equity firm, MPK Partners. And they took them from just a small business in the Indianapolis area to a nationwide chain. And they started franchising.

He eventually, in 2018, gets a whole bunch of private equity funding and expands his business rapidly all around the United States from 45 parks at the time up well over 100. They initially got investment from Ross Perot's private equity firm, MPK Partners. And they took them from just a small business in the Indianapolis area to a nationwide chain. And they started franchising.

He eventually, in 2018, gets a whole bunch of private equity funding and expands his business rapidly all around the United States from 45 parks at the time up well over 100. They initially got investment from Ross Perot's private equity firm, MPK Partners. And they took them from just a small business in the Indianapolis area to a nationwide chain. And they started franchising.

Franchising allowed Michael Browning Jr. to expand this business out and allow other people to buy into his franchise and to have Urban Airs opening all around the country and to have those businesses opened by local people that wanted to change their lives and their community by starting a business and buying into the Urban Air franchise.

Franchising allowed Michael Browning Jr. to expand this business out and allow other people to buy into his franchise and to have Urban Airs opening all around the country and to have those businesses opened by local people that wanted to change their lives and their community by starting a business and buying into the Urban Air franchise.

Franchising allowed Michael Browning Jr. to expand this business out and allow other people to buy into his franchise and to have Urban Airs opening all around the country and to have those businesses opened by local people that wanted to change their lives and their community by starting a business and buying into the Urban Air franchise.