Drone Data Platforms: $140M Raised + 5,000 Businesses Using AI-Powered Visual Twins

Discover how DroneDeploy is transforming construction and infrastructure with digital twins, safer workflows, and AI-driven drone insights across 180 countries.⭐ My guest today is Mike Winn, Founder and CEO of DroneDeploy.DroneDeploy is a software company harnessing drones to provide interior and exterior visual data – any altitude, any angle, all in one platform. They have raised over $140M and serve over 5,000 businesses in 180 countries, including 18 of the 20 largest construction companies.---🎙️ In this episode, we talked about:- Why he was happy to have an angry customer in the early days- What a digital twin is and why they matter- How they’re making work on critical infrastructure safer, quicker, and more productive by avoiding dull, dirty, and dangerous work- How his love of remote control helicopters and a trip to South Africa helped start this business- The role of timing in determining the success of a startup- How AI and robots can make us superhuman- How to procrastinate in a productive way- And lots more---🙏 Hope you enjoy it!📣 And give Mike Winn and DroneDeploy a shout-out on LinkedIn, Slack, or Twitter by sharing this podcast with your people.---👍 Quick favor: Please leave a review or 5-star rating on your podcast player. This helps more listeners discover the climate CEOs and investors I interview here. 🙏---🌎 Entrepreneurs for Impact is on a mission to help climate innovators grow faster with new investment capital, share best practices among peers, expand their networks, and reach their full potential.Here's our weekly newsletter — A 3-minute summary of climate tech startups, better habits, and deep work trends: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://entrepreneursforimpact.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our main program is a Climate CEO Mastermind peer group community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://entrepreneursforimpact.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our invite-only cohorts of 12 executives catalyze personal development and business growth via monthly meetings, annual retreats, and 1:1 coaching and strategy calls. Today’s highly curated Mastermind members represent over $8B in market cap or assets under management.Programs are led by Dr. Chris Wedding — 4x founder, $1B of investment experience, and Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill professor, with 70,000+ professional students taught, 25 years of meditation, an obsession with constant improvement, and far too many mistakes to keep to himself.

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