Why Drone Startups Fail to Build Simple Tools Surveyors Actually Use with Scott Harrigan

Unlock millions in ROI from your enterprise drone program.Our FREE Enterprise Drone Program Maturity Assessment benchmarks your program against best practices and reveals the strategic initiatives needed to scale.Get your free assessment now! 👉 https://bit.ly/droneprogram-maturity-assessment—————————————In this episode of the Do You Know Drones podcast, host Jason San Souci interviews Scott Harrigan, the owner of Harris Aerial, live from the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conversation focuses on a key mistake the drone industry is making: building drones for "drone nerds" rather than for the end-users they are meant to serve. Scott, with his background as a mechanical engineer at a civil firm, explains that drones are just one of many tools in a workflow, like mapping or surveying. He argues that companies often fail by trying to build a single drone for multiple, disparate applications, such as for both firefighters and surveyors, when the needs for each are completely different. The industry needs to focus on creating simpler, more precise tools that fit into an existing workflow instead of forcing a workflow to change for the drone.🔑 Key Takeaways:The drone industry's main mistake is building drones for other "drone nerds" instead of making them user-friendly tools for specific professionals like surveyors.The conversation emphasizes that a drone should be viewed as a tool, or a "hammer," within a larger workflow, not the central component of a program.Companies that try to make one drone for many different use cases (e.g., both fire/police and surveying) are failing because the requirements for each are contradictory.The industry is still "chasing a lot of shiny things" rather than focusing on strategic, practical solutions.⌛ Timestamps:[00:00:00] - Introduction to the podcast and the host, Jason San Souci, at the Commercial UAV Expo.[00:01:03] - Introduction of the guest, Scott Harrigan, owner of Harris Aerial.[00:02:12] - Scott answers the question about what the drone industry is getting wrong, stating that they build drones for "drone nerds".[00:02:45] - Scott explains that a drone is just one of many tools in a workflow.[00:03:27] - The conversation touches on how it's no longer enough to just say "we do X with drones" to attract investors; practical questions about cost and functionality are now more important.[00:04:15] - Jason reinforces Scott's point with a house-building analogy, where the drone is just a "hammer".Follow the Guest Scott Harrigan:👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottharriganmapping/Follow the Host Jason San Souci:👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonsansouci/🔗 More from Do You Know Drones:👉 Website: https://www.droneopsusa.com 👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afe-advisor-llc/ 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dykdrones/# 👉 X(Twitter): https://x.com/DronesDyk 👉 Email: [email protected] the Podcast: 👉 Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-you-know-drones/id1479307112👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DoYouKnowDrones#drones #CommercialUAVExpo #ScottHarrigan #HarrisAerial #UAS #dronetechnology #businessstrategy #dronenerds #dronesasools

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