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Livin' the Drone Life

Livin' the Drone Life

by Tim Ray

★★★★ 4.4 · 337 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Craft & Hobby Reference

About This Book

Everyone today seems to have a drone: Amazon, touting a new high-tech delivery method; YouTubers, with countless aerial videos; your neighbor, who keeps crashing into your tree. But drones are more than a gadget craze. They’re a booming business with the potential to change industries ranging from video to agriculture to contracting—and the ability to change your life.Drone U was created by drone pilots for drone pilots, to help aspiring professionals turn a pastime into a profitable, sustainable, and successful commercial operation. Livin’ the Drone Life draws on this invaluable experience to teach hopeful drone pros all sides of the business, including:How to perform amazing technological feats safelyThe basics of running your own companyInsight on surviving and thriving in a rapidly evolving fieldThe secrets of navigating the tricky regulatory marketWhether you bought your drone on a whim or as part of the tech craze, now is the time to turn your passion into profit, and a hobby into an investment for your future.  With the help of this book, Drone U will show you how to fly safe, fly right, and make your business soar.

Business Technology Auto and Aerospace

Tim Ray

Tim Ray is the COO and co-founder of Drone U, an education company that helps drone pilots turn flying into a sustainable, profitable business. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with a degree in entrepreneurship, he is also co-owner of Premier Choice Mortgage and the CFO and co-founder of Oak Grove Classical Academy. He is a co-author of Livin' the Drone Life: An Insider's Guide to Flying Drones for Fun and Profit. Tim lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife and their four children.

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