Hardware Startup Reality: Drone Industry Secrets & First Customers with Andrea Cecchi

GSD Venture Studios Podcasts by Gary Fowler by Gary Fowler

Episode notes

"Building flying robots is 10x harder than building apps - here's why"

And this conversation will blow your mind! 🚁

Join us for a Top Global Startups conversation with Andrea Cecchi who left his interests in soccer and cooking in Milan to build FloFleet - a company creating autonomous aircraft that could revolutionize industries.

This is eye-opening stuff: 💰 Hardware startups need 10x more funding than software companies 🛡️ Drone regulations change constantly across different countries 🔧 You need aerospace engineers, not just software developers ⏰ Development cycles are 2-3 years instead of 2-3 months 🎯 Your first customer might pay $100K+ but takes 18 months to close

Andrea's story is incredible: From a high school startup solving education problems to studying how to restore emergency com ... 

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