Rice Business Report April Rice Business Report 2019

RICE BUSINESS REPORT APRIL 2019 Money With Drones Continued from page37…….. Fortunately for some people back then who had a bit of imagination, and savvy and a will to work they became wealthy starting cell phone and computer busi- nesses. The same kind of people got involved in the Internet. You of course know who some of them are. Many of those same smart people are getting heavily in- volved in drones. Here you are standing on the cusp of the next world changing technology, asking yourself "What should I do". Drones are changing the world and you should seize this opportunity and start a drone-based busi- ness. Simply put a drone is a remote controlled pilotless aircraft. It can be fixed wing or rotary wing. Un- manned, they do many things that manned aircraft cannot do. They have motors that run on batteries. They don't need airports or hangers and can be carried around in your hand. Here are some ideas for starting a drone business: Wedding photography, currently most drones are being used to create photographs and videos, you have probably detected that they are being used in the movies and commercials. With wedding photog- raphy you will get some unique views, eye level and sky level. You will have sharp video and photo- graphs and your wedding guests will probably not even though the drone is there. Real estate photography will also become a good business. There should be a good amount of real es- tate business, there are many real estate brokers that are looking for photographs of real estate and sur- rounding areas. You could probably have several ongoing clients that would keep you busy. The fastest growing drone business is in the agricultural industry. There is so much business in this area that you could have several drone crews busy all of the time. These companies are already multiplying at a breakneck speed. Each of them is busy hiring people to do jobs that did not even exist one year ago So if you would like to be in your own business, think drones Thank you for all you do for local businesses! Thank you for all you do for our local businesses! Thank you for all you do for our local businesses! Thank you for all you do for our local businesses! Thank you for all you do for our local businesses! Thank you for all you do for our local businesses! 38

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