SMP for President....or at least for Headmaster at Harvard Business School
Post # 3 and Post # 26 in this thread is all anyone needs to know to run ANY business sucessfully ....and so many fail.
I don't know how many times I was shaking my head when another tread like: "Hello, I am new to all this, I want to start a business with Multirotors....."
There is just a few things to know:
# 1: The "secrets" and principles how to run a sucessful business
# 2: Deep technical knowledge about the "carrier" (Multirotors, Single Rotor Helis....) of your camera
# 3: Knowledge about photography/filming
If you plan to run a one-man show, you need to know #1 + #2 + #3. If you don't have any knowledge, take your time to gain it. Most people will be able to tackle #2 and #3, but will fail with #1.
If you think in a bigger scale, you might get away with the lack of # 2 or # 3, knowledge in this field can be bought/hired....but you won't get away without knowing anything about # 1.
If you really want to make it a "business", just concentrate on # 1.
Most of us meet in this forum because of the fascination for these flying machines and the possiblility to see/film our planet from the bird's eye view....but is this enough to make more than just a living out of it ???
If fascination drives you, fly for the fun of it and make your money with knowledge you have already in your current profession, at least up to the point where you are knowledgable enough to start a one-man-show.
There are many people out there in a frustrating work situation, then they see some Aerial youtube videos and think this would be a great and easy way to get out of the frustration.....just read a little bit in the forums, buy a Multirotor, hang a cam underneath and sell your service....WRONG.
My original trade is shoe and leather goods designer with a masters degree, but today I own two very profitable companies in the Automotive industry with about 65 employees....and I fly for fun.
Do I want to show off ? NO, I just want to proof that if you follow Post # 3 and Post # 26 from SMP (that's all I did all my life) you can make it. In my business, I have just "basic" knowledge about the technology involved in my company, but I know one or two things about business....that's all I will need for the rest of my life.
Chris