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Egbert Ootsburg, onto The Top. Egbert runs a company that designs apps for the scalding-hot consumer drone market. Listen as Egbert talks about his strong ambition to make a difference in the world and how he takes advantage of the drone market.

Famous Five:

• Favorite Book? \u2013 Zero to One
• What CEO do you follow? \u2013 Andy Stanley
• Favorite online tool? \u2014 Evernote

• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\u2014 \u201cAre you kidding?\u201d
• If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? \u2013 \u201cTo get started faster and not to wait for something to occur before giving yourself permission to succeed\u201d

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Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 01:37 \u2013 Nathan introduces Egbert to the show
• 02:06 \u2013 How Egbert generate money
• • 02:18 \u2013 Open Skkye App
  • 02:45 \u2013 Helps Drone pilots find places where to fly versus not fly
  • 03:25 \u2013 2015 total revenue
  • 03:44 \u2013 Drone Aviator
• 05:00 \u2013 Leaving the corporate world
• • 05:10 \u2013 Worked with Pfizer in 2009
  • 05:38 \u2013 Biggest recommendation
  • 05:55 \u2013 \u201cThere\u2019s always a way to bootstrap something\u201d
• 06:20 \u2013 Egbert did a consulting job
• • 06:31 \u2013 Consulting revenue
• 07:07 \u2013 The gap between the pre-revenue and 2009
• • 07:35 \u2013 Drone industry
• 08:25 \u2013 Creative ways to decrease expenses
• • 08:36 \u2013 \u201cLive on the basics that you need\u201d
  • 08:52 \u2013 Cut the monthly expenses to 45% of previous total
  • 09:09 \u2013 4 kids
• 09:46 \u2013 How much money you keep is NOT how much money you make
• 10:05 \u2013 Reason why Egbert\u2019s business attracted investors
• • 10:24 \u2013 Experience in aviation from Navy
  • • 11:05 \u2013 Anticipated revenue in the next quarter
  • 11:55 \u2013 About half a million registered users
  • 12:17 \u2013 New items every week
• 12:37 \u2013 Connect with Egbert thru his LinkedIn and Twitter
• 14:55 \u2013 The Famous Five

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3 Key Points:

• Believe in the vision of what you\u2019re doing and create value.
• It is about how much money you keep, not how much money you save.
• Get started faster.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Toptal\xa0\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal\xa0 for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to quality of Toptal\xa0 developers.
• Host Gator\xa0\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
• Freshbooks\xa0\u2013 The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
• Leadpages\xa0 \u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
• Audible\xa0\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.
• LinkedIn \u2013 Egbert\u2019s linkedin account
• @EgbertOostburg\xa0 - Egbert\u2019s twitter handle
• Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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