Tom Walker, Founder & CEO, DroneUp joined me for a discussion on the rapid evolution of drones in the retail industry.\xa0\nWalmart Invests in DroneUp, the Nationwide On-Demand Drone Delivery Provider\nhttps://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/06/17/walmart-invests-in-droneup-the-nationwide-on-demand-drone-delivery-provider\nThis interview is the second in the Startups of NRF series.\xa0 I\u2019ll ask each of the startups exhibiting in either the Innovation Lab or Startup Zone the same 8 questions listed below.\nCan you introduce yourself and tell us about\nYour company\nThe problem you are solving\nThe \u201cpigeonhole\u201d question:\xa0 Where does your solution sit\nWhere are we in the adoption cycle for this technology?\nWhat is the message you\u2019re sharing at NRF?\nHow do you see 2022 shaping up\nFor all the college students out there\nWhat advice can you offer budding entrepreneurs?\nWhat skills that you use now that you wish you paid more attention to?\nHow do we get in touch with you?\nGive it a listen and let us know what you think?\n\xa0\nPodcast Guest\nTom Walker \nFounder & CEO, DroneUp\nhttps://www.droneup.com\nPodcast Hosts\nJeff Roster\nTwitter https://twitter.com/JeffPR\nLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-roster-bb51b8/\nWebsite https://thisweekininnovation.com\n\xa0\nBrian Sathianathan\nTwitter\xa0 https://twitter.com/BrianVision\nWebsite https://www.iterate.ai\n\xa0\nPodcast Website\nhttps://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-f8asf-af2782\nhttps://thisweekininnovation.com\nApple\nhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-innovation/id1562068014\nSpotify\nhttps://open.spotify.com/show/2QDqTUnt6jebdRHbRzSTJN\nLaunchPadOne\nhttps://www.launchpaddm.com/pd/This-Week-in-Innovation?showAllEpisodes=true\n\xa0Listen Notes\nhttps://lnns.co/2QPSfnizE5K\n\xa0\n#drones, #dronedelivery, droneservices, #Startup, #Retailers, #innovation,\xa0#Analysts, #professors, #reporters, #economists\xa0#Founders, #VCs, #blockchain, #IoT,\xa0#retail, #blockchain, #IoT,\xa0#retailinnovation,\xa0#retailstartups,\xa0#startupstrategies,\xa0 #retail #futureofretail, #thisweekininnovation, #retailtrends, #unifiedcommerce, #socialcommerce, #mobilecommerce, #ecommerce, #supplychain, #data, #lossprevention, #returnsmanagement, #computervision, \xa0#datascience, #machinelearning, #Inventory,\xa0#metaverse