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George Matus is the founder of Teal Drones which is the first company to mass-produce drones that are entirely made in the United States. George started this business in 2014 when he was a sophomore in high school. George Matus’s drones are heavily used by the US Army for surveillance and information recovery. George was driven to make drones user-friendly to allow for new applications and learning with the drones. In April of 2019, the US Army selected six companies to compete to manufacture light-weight drones for them to use. After just five years of being in business George’s team won a bid in the competition and would soon win the manufacturing contract.
George’s company has innovated the drone by taking the technology that is used in large drones and has been able to compress this technology into a smaller and lighter weight. George’s company has also implemented multiple measuring devices to make it easier for researchers to collect data from the surrounding area. The Golden Eagle has been innovated to have situational awareness while in flight, this was specifically made for the US Army but has since been implemented into other drones that have been manufactured by Teal Drones.
Co-workers have commented that George is willing to listen to other ideas and embraces other people’s thoughts. Since he is the CEO of his company this shows a good character trait to have as an entrepreneur that you should be open to new ideas and listen to all thoughts. George demonstrated many skills of an entrepreneur which has allowed him to succeed at such a young age. He followed a passion of his in drones and flight equipment and it ultimately leads to allowing him to have a very successful company.
Listening to outside ideas and being open to them is a very important skill as a leader and as an entrepreneur. I like how you highlighted not only his achievements with the Army, but his talents and passion for these drones. I do not know anyone as a sophomore in high school who mass-produces drones, so this is a pretty incredible talent to have.
It is impressive that he was able to start a high-tech business in high school and be able to win and Army contract five years later. Being able to reduce the size of technology is an important innovation. It is also good that he is willing to listen to other people’s ideas. This will definitely help with further innovation in the future.
In this day and age though, a lot of people like to use their remote controlled helicopter for more than just flying around. Many hobbyists have been using their drones to play with virtual worlds. There are even some people who use their remote-controlled helicopters to build homes in virtual worlds. Other hobbyists have been using their remote-controlled helicopters to fly helicopters.