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Most people think of drones as toys. Alden Jones thinks of them as infrastructure. In this episode of The Product Podcast, Carlos (CEO at Product School) visits Skydio's California office to sit down with Alden Jones, VP of Product at Skydio, the autonomous drone company building "flying robots" for public safety, defense, and infrastructure inspection. With a history degree and a military background (he was a truck-driving officer running supply convoys in Iraq) rather than an engineering one, Alden explains how a vertically integrated company of nearly 1,000 people builds everything in house, from chip-level design to hardware, embedded software, and cloud, and why autonomy, not just flight, is the real product.He breaks down Skydio's "Drone as First Responder" (DFR) program, where a drone often reaches the scene before human officers, and the outcomes dashboard cities use to track response times. He compares the economics against police helicopters (roughly $3,000 an hour to operate and $10-25M to buy), walks through the defense and tactical ISR use cases shaped by the war in Ukraine, and explains how thousands of cheaper camera drones could democratize air support while saving lives. He covers physical security (where 90-95% of alarms turn out to be false), the work of earning FAA trust to unlock groundbreaking waivers, and why Skydio's $3.5B, five-year investment in US and allied supply chains is funded by revenue instead of debt. He also opens up the product org itself: roughly 20 product managers across the entire stack, "strike teams" that work like forward-deployed engineers, and a customer-first culture where PMs are expected to go watch the robot fly in the real world.What you'll learn:Why Skydio calls its products "flying robots," and the "toys to tools to infrastructure" thesisWhat full vertical integration looks like: chip-down design to cloud, all in houseHow "Drone as First Responder" changes 911 response, tracked in a live outcomes dashboardThe real economics of drones vs. police helicoptersHow the war in Ukraine reshaped Skydio's thinking on tactical ISR and democratizing air supportWhy 90-95% of physical security alarms are false, and how autonomous drones clear them at near-zero marginal costHow Skydio earns FAA trust to fly beyond visual line of sight and win first-mover waiversWhy a $3.5B, five-year US manufacturing commitment is funded by revenue, not debtHow one pilot flying multiple drones becomes possible only through real autonomyHow Skydio runs product with ~20 PMs, "strike teams," and a customer-first org designWhy shipping hardware plus software (the Tesla comparison) shapes a roughly two-year program cycleConnect with Alden Jones, VP of Product, Skydio:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldenljones/Host: Carlos, CEO at Product SchoolLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia/About Skydio: Skydio is a US-based manufacturer of autonomous drones ("flying robots") for public safety, defense, security, and infrastructure inspection. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in California, the company is vertically integrated across hardware, autonomy software, and cloud.About the Product Podcast: Product School's podcast brings you candid conversations with the founders and product leaders shaping tech.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
n8n's founder puts the company's GitHub repo, nearly 200,000 stars, right next to the paid signup button, and he's genuinely fine if you never pay. In this episode of The Product Podcast, Carlos (CEO at Product School) sits down with Jan Oberhauser, CEO of n8n, the open-source automation platform that's crossed $100 million in ARR at a $5.2 billion valuation. Jan breaks down the "fair-code" license bet that let him give the product away and still build a business, how that free version became the on-ramp into enterprises like Meta, Nvidia, Dell, Accenture, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and Mercedes, and why he believes the people with the problem should build the automation themselves, not a centralized team or an outside agency.He also walks through a live build of a personal AI agent (email and calendar), shows how n8n falls back from Claude to GPT via OpenRouter when a model isn't available, and explains how enterprises get automations into production faster because each agent can only do exactly what it's been permitted to do.What you'll learn:Why n8n rejected traditional open source for a "fair-code" license, and how it avoided the community backlash that burned other companiesWhy trust and consistency, not features, are the real center of a communityHow the free, self-hosted version drives bottom-up adoption inside major enterprisesWhy "sprinkling AI on top" kills products, and what to build insteadHow to chain agents so one agent's output becomes the next agent's inputWhy n8n is the "connective tissue" between models, tools, and business systemsHow guardrails (an agent can only do what it's explicitly allowed) speed up enterprise procurement and productionWhy the people with the problem should own the building, not a centralized AI teamHow 10,000+ community templates and 500+ integrations expand what non-technical builders can shipHow one company routes 75% of support through an n8n agent, with customers happier than with humansConnect with Guest (Jan Oberhauser):LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janoberhauserX: https://x.com/JanOberhauserHost: Carlos, CEO at Product SchoolLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/villaumbrosia/About Jan Oberholzer: Jan is the CEO of n8n, an open-source (fair-code) workflow automation and orchestration platform for building AI agents. He started the company over seven years ago, before LLMs went mainstream, and has grown it past $100M ARR at a $5.2B valuation.About the Product Podcast: Product School's podcast brings you candid conversations with the founders and product leaders shaping tech.Social Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here
Este episódio de BoltCast traz Carlos Netto como convidado. Carlos é CEO da Matera, uma empresa de tecnologia, que tem como foco a solução em produtos financeiros e ajuda centenas de fintechs e bancos a entrar no mercado financeiro. A Matera recebeu, há dois anos, um aporte de investimentos por volta de 170 milhões. Um dos maiores especialistas financeiros do Brasil, Carlos fala sobre sua trajetória e como teve a ideia do PIX. Além disso, todos comentam sobre como o mercado financeiro se relaciona com energia. Vem descobrir! Bolt é um Original da Pod360 Apresentadores: Daniel Zukerman, Gustavo Ayala e Henrique Peres Direção Executiva: Marcos Chehab e Tiago Bianco Direção de Conteúdo: Felipe Lobão Produção: Débora Wajnberg Sardelli Edição e sound design: Junior Stupp
This episode was scheduled for a guest and instead had two. In today's episode the guys welcome in Carlos Ceo of Vida clothing line and Laid Ceo of LFE record label. They get into their guests respected businesses, You will here that the pod god's were heavily inspired by the Dip set vs Lox Versus battle through out the episode. Come in and enjoy it with us. They end with their honorable mentions as always (1:30:00). Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!!!!! Honorable Mention: Bub : David Duke Jr. / D-Smooth World Premier day partyAlex : Loki Reem : RBE Brick by brickDavid : Animal in Man - Dead PrezLadi : Lamont Powell - Gloves up guns down Carlos : GDF rap crew Follow us on all Social Media outlets. @the_pains_pod on Twitter@the_growing_pains_podcast on IG
Este capítulo se trata de una historia de emprendimiento en pareja. Tenemos a Rocío Salazar y Carlos Camargo, colombianos, quienes, en Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos, decidieron arriesgarse en la aventura de emprender un negocio de café colombiano, y a lo largo de no más de 6 meses, ya han logrado comercializar su café en la gran mayoría de estados en el país en el que se encuentran. Carlos CEO de Unloqued Coffe Roasters, tiene una formación en administración de empresas y finanzas, ha sido entrenado en tostado de café en Ally Coffee school en USA y tiene una gran experiencia comercial en el área de seguros. Rocío, co-creadora de la marca, es publicista y directora de mercadeo, tiene un título de Master en marketing digital de la universidad de Barcelona, y desde la publicidad tiene una importante trayectoria emprendiendo y apoyando marcas de diferentes lugares del mundo. En este episodio conoceremos como en pareja y desde su nueva vida en Carolina del Sur, decidieron fundar Unlocked Coffee Roasters, una empresa que, desde el amor por una bebida, que se toma casi igual o más que el agua según algunas estadísticas se dedica al tostado y distribución de café colombiano, también apoyando esta industria en su país natal Colombia. En este capítulo hablaremos de emprendimiento, de la diferencia entre la mentalidad de alguien que decide emprender o trabajar bajo la modalidad de empleo, de los retos y dificultades que alguien que decide este camino se encuentra, de la fuerza espiritual y emocional que los lleva a seguir firmes con su negocio, y además compartiremos detalles súper interesantes sobre el café, sus aromas y su industria. Si te gusta el emprendimiento, y además quieres conocer un poco más sobre cómo funciona la industria del café, no te pierdas este episodio, se que te va a encantar.Toda la información sobre nuestra invitados en los siguientes links:Instagram: @unlockedcoffeeroasters Facebook: unlockedcoffeeroasters#podcast #emprendimiento #cafe #coffee #emprendedores #exito #negocios #motivacion #emprender #emprendedor #liderazgo #inspiracion #mentesmillonarias #marketing #metas #colombia #marketingdigital #finanzas #libertadfinanciera #abundancia #coffelover #coffeetime #insporacion #motivacion #abundancia
On todays episode! We bring on our guest speaker Stephen Wize who is the CEO of Mental Fitness as well as Author & Speaker for some Fortune 100 companies like PPG & AAA. Stephen shares with us the importance of mindset and not only becoming aware but becoming in control of our thoughts so that we can live a life more intentional and created by us. After you listen to this, there should be no excuses for why you can't accomplish your personal & professional goals. Until the next Business Leaders Podcast!!! --------- Carlos - CEO of goatleads.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This guy is not for lightweights. If you really want to know what Carlos Maldonado thinks just listen and he will honestly tell you the truth no matter what .... New York born and bred and from the school of Hard Knocks, Carlos Maldonado is really making his mark on the world of High Performance tennis. From his Academy to his clothing line Carlos (CEO and Founder of Dead Set, Inc and Pressure Made) is someone with a lot to say about all things tennisWe're going to be on court working with some of his academy students and talking about what will make them ass successful as they can be. I wish he had been my coach :)
This guy is not for lightweights. If you really want to know what Carlos Maldonado thinks just listen and he will honestly tell you the truth no matter what .... New York born and bred and from the school of Hard Knocks, Carlos Maldonado is really making his mark on the world of High Performance tennis. From his Academy to his clothing line Carlos (CEO and Founder of Dead Set, Inc and Pressure Made) is someone with a lot to say about all things tennisWe're going to be on court working with some of his academy students and talking about what will make them ass successful as they can be. I wish he had been my coach :)