01/26/2021
We are officially retiring SKYVIEW AERIAL SOLUTIONS.
Over 6-years ago, Tom Lucey, Derek Brayton, Andy McKitrick, and I built a drone services company in South Carolina in a space that DID NOT EXIST at the time. We are pioneers and trail blazers and paved the way for many to follow us in South Carolina. SkyView quickly became THE LEADER in the state as we obtained the largest service contracts from local, state, national, and global customers.
For example, we watched the Mercedes and Volvo plants go from just trees to behemoth factories every step of the way. We documented the construction of new roads, freeways, port terminals, manufacturing sites, and communities. We took photos of THOUSANDS of residential, commercial, and industrial real estate. We filmed commercials, training videos, TV shows, and movies. Our photos sit on billboards, in magazines, on roadside signs, and our videos play on TV monitors in private and government buildings.
We deployed our equipment to natural and manmade DISASTERS for local, state, and federal agencies. We assisted in search and rescues, search and recoveries, and active manhunts. We were recognized by local, state, and federal government agencies. We flew on military bases, operated as subject matter experts for DOD contractors, and trained many military personnel before deploying to overseas conflict zones. Our drones flew through fire, smoke, gas clouds, explosions, rain, and more. We've even discharged a ton of different fi****ms at them for training exercises.
More importantly, we created LASTING RELATIONSHIPS across the state and learned VALUABLE BUSINESS LESSONS. The friendships are the GREATEST BLESSING of running SkyView over the years. I am grateful for the thousands we now call friends.
The business lessons are PRICELESS and I have personally applied them in the growth of my current career as an ATTORNEY over the past few years. For this reason SkyView is being retired: my law practice has EXPLODED to a HUGE SUCCESS that I can no longer balance any other business ventures beyond being an attorney. I am sad to say goodbye to a business that became so successful but happy to use the lessons and relationships to realize even GREATER success today.
So long, SkyView. You've been good to us.
