Monday, October 13, 2025

EDL 009: Elevating Drone Life – Interview with Keith Stancil from NasvilleDrone on Constructing a Profitable Drone Enterprise

Welcome to Elevating Drone Life, the podcast for drone professionals !!

Elevating Drone Life is a podcast for drone professionals by drone professionals. It’s a podcast that takes you on a journey by means of the thrilling and ever-evolving world of drone expertise.

Every episode, we’ll be talking with professionals from all walks of the drone business, Drone U Elite Instructors and members to find out about their experiences, insights, and ideas for achievement. We’ll discover the newest developments in drone expertise, dive into real-world functions, and uncover the distinctive challenges and alternatives going through at present’s drone pilots.

On our present at present, we discuss to Keith Stancil from NashvilleDrone.co on his journey, drone life and ideas on changing into a profitable drone enterprise proprietor.

On this episode, Keith from NashvilleDrone.Co shares his fascinating journey from the music business to the world of drones. Keith discusses his early experiences with music, beginning out by working with large names just like the Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers and the administrators of Ocean’s 11Keith discusses his pivot to drone world throughout the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the way he transitioned into drone flying and video modifying. Of their conversations, Rob and Keith discover the significance of branding, social media content material creation, and leveraging expertise from earlier industries to develop a profitable drone enterprise.

Keith opens up in regards to the challenges and successes he confronted in constructing his drone enterprise, the modifying software program efforts and strategies which have labored for him, and the way he’s managed to remain hands-on together with his manufacturing somewhat than outsourcing. They focus on the importance of a robust portfolio, networking, and holding a continuing circle of connections to make sure steady enterprise development.

Along with his enterprise insights, Keith dives into his experiences with varied drones, together with his work with Phantoms and the present fleet he makes use of for tasks. He additionally shares his involvement in Skyhymalthe primary drone-based artist, and his journey with Drone U—highlighting the worth of membership and training requires drone entrepreneurs. Keith additionally shares his experiences within the drone enterprise, discussing the challenges and methods for pricing, group constructing, the significance of taking motion and networking that lead Keith to a $28 million undertaking.

Keith wraps up the dialog by sharing three important ideas for aspiring drone entrepreneurs: how one can pursue alternatives, community successfully, and develop a enterprise within the drone business. Whether or not you’re seeking to buy a drone, handle drone tech, or navigate the world of drone entrepreneurship, this episode has priceless insights that will help you succeed.

Tune in and discover ways to plan, develop, and succeed on the planet of drones!

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Timestamps

(03:11) Be taught extra about Keith Stancil, his journey within the music business and entering into the Drone Business throughout Covid
(15:19) Keith’s early days within the drone business and the way his enterprise grew steadily through the years
(19:57) Outsourcing efforts vs constructing your craft and content material in-house and scaling enterprise
(23:15) How Keith has structured his firm as he grew his drone enterprise
(29:35) The significance of constructing a robust portfolio for your online business and work on the primary drone based mostly artist
(39:23) Constructing relations to continuously preserve your online business rising.
(41:51) Drones utilized by Keith for his work and why he couldn’t work with the Phantoms
(44:56) How busy is Keith at present? What are his ongoing tasks?
(49:26) Keith shares his journey with Drone U and advantages from membership and training calls.
(01:02:21) Keith shares 3 journeys for enterprising drone enterprise house owners on rising enterprise


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