.... While waiting for his green card, the 21-year-old was marooned in his apartment, unable to work, attend school or obtain a driver’s license.
On the other hand, he had an Internet connection. A Nintendo Wii. A radio-controlled toy helicopter his mother had given him to help kill time.
Tinkering with the Wii’s control wand and a $60 gyroscope he had purchased on eBay, he modified the helicopter to fly itself, just like the $5 million Predator unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the U.S. military.
Five years later, Mr. Munoz is co-founder and CEO of 3D Robotics, a San Diego-based company that has 18 employees and earned more than $300,000 in revenue in December producing components for hobbyist drones.
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Who's the windsurfer ? Robby Naish ? :)
Important lesson in success by not knowing what can go wrong. At that age, I was working with an entrepreneur who couldn't turn production into profit, no matter how much he produced. The lesson led to the pursuit of being an employee instead of a business owner & eventually permanent unemployment. Building a business is more about building a community than having the best technology, but that may reflect the structure of 1 country more than economics.
Good article. Got a bit fear-mongering in the middle, but overall it's pretty balanced.
@wouter being a researcher in security and privacy , i would be keen to try put out a balanced view, what are my chances of getting in some place where it get noticed, other than submitting it a conference :(
P.S. now I need a fresh PassPort to visit our sister factory in TJ Mexico, I used to just walk in and out... O well...
I am fortunate to be working with Jordi he a gifted engineer, and humble entrepreneur.
I will be developing a new Manufacturing Information & Production System MIPS based on 30 years of project management, configuration control and business object oriented framework, the past week, I have defined most of the core system structure and transferred test data for management functional reviews and continued requirements gathering. it is a massive project but that what I do.
Returning to San Diego has been super, I hope to live in Ocean Beach near Sunset Cliffs.
Welcome to the USA. All accomplishment is required :-)
This is also interesting:
Mr. Anderson currently is working with an accomplished windsurfing friend to design and program a drone that doubles as a personal, one-robot film crew.
Chris more info?
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