The Evolution of a Revolution
So the story begins today, 9 years ago.
Unlike other stories this one begins with a tragedy. I may think a planned strategy. Interesting how the subconscious mind begins to take you places you never ever expected all by being silent and still in your thoughts. A few keystrokes here and there and all of the sudden life changes and you walk out the door to never walk back in. It's a daunting feeling of well, relief. I was able to delete 80,000+ emails that day with no notice. Just delete. I walked out on voicemails. I walked out on emails left unread. I learned that the life of walking away from something feels good. It feels powerful. It feels like a cloud of history is now raining down on someone else. The memories flood of what was done and undone. The memory of victory and defeat. The awards, the travel, the testimonials, the managers, the directors, the Presidents and all the memories of who and what built me up to this point come flooding back like the wildest tsunami.
Then Fear Steps in....
The fear of how I will ever make the money I made before to sustain the lifestyle I have now because of all my success. I chose to live like my income and buy assets comparable to it. Where will I go? Where they will respect my work ethic? Who will manage me? What will the sales quota look like? I have expectations of what I need and if they don't match up with what I expect I will need to sell everything, downsize, and maybe move, I will have to change my day-to-day vision of how I see the world. I need to see a doctor now, I need to cope with this anxiety now, I need to calm my nerves now, I'm in a panic of paranoia, I'm freaking the fuck out. My mind floated to a faraway place but only for a few hours as I soak in my game plan and think through the next step.
So I make the call....
"I'm all in".
It was on this day 9 years ago, I learned to let it go, trust my gut, and live like daydreaming insomniac. The last 9 years have been the hardest I've worked to "collect a paycheck" some may say. I look at this a little differently as I knew what the evolution of the revolution of the greatest invention and technology ever built to this day looked like, felt like, sounded like, and I knew how to sell it. The Mobile Communications Device known as the Cell Phone, Smart Phone, Tablet. Now I am selling something called the Unmanned System. This evolution has happened very fast with limited users who understand how to harness and capture the power of information they need to seek a financial gain from. There are as many ways to do it as there was with a cell phone. As of today, Verizon market cap is $142 Billion. I'd expect us to see the same numbers in the unmanned systems sector. I believe humanoids are the gateway to the most radical advancements we will ever see. With how many times I've watch complacent humans walk in and out of my life, I can now purchase a machine that will never fall short of intelligence, work ethic, responsibility, response time, work 24.7, lift large objects, never quit, never betray, never gossip, and certainly maintain loyalty till its decommissioned for another droid. We know of flying aircraft, and underwater robots, and yes, the dogs are sweet, but when we harness the power of AI and Humanoids look out John Doe, we are a long way from Texas. I digress. You get the point. Unmanned Systems is the shiny new toy, the cool thing everyone wants to get into, the product every cool company wants to sell, many have come, and many have gone. It's interesting to watch the start-ups and big companies try to control the market and learn now what I learned 9 years ago. They about to get absolutely steamrolled by the fast pace of this industry and the high expense and low margins of it all.
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Learning how to go from nothing to something and managing all the bullshit along the way has been fun. It's kind of like a broken relationship, starting a company. I've seen a lot come and go, a hundred dings a day; calls, texts, emails, whatsup, whatsapp, signals, everyone wants you at the same time, you break up with it a lot, you get in fights and arguments, you have a blast, blow money and travel, you learn, you have intimate moments of happiness and sadness, you lose some family along the way. You can't fake this, I deal with a lot of day to day, messed up drama from everyone... employees, manufactures, customers, suppliers, family, friends, and managing an intimate relationship is probably the hardest of it all.
After 9 years Maverick has not been associated with any other company or any investor. We have had interested parties who end up creating their own companies when I deny their purchase request. Some have done ok, and others have not. Sometimes I look at our financial statements and I am blessed by God month over month to see where we have been and where we are going. I know what a catapult does and how many men it takes to build it, use it and when it comes time to launch, it will absolutely destroy the armies in site. We are building that catapult.
The warpath started long ago, but what's coming next is where the revolution begins. So stay out of our way, we are on the way up and if anyone gets in the way of that mission by means of malice intent, distraction, conspiracy, fraud, or any black magic trick. We are Maverick. We have eyes on you. We respond inkind.
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1 年"Sometimes I look at our financial statements and I am blessed by God month over month to see where we have been and where we are going. I know what a catapult does and how many men it takes to build it, use it and when it comes time to launch, it will absolutely destroy the armies in site. We are building that catapult." Great word. Resonated with me!
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1 年Glad to see the vision you outlaid 10+ years ago has come to fruition. Soldier on!
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1 年Well written. Happy Birthday and a great 9 year anniversary to Maverick. Only way is up beyond the skies.