Starting from the Hobby, High School Students Successfully Build Startup Producer Drone

In an interview, owner and founder of Microsoft company Bill Gates once said that one easy way to start a business is to see what our hobbies are. The reason may be very simple. When we try to develop a business based on hobbies, then we will have no trouble finding solutions when problems come to us.

Another reason is, by following the hobby, we will not have trouble getting the spirit in running the business . Because the business is something we like. As a proof, the inspirational story of a young entrepreneur may be a perfect example.

Another reason is, by following the hobby, we will not have trouble getting the spirit in running the business . Because the business is something we like. As a proof, the inspirational story of a young entrepreneur may be a perfect example.

Geroge Matus, originally probably just an 18-year-old boy, who is a high school student. But thanks to his hard efforts to develop a hobby in the field of technology, now he was able to become a founder of startup with valuation value reached 3 million dollars.

Startup named Teal , now has been producing a variety of remote control plane devices or commonly called the drones are marketed to several countries.

Focus on Business at Young Ages

There are quite a lot of articles published on this site that tell how the beginning of a successful entrepreneur explore the business world. Some of them, in fact still have a very young age range. Including, Geroge Matus.

Geroge Matus is interested in the drone world since he's still looking for students. But from his hobby, he feels there is a big obsession that must be realized. Finally, one tries to learn the drone making process.

Matus's initial experience when doing custom on his mini helicopter device.

Initially, he bought a helicopter from HorizonHobby and modified it. Pleased with the results obtained, Matus uploaded the video on YouTube but was protested by the company that produced the drone.

However, the company offered him a job as a part-time test pilot. At that time, Matus was designing a prototype, including a helicopter that could fly for two hours and a drone capable of flying more than 100 mph.

"I made wish list of everything I wanted from a drone," he said.

Increasingly in learning about the world of drone making, making himself more confident to continue to develop that.

Get Financial Support

Together, he got help from Mark Harris who was one of the donors from high school where Matus studied. Because seeing the talent of Matus, Mark became reluctant to help find an alternative investment for him.

Until finally, he was able to create his first Drone product, Teal which has several advantages. Priced at 1299 dollars, the drone is capable of flying at 70 mph and has been equipped with facilities like a camera.

And the result, Matus gave birth Teal, a drone that has been equipped with a camera and has three controls, namely command and control, follow-me mode, and games.

Last year, he managed to get a capital injection of 2.8 million US dollars, received 100 thousand dollars from the foundation of Peter Thiel. He participated in the BattelBots showcase, and built a company of 15 employees and contract workers, all of whom were high school students.

For the size of a learner, having a startup that has funded up to 3 million dollars, is certainly a tremendous achievement.

Do not stop there, Matus believes that the drone-making business will continue to grow in the future. This is evidenced the greater interest of the community to utilize the drones in various activities.

Currently not only used as a supporter of photography hobby, drones can also have other functions such as surveillance, education and even entertainment.

Matus believes that drones will play a role in the future. Five to ten years from now, he predicts that every housewife has a drone that can watch over the children and their homes. Drone will act as a video recorder as well as a security guard.