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Bringing heroes home, featuring Caleb Carr of Vita Inclinata
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A helicopter rescue mission gone awry fuels this man’s mission to bring heroes home safely with drones built for aircraft load stabilization.
Overview
As a Black Hawk helicopter’s rotors whop-whop-whopped overhead in their fight for command of the winds amid a stormy – and ultimately failed – rescue mission, a teenage Caleb Carr had a life-shaping experience that led him, many years later, to launch Vita Inclinata, a mission-focused company pioneering aerial load stabilization.
Whether for medical evacuation, construction, firefighting, or many other applications, tethering loads to aircraft has always suffered from issues. Pilots of rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft alike must balance opposing forces to hoist humans and cargo safely. We learn from Caleb about the difficult decisions he’s faced in building a tech company with one mission: bringing heroes home.
Show notes
- Episode page, transcript, and podcast listening links: https://toughtechtoday.com/bringing-heroes-home/
- Caleb Carr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbcarr/
- Vita Inclinata (company): https://vitatech.co/
- Watch this show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc1NHIft1sM
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Chapters
1. Welcome, Caleb (00:00:00)
2. A Black Hawk on a stormy search and rescue mission (00:01:23)
3. Growing into entrepreneurship (00:02:38)
4. Starting with a stupid idea (00:05:11)
5. Pushing for regulation to challenge university intellectual property claims (00:07:31)
6. Firing my whole team (00:10:13)
7. “It was amazing – and one of the worst times of my life” (00:12:23)
8. Struggles to find an ally – who to trust? (00:13:53)
9. Volunteer firefighting as stress relief (00:15:43)
10. Advocating for dual-use regulation (00:16:44)
11. Are startup incubators valuable and how so? (00:20:38)
12. Embed your employees in accelerators so they learn quickly (00:22:01)
13. New employees get a two week trial-by-fire in a safe, controlled environment (00:23:40)
14. “Throw a million darts at the board to see what sticks” (00:28:14)
15. Why leave Uber? “Corporate America is not my cup of tea.” (00:29:48)
16. M.B.A. not required (00:31:05)
17. Developing for commercial and DOD clients with streamlined R&D (00:33:07)
18. Finding a company’s purpose with a mission-driven focus (00:37:07)
19. To investors: “As an entrepreneur, it’s a privilege for *you* to invest in *me*.” (00:39:22)
20. Slinging oneself under a helicopter lately? (00:44:33)
21. “Tough tech is hard. Make sure your family is bought in.” (00:45:53)
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