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Anyone interested in disruptive technology, tech startups & entrepreneurship should definitely look into the story of Churchill Navigation. They went from a tiny company to practically defining the market, in an industry that is usually slow-moving; dealing with city, county, and state contracts for police aviation technology. Their tech innovation alone wasn't enough, it also took a strong focus on customers, like customer support that "doesn't scale". Tom Churchill quotes Alan Kay, “People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”: They acquired an aerial camera company so they can achieve Apple-style hardware/software integration, and innovate without being limited by what traditional hardware manufacturers are capable of. He's stated that their largest growth area right now is AI.
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