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Named a top 27 business podcast by Fortune, upside examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley.
Every Wednesday, we speak with an early stage founder. We interview them as if we are angel investors considering the company as an investment opportunity.
Each show has three segments:
1.) Intro: independent research of the company
2.) Interview: interview with the founder
3.) Debrief: breaking down the opportunity
Sometimes, we share Coffee Chats interviewing venture capitalists, community builders, and later-stage founders.
Subscribe and see why Business Insider called our podcast "Almost as Good as Getting an MBA."
AireXpert // Keeping planes in the air with real-time synchronization for maintenance, tech ops, and flight crews [UP090]
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1 hour
4 years ago
AireXpert // Keeping planes in the air with real-time synchronization for maintenance, tech ops, and flight crews [UP090]
Interview Begins 8:09
Debrief 48:37
Andy Hakes is the founder and CEO of AirExpert.
AireXpert offers maintenance control, quality assurance, base, line and vendor maintenance, enabling users to experience reduced repair times, decreased delays,and lowered time costs, while mitigating risk of FAA compliance.
Andy has been an aircraft maintenance guy & aviation geek since 1989. A founding member of the AireXpert crew, he’s worked in Tech Ops and on the heavy iron for several decades.
We discuss:
- Airplane Maintenance 10:49
- Idea Behind AireXpert 13:20
- Aviation Business Model 17:34
- Outsource Maintenance 20:03
- Airline Maintenance Process 22:53
- AireXpert 27:39
- Evolution of AireXpert 28:42
- Target Airlines 30:22
- Operational Validation 33:22
- Pricing Model 35:44
- AireXpert and 3rd Party Vendors 39:55
- AireXpert Funding 45:36
AireXpert was founded in 2018 in Buffalo, New York.
upside
Named a top 27 business podcast by Fortune, upside examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley.
Every Wednesday, we speak with an early stage founder. We interview them as if we are angel investors considering the company as an investment opportunity.
Each show has three segments:
1.) Intro: independent research of the company
2.) Interview: interview with the founder
3.) Debrief: breaking down the opportunity
Sometimes, we share Coffee Chats interviewing venture capitalists, community builders, and later-stage founders.
Subscribe and see why Business Insider called our podcast "Almost as Good as Getting an MBA."
