New Drones, Logistics Tech, and Building Defense Startups | Dan Magy (Podcast Ep. 8)

Dan Magy, co-founder and CEO of Firestorm Labs, talks the new drone and logistics tech at Firestorm, his experiences in startups and defense tech, and more. Chapters: (0:00) Intro (1:40) Changing the Podcast Name (6:26) Firestorm Products (9:20) Additive Manufacturing & The XCell (14:34) Original Vision vs. Customer Requests (18:17) Learning Appropriations and the End User (20:44) Act Like You Belong (22:34) Dan’s Previous Ventures (28:20) Personal Investments & Mistakes (34:47) Drones & Laser Landscape (39:00) Product Strategies and Ideas (43:13) More Drone Companies (50:58) How Steve Got Into Startups (57:26) Steve Story: Meeting Patrick Mahomes (59:40) Some Favorite Backgrounds of Employees (1:02:50) DoD: “The Mother of Enterprise Sales” (1:05:53) The Crazy COVID ZIRP Era (1:09:07) Ukraine & Europe (01:13:57) Firestorm in 2025 Plans (01:20:36) Outro Dan Magy co-founded Firestorm Labs in May 2022 and is currently serving as CEO. In July 2022, he joined Bonsai Robotics as a Chief Strategy Advisor. Dan is also a Board Member at Beyond Capital since June 2022. In 2016, Dan founded Citadel Defense Company in 2016, which was later acquired by Blue Halo in November 2021. Follow Dan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmagy/ Dan's Company (Firestorm Labs): https://www.launchfirestorm.com/ -- Follow the show everywhere! 👇 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedroneultimatum Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3YOfGtO Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3ObLKme X (Twitter): https://x.com/DroneWarspodcst Instagram: https://bit.ly/4hNn7Ki -- Check out Allen Control Systems (ACS): www.allencontrolsystems.com #DroneWarfare #DefenseTech #MilitaryInnovation #DronesInWarfare #DefenseIndustry #DJIDrones #EmergingThreats #DroneTechnology #MilitaryTech #UkraineConflict #DronesInAction#NationalSecurity #KineticKill #TechInDefense #FutureOfWarfare #DroneThreat #ModernWarfare#DoDTech #GameChanger #InnovationInWarfare #drone #podcast