Entrepreneurship: Lonely but Free | Strive & Thrive #42


Alex Brooker is a solo founder building AI for the aviation industry. After a decade at BAE Systems, he took a flatlining software business, repositioned it into aviation, and scaled it to an acquisition. He has lead R&D in another aviation business, then conceived and ran a consortium working to integrate cargo drones into UK airports.
Now, through Airside Labs, he builds AI for an industry that's heavily regulated, risk averse, and can't afford to get it wrong.
Alex also hosts the Travel Tech Podcast and he cares deeply about building things that have to work.
Join co hosts Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam, Mike Oliver and guest speaker Alex Brooker as they talk about building a community, navigating regulation, creating trust, and how to use AI effectively.
What is Strive & Thrive?
Strive & Thrive is a series of discussions aimed to inspire and provide insights to Entrepreneurs, Business owners and the Leadership teams of growing SME businesses - hosted by Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam of The FD Consultant and Mike Oliver, CEO of Easol (business innovation).
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