The Four Elements of Success
Leadership: Experienced and proven leadership is critical. Chairman Greg Lumsden has founded and grown multiple companies in his career, including as the founder and CEO of a major subsidiary of Countrywide Mortgage he grew from zero revenue to over $1.4 billion. President Bill Bales has founded and run six software and/or tech hardware companies, all successful, including Friendly Software (producer of Microsoft Golf simulation game) and AboutGolf (INC 500 golf simulator company and world leader in golf simulator technology).
Team: Critical to success is a company's ability to not only recruit the best human resources in the required fields, but to maintain that team on a long term basis. President Bales, in his prior companies, has proven his capabilities with this essential fundamental, always having been able to engage 99th percentile talent and maintaining this talent for--in many cases--decades, in an industry well known for its difficulty with same.
Intellectual Property and Licenses: DriveApps.LIVE has developed a unique proprietary curriculum that applies the most effective innovations in learning science, and has or is in the process of securing exclusive IP licenses in learning science that will ensure DriveApps.LIVE IP leadership.
Market Real Estate: In 2010 there were one billion vehicles on the road, globally. That number is expected to exceed two billion in less than fifteen years. In the U.S. there are over 800,000 law enforcement officers, nearly 600,000 bus drivers, 3.5 million truck drivers, over 200,000 taxi and limo drivers plus at least 1.5 million Uber/Lyft drivers. The U.S. is 5% of the world population.
Team: Critical to success is a company's ability to not only recruit the best human resources in the required fields, but to maintain that team on a long term basis. President Bales, in his prior companies, has proven his capabilities with this essential fundamental, always having been able to engage 99th percentile talent and maintaining this talent for--in many cases--decades, in an industry well known for its difficulty with same.
Intellectual Property and Licenses: DriveApps.LIVE has developed a unique proprietary curriculum that applies the most effective innovations in learning science, and has or is in the process of securing exclusive IP licenses in learning science that will ensure DriveApps.LIVE IP leadership.
Market Real Estate: In 2010 there were one billion vehicles on the road, globally. That number is expected to exceed two billion in less than fifteen years. In the U.S. there are over 800,000 law enforcement officers, nearly 600,000 bus drivers, 3.5 million truck drivers, over 200,000 taxi and limo drivers plus at least 1.5 million Uber/Lyft drivers. The U.S. is 5% of the world population.