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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Business in the Sky: How Private Aviation Can Be a Profit Center | Playbook

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

I sat down with Cory Bengtzen, President of Skyshare, to discuss the evolution of private aviation in today's gig economy. We delve into Skyshare's innovative approach to making private flying more affordable through a timeshare-like fractional program. Cory shares how private aviation is not just a luxury but a time-saving necessity for frequent travelers, highlighting the benefits of privacy and efficiency. We also talk about choosing the right business partners, the future of electric VTOL air-crafts in local travel, and the valuable advice Cory would give to his younger self. Tune in to discover why private flying might be more accessible and beneficial than you think. You can learn more about Skyshare at https://www.skyshare.com.

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0:00.0

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook. For each week I bring you some of the greatest

0:04.8

athletes, celebrities and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and

0:09.5

professional playbook to success. This is Dave Meltzer with Entrepreneurs The

0:14.4

Playbook and we are in Entrepreneurs Paradise here at Sofie Stadium with the

0:18.7

greatest stadium ever built and the greatest screen ever created as a

0:21.9

billion dollar screen Cory Benson but you're used to billion dollar things because

0:26.5

you're running an incredible aviation company and with the CB SkyShare is

0:33.6

that right? We actually just rebranded SkyShare. SkyShare. My ego finally got

0:38.3

small enough to take my initials off. Got the Cory Benson in there. Yeah I have

0:42.2

it and I'm still Dave Meltzer in a prize. Nonetheless I got that from Lee

0:46.3

Steinberg. He always kept his name in there but maybe someday I'll just be

0:49.4

enterprises. Who know? Anyway aviation has changed over the years and it's

0:57.3

really changed because of the gig economy and financing. People have gotten

1:03.3

different ideas on how can we create the greatest way to travel at the most

1:09.0

economical or profit center capacity that it has and you're a 40 under 40 guy

1:15.8

you're 14 5,000 honoree. There's so many different awards because of the

1:21.9

creative way you've implemented business into aviation. Now you've rebranded

1:28.1

SkyShare. What's the business premise of SkyShare that has created this

1:32.5

success for you? Well like you're saying we found a way to make it where it's more

1:36.9

affordable for more people by more of kind of like a time share concept so a

1:41.9

fractional program so you own a portion in one airplane but you can fly all of

1:45.8

them so you're sharing the cost because these airplanes as you know are very

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