Chris Cieslak's guest appearances

Chris Cieslak

Multifamily Live

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast

Paul Moore

Rod Khleif

Seth Ferguson

Gene Guarino

Vinney Chopra

J Scott

Tim Bratz

Billy Keels

John Cohen

Ellie Perlman

Veena Jetti

Adam Adams

Kris Benson

Greg Dickerson

Mitch Stephen

OwlTail

Chris Cieslak, director and founder of BladeBUG, joined Allen and Dan to talk about his unique vision for robotic wind turbine repair. There are a handful of wind turbine maintenance, repair and inspection robots making a push toward ubiquity in the wind industry, but BladeBUG (follow them on linkedin here) has a design that is unique among all the others currently in use. The BladeBUG robot crawls using six independent legs--like an actual insect--with each leg utilizing its own vacuum system (video of it in action here) to remain stuck to the blade. Watch this episode on YouTube here.In this episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, we dive into Chris' current iteration of his BladeBUG robot, the technology and unique capabilities of it, and his overall vision for wind turbine operations and maintenance. The wind industry is without a doubt moving toward automated and robotic maintenance whenever possible, and we were excited to get his input as a founder of a growing tech startup in the space.This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Transcript: EP60 - Chris Cieslak, Founder of BladeBUG, on Their Uniquely Capable Wind Turbine Maintenance Robot0:00This episode is brought to you by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. At Weather Guard, we make lightning protection easy. If your wind turbines are due for maintenance or repairs, install our StrikeTape retrofit LPS upgrade at the same time. A strike tape installation is the quick, easy solution that provides a dramatic long lasting boost to the factory lightning protection system. Forward thinking wind site owners install StrikeTape today to increase uptime tomorrow, learn more in the show notes of today's podcast.0:37Welcome back. I'm Allen Hall. I'm Dan Blewett. And this is the uptime podcast where we talk about wind energy engineering, lightning protection and ways to keep your wind turbines running.0:57All right, welcome back to the uptime wind energy podcast. I'm your co host, Dan Blewett. On today's show, we've got a great guest, Chris Cieslak of BladeBUG is here. And I'm also joined by my co host Allen Hall. Allen, how are you sir? Hey, great, Dan. Boy, Chris, brings a lot of information to the table during this episode. And it's really interesting to hear all the robot technology that they've been working on over in the UK. Yeah, so Chris is the founder of bladebug and a former blade design engineer with with Festus and some others. And so he's got a lot of a lot of technical know how about, you know, winter and blade design. And so when they went out to create a robotic solution, you know, he decided that, you know, a vacuum independent leg moving honestly, kind of like a crawling critter. That's why they're called BladeBUG; BladeBUG was their solution. It's a really interesting technology. And they can do a lot of things that some of the other robotics companies won't be able to.1:54So yeah, I mean, just hearing him go into depth about some of their solutions, and the technology and the redundancy. And just, there's a lot of interesting things that go into such a high tech prototype, it is a very difficult event they're trying to do, right. So they're going to try to go out on physical and a blade, particularly offshore, and do all kinds of either measurements or repair procedures on a blade. That's a very difficult problem to try to solve. But I think they've taken several years to develop this technology. And I think that's one of the benefits to where they're at today is that they spent all the hard work and time evolving to the space they're at now into the robot they have now because without spending those years in development, you don't have a really qualified robot, in my opinion,

Chris Cieslak, director and founder of BladeBUG, joined Allen and Dan to talk about his unique vision for robotic wind turbine repair. There are a handful of wind turbine maintenance, repair and inspection robots making a push toward ubiquity in the wind industry, but BladeBUG (follow them on linkedin here) has a design that is unique among all the others currently in use. The BladeBUG robot crawls using six independent legs--like an actual insect--with each leg utilizing its own vacuum system (video of it in action here) to remain stuck to the blade. Watch this episode on YouTube here. In this episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, we dive into Chris' current iteration of his BladeBUG robot, the technology and unique capabilities of it, and his overall vision for wind turbine operations and maintenance. The wind industry is without a doubt moving toward automated and robotic maintenance whenever possible, and we were excited to get his input as a founder of a growing tech startup in the space. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Transcript: EP60 - Chris Cieslak, Founder of BladeBUG, on Their Uniquely Capable Wind Turbine Maintenance Robot 0:00This episode is brought to you by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. At Weather Guard, we make lightning protection easy. If your wind turbines are due for maintenance or repairs, install our StrikeTape retrofit LPS upgrade at the same time. A strike tape installation is the quick, easy solution that provides a dramatic long lasting boost to the factory lightning protection system. Forward thinking wind site owners install StrikeTape today to increase uptime tomorrow, learn more in the show notes of today's podcast. 0:37Welcome back. I'm Allen Hall. I'm Dan Blewett. And this is the uptime podcast where we talk about wind energy engineering, lightning protection and ways to keep your wind turbines running. 0:57All right, welcome back to the uptime wind energy podcast. I'm your co host, Dan Blewett. On today's show, we've got a great guest, Chris Cieslak of BladeBUG is here. And I'm also joined by my co host Allen Hall. Allen, how are you sir? Hey, great, Dan. Boy, Chris, brings a lot of information to the table during this episode. And it's really interesting to hear all the robot technology that they've been working on over in the UK. Yeah, so Chris is the founder of bladebug and a former blade design engineer with with Festus and some others. And so he's got a lot of a lot of technical know how about, you know, winter and blade design. And so when they went out to create a robotic solution, you know, he decided that, you know, a vacuum independent leg moving honestly, kind of like a crawling critter. That's why they're called BladeBUG; BladeBUG was their solution. It's a really interesting technology. And they can do a lot of things that some of the other robotics companies won't be able to. 1:54So yeah, I mean, just hearing him go into depth about some of their solutions, and the technology and the redundancy. And just, there's a lot of interesting things that go into such a high tech prototype, it is a very difficult event they're trying to do, right. So they're going to try to go out on physical and a blade, particularly offshore, and do all kinds of either measurements or repair procedures on a blade. That's a very difficult problem to try to solve. But I think they've taken several years to develop this technology. And I think that's one of the benefits to where they're at today is that they spent all the hard work and time evolving to the space they're at now into the robot they have now because without spending those years in development, you don't have a really qualified robot, in my opinion,

EP60 – Chris Cieslak, Founder of BladeBUG, on Their Uniquely Capable Wind Turbine Maintenance Robot

Rick Doherty

Download This Awesome Podcast: http://bit.ly/2YgqP5B The term “Shiny Object Syndrome” is SPOT ON when describing these two AMAZING INVESTORS. These two bulldog their way into investments AND THEY MAKE GOLD while others twittle their thumbs in fear. These guys DO NOT HESITATE!!!  (Disclaimer: All this is done after they run their numbers and they make sure the investment is sound and cash flowing… most of the time.)  RICK: “We met at a local bank… we started working at the same bank the same week about five or six years ago. Met at a local REIA group again… unexpectedly… we walked in at opposite ends of the room… After about a year in to that we started buying and we haven't stopped.”  KEY TAKE AWAY: Your future partner… the person that will help you take your business to the NEXT LEVEL… might be at your next REIA MEETING!!! Go to your local REIA meetings!!!  CHRIS on their first deal and First Mistake: “We talked about it for awhile through our cubicles at work. He (Rick) had a deal that he was trying to wholesale… I didn’t even know what wholesaling was… it was foreign to me… It was a good deal… I said “We should buy it.” and Rick said, “I want to Wholesale it. I don’t think it is a good deal.” And … we ended up leaving about 200K on the table. We were very green at the time…”  THEY TOOK ACTION and created the beginnings of their partnership based on conversations about real estate and deals.  For Rick and Chris’ FONDEST MEMORY of their first deal… LISTEN IN!!! (A bit r-rated…)  Continued to buy one property after another. Had a portfolio of 30 rentals that FIRST YEAR! Wholesaled 40-50 deals the second and third year.  FOR NEW INVESTORS: “Try to have 2-3 outs with something… you can wholesale, flip it, or rent it!”  HOW DOES RICK AND CHRIS FIND DEALS??? They NETWORK. People BRING THEM DEALS!!!  SOME CASHFLOWING SHINY OBJECTS THAT RICK AND CHRIS OWN:  Rentals Commercial Buildings Storgage Units Car Wash and… an OIL WELL!!!  ON DOING ALL THE WORK: CHRIS: “We’re not handy.” RICK: “Still not Handy.”  ON GROWTH: “We don't have good systems… we are the system right now…. We are working on that.” ACTIONABLE STEP FOR YOU: “Get in front of Like minded people. Reaching out to people like us. Sit down and buy them a cup of coffee.” WORDS TO LIVE BY:  RICK: “I should have invited my wife…” “Just go out and do SOMETHING!”  CHRIS: “Help your brothers out and Do onto others as you would have done to yourself.”  HOW TO FIND RICK AND CHRIS:  https://www.facebook.com/JettisonCorp/ https://www.facebook.com/chris.cieslak.5 https://www.facebook.com/rick.doherty.5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Download This Awesome Podcast: <a href="http://bit.ly/2YgqP5B" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2YgqP5B</a> The term “Shiny Object Syndrome” is SPOT ON when describing these two AMAZING INVESTORS. These two bulldog their way into investments AND THEY MAKE GOLD while others twittle their thumbs in fear. These guys DO NOT HESITATE!!! (Disclaimer: All this is done after they run their numbers and they make sure the investment is sound and cash flowing… most of the time.) RICK: “We met at a local bank… we started working at the same bank the same week about five or six years ago. Met at a local REIA group again… unexpectedly… we walked in at opposite ends of the room… After about a year in to that we started buying and we haven't stopped.” KEY TAKE AWAY: Your future partner… the person that will help you take your business to the NEXT LEVEL… might be at your next REIA MEETING!!! Go to your local REIA meetings!!! CHRIS on their first deal and First Mistake: “We talked about it for awhile through our cubicles at work. He (Rick) had a deal that he was trying to wholesale… I didn’t even know what wholesaling was… it was foreign to me… It was a good deal… I said “We should buy it.” and Rick said, “I want to Wholesale it. I don’t think it is a good deal.” And … we ended up leaving about 200K on the table. We were very green at the time…” THEY TOOK ACTION and created the beginnings of their partnership based on conversations about real estate and deals. For Rick and Chris’ FONDEST MEMORY of their first deal… LISTEN IN!!! (A bit r-rated…) Continued to buy one property after another. Had a portfolio of 30 rentals that FIRST YEAR! Wholesaled 40-50 deals the second and third year. FOR NEW INVESTORS: “Try to have 2-3 outs with something… you can wholesale, flip it, or rent it!” HOW DOES RICK AND CHRIS FIND DEALS??? They NETWORK. People BRING THEM DEALS!!! SOME CASHFLOWING SHINY OBJECTS THAT RICK AND CHRIS OWN: Rentals Commercial Buildings Storgage Units Car Wash and… an OIL WELL!!! ON DOING ALL THE WORK: CHRIS: “We’re not handy.” RICK: “Still not Handy.” ON GROWTH: “We don't have good systems… we are the system right now…. We are working on that.” ACTIONABLE STEP FOR YOU: “Get in front of Like minded people. Reaching out to people like us. Sit down and buy them a cup of coffee.” WORDS TO LIVE BY: RICK: “I should have invited my wife…” “Just go out and do SOMETHING!” CHRIS: “Help your brothers out and Do onto others as you would have done to yourself.” HOW TO FIND RICK AND CHRIS: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JettisonCorp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/JettisonCorp/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.cieslak.5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/chris.cieslak.5</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rick.doherty.5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/rick.doherty.5</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 79: Rick Doherty and Chris Cieslak: Making Millions from Shiny Objects