Milestone Clubs and Awards


It's hard to build a business from scratch. There's a lot of sacrifice. There's risk. There's discomfort. So when you hit certain milestones in your business, you should be recognized and celebrated. Recognition and celebration helps encourage those individuals to keep on pushing themselves to higher levels and gives them the confidence to continue.

Our goal is for all students to continue to grow and achieve our highest honor, the $100K Club.

That said, here are the Milestone Award Clubs that you can qualify for inside the Drone to $1K program.


1) The First Client Club

When you land your VERY FIRST paying gig, we want to recognize you for achieving an important step on your drone business journey. Joining the First Client Club will earn you 150 points towards the Race to $1K.

As a part of the First Client Club, you will receive...

  • First Client Club T-shirt
  • Recognition in a Drone Launch Academy mass email and/or on our podcast

Note: You MUST log your job revenue in the tracker in the next lesson for us to be able to verify your eligibility.

The First Client Club application can be found --> click here!

2) The $1K Club

Once you achieve your first month where you make $1,000 or more in total revenue, you are now eligible to be a part of the $1K Club. If you join the $1K club before the 8-weeks is up, you will earn 1,000 points towards the Race to $1K.

This is where we HOPE you will end up by the end of the 8-weeks, but I know life and time availability differs from person to person.

With that said, members of the $1K Club receive...

  • An official $1K Club glass plaque with their name on it
  • A $1K Club shirt
  • One of the DLA teams favorite business books
  • A personalized note from the DLA team
  • Recognition in a DLA mass email and/or on our podcast/YouTube channel
  • A company profile listing on the DLA website
  • Eligibility to appear on the Drone to $1K podcast

Note: You MUST log your job revenue in the tracker in the next lesson for us to be able to verify your eligibility.

The $1K Club application can be found --> click here!

*you must earn $1,000 after the start date of your 8-week session

3) The $50K Club

Once your business has done $50,000 in total lifetime revenue, you are eligible for the $50k Club.

This will hopefully come some time after you graduate the program and continue to build a successful enterprise.

Consistent with the other Milestone Clubs, you will need to enter data into the job revenue tracker in this course to validate your income, OR provide other acceptable means of validation, such as profit and loss statements, bank statements, tax returns, etc. (with personal info redacted)

Members of the $50k Club will receive...

  • An large $50K Club glass plaque with their name on it
  • 3 DLA Swag items of your choice (including a $50K Club shirt)
  • One of the DLA teams favorite business books
  • A congratulatory FaceTime call from DLA Founder, David Young
  • A guaranteed podcast episode placement on the Drone to $1K Podcast
  • Recognition in a DLA mass email and/or on our podcast
  • A company profile listing on the DLA website

The $50K Club application can be found --> HERE [coming soon]


4) The $100k Club

Once your business has done $100,000 in total lifetime revenue, you are eligible for the $100k Club.

This will hopefully come some time after you graduate the program and continue to build a successful enterprise.

Consistent with the other Milestone Clubs, you will need to enter data into the job revenue tracker in this course to validate your income, OR provide other acceptable means of validation, such as profit and loss statements, bank statements, tax returns, etc.

Members of the $100k Club will receive...

  • An enormous $100K Club glass plaque with their name on it
  • 5 DLA Swag items of your choice (including a $100K Club shirt)
  • One of the DLA teams favorite business books
  • An all expenses paid trip to Florida to spend a day with the DLA team
  • A guaranteed podcast episode placement on the Drone to $1K Podcast
  • Recognition in a DLA mass email and/or on our podcast
  • A company profile listing on the DLA website
  • Eligibility to become a DLA Guest Instructor (as needed)

The $100K Club application can be found --> HERE [coming soon]



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