In what may seem like a narrative twist in a season defined by giving, Bob Schober of ProWest Roofing, has been noted for sharing his newfound wealth with strangers at a local Walmart, handing out approximately $35,000 in the wake of the company's record sales reaching $70 million; this gesture of kindness mirrors the spirit of the holiday season, as shoppers found themselves stumbled into a moment of Schober's "Reverse Receipt" and "Single Mom Tuesday" giveaways, a report by FOX 10 Phoenix described the emotional encounters, including an evicted mother and another person whose car was repossessed.
Zuleima Gamboa expressed deep surprise and gratitude upon receiving $2,300 from Schober, saying, "I did not expect that. He comes, gives me this amount of money … I was so surprised. I didn’t have any words of how to show my feeling of how grateful I was," in a statement obtained by FOX 10 Phoenix; another recipient, 84-year-old Lynn McHale facing the loss of her home, called Schober's donation "living proof" of her faith, providing a stark contrast to her desperate situation.
On the tech front, Blake Resnick of Brinc aims to transform the American drone industry currently dominated by Chinese-made drones, where his company's "Responder" drone was used by Arizona police to de-escalate a potentially dangerous confrontation with a suspect falsely claiming to be armed after escaping an attempt to strangle his girlfriend, this was detailed by Resnick in Forbes, with Resnick asserting, "I don’t think it’s healthy that the free world controls less than 5% of the global drone market."
America's increasing vigilance on security concerns regarding Chinese tech, embodied by the upcoming ban that could see DJI drones ousted from the U.S. market unless given a security pass, thereby throwing the door wide open for domestic companies like Brinc to fill the gap, and while Resnick acknowledges competitors like DJI produce amazing products at very low prices, he holds a vision "that the free world controls less than 5% of the global drone market," and therefore seeks to cement Brinc as the DJI of the West, as reported by Forbes.
In actions mirrored by Schober's generosity, Resnick, through Brinc, spends significantly on lobbying efforts to secure a marketplace for American-made drones, and despite a deeply unprofitable stance with revenues dwarfed by expenses, the potential for a massive demand spike post-DJI ban looms large, a gamble that could change the contours of drone use within the nation's security apparatus.
