Penn student Christopher Kao, a 21-year-old summer intern at Curalate, was looking for a way to fund his drone piloting hobby. So he built a company around it.

Philly By Drone, a five-person startup born two months ago, is taking to the skies to drum up clients for its aerial photography and video offering. But there’s more to the business pitch than crisp hover shots and skyline porn.

“A lot of [real estate] developers are interested in knowing what the view is going to be from a building before it’s even constructed,” Kao told Technical.ly of the need his company is trying to meet.

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