When Florian Reuter joined German drone taxi startup Volocopter in 2015 as CEO, co-founders Stephan Wolf and Alexander Zosel had impressive tech, but no clear path to market."When we started out there was not even an idea of how these types of vehicles would ever be certified," Reuter told Business Insider. "Now we have a whole new category created for us."Volocopter now has equity funding of €122 million and the company continues to add corporate strategic partners to a list that includes Daimler, Intel, and Micron.Now, the team is focused on completing its certification with the European aviation authority to become the first commercial air taxi company.This article is part of a series on growing a small business, called "From 1 to 100."If disruption is the path to a billion-dollar startup,

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Australians in the Middle East have been told they should leave now after rising tensions following the killing of an Iranian general by a US drone strike. 

Pompeo said the US-Australian alliance was unbreakable and American firefighters had flown to Australia to help.

The US Federal Aviation Authority on Wednesday also barred US airliners from flying over Iraq and Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

Iran on Wednesday launched more than a dozen missiles against two US-led military bases in response to the US assassination of an Iranian military chief.

Australia could potentially find itself embroiled in another conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a revenge rocket attack on American air bases in Iraq .

Hundreds of Australian troops will stay in Iraq after Iranian rockets fired on US-led military bases in the country. Australia has several hundred troops deployed to Iraq along with a team of diplomatic staff.

An Australian street artist has reignited his feud with 50 Cent after painting a giant mural of the rapper's image combined with that of pop star Taylor Swift. 

Dr Alexey Pavlovsky believes integral evidence from the Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot down over the Ukraine was falsified by Australian investigators.

Saudi Arabia slashed its oil export prices over the weekend and declared a price war with Russia that sent global markets reeling and marked the sharpest decline in oil futures since 1991.

The 27-year-old actress, model and Sports Illustrated cover girl was spotted showing off her amazing figute as she left the swanky London Hotel in Beverly Hills on Friday when the heat hit 84F. .

Hugh Jackman is considering a move back home to Australia, according to a report in New Idea magazine on Monday. The 51-year-old is considering a move to his home in Sydney.

Stephanie March as joined forces with photographer Melanie Dunea, on Treats Help, a new initiative that benefits both the ailing restaurant industry as well as those on the front lines of fighting COVID-19.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack reportedly failed a doping test ahead of the World Championships.

Brisbane based freestyler Jack on Sunday night confirmed she was the latest athlete to be caught up in a doping scandal, having tested positive to Ligandrol during a routine drug test.

The Brisbane-based 20-year-old is the latest rising star to be embroiled in a doping scandal, having tested positive to Ligandrol during a routine drug test last month.

The sporting authority released a statement on Monday to address its general investigative processes - after it came under heavy fire for not revealing the results.

The 23-year-old refused to share the podium with victorious Sun after winning silver in the men's 400m freestyle final at FINA's World Championships in South Korea on July 21.

World doubles No.1 tennis player Robert Farah, 32, has pulled out of the Australian Open after testing positive to steroids.

Boyle, a vocal activist for clean sport, has said Horton deserves the 2019 South Korea world championships gold medal after Sun Yang was hit with an eight year ban for his second doping offence.

Former US President Barack Obama has publicly praised a Melbourne activist for her work in preserving food for bushfire victims.

The 23-year-old defeated teenager Marketa Vondrousova in a 6-1, 6-3, in the final of the Roland-Garros on Saturday.

Aussie French Open winner Ash Barty has revealed the text message sent from a fellow indigenous tennis star which kept her from quitting professional tennis. 

Nick Kyrgios has hailed French Open champion Ashleigh Barty and declared his fellow Australian is the woman to beat at Wimbledon.

Australian star Ash Barty is just two wins away from becoming world number one after she defeated Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic. 

Ashleigh Barty is one match away from becoming the first Australian to be crowned women's world number one in 43 years after progressing to the final of the Nature Valley Classic.

Ashleigh Barty is poised to crown her phenomenal season by becoming the first Australian woman to ever top the year-ending tennis rankings.

Ashleigh Barty's coach can pinpoint the moment when the Australian morphed from good to a great.

First daughter Ivanka Trump continued to engage with world leaders as she accompanied her father in South Korea.

Leonardo DiCaprio has weighed in on Australia's bushfire crisis and has called for a 'radical overhaul' of the country's conservation efforts, in an Instagram post.

Earth Alliance, a new organisation co-chaired by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, has announced the launch of a $3million bushfire fund. 

An Australian exchange student who ran tours in North Korea has been arrested after posting about life in the secretive country.

Alek Sigley's wife Yuka Morinaga said she received her last message from him on Monday. The 26-year-old, who is based in Tokyo, usually speaks to Mr Sigley every day on WhatsApp.

Perth man Alek Sigley, missing in North Korea, may have been silenced ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to the demilitarized zone, an expert said on Friday.

Alek Sigley hasn't been heard or seen since Tuesday morning and is believed to be detained in North Korea.

Alek Sigley, 29, last made contact with his family on June 25, sparking concerns he had been detained in the secretive nation's capital, Pyongyang.

Alek Sigley, 29, landed in China safe and well on Thursday after spending nine days detained in the communist country.

The hermit country claimed on Saturday that Alek Sigley had spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views toward the North.

Alek Sigley (left), 29, who is believed to be the only Australian living in North Korea, went missing this week after a series of posts on social media about life in the mysterious capital of Pyongyang.

The order came as North Korea warned of 'undesirable consequences' after the US seized one of its sanction-breaking cargo ships.

Singapore-based drug smuggler Wee Quay Tan, 48, who also has a large tattoo of a dragon inked over his shoulders and chest, found himself in the middle of the biggest drug bust in Australian history.

An Australian student who was briefly detained in North Korea last year over spy charges said he had been kidnapped by secret police and forced to make a false confession.

Alek Sigley, 30, had been a Masters student at Kim Il-sung University, in Pyonyang, for three semesters when he was whisked out of the foreign student dormitory by two men on June 25 last year.

Pop star Prince blasted fellow singers Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran in an astonishing handwritten note contained in an archive found in the late star's Minnesota home.

On Wednesday, Katy Perry confirmed she and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom are expecting their first child. 

Almost 90,000 cricket fans have witnessed history at the Women's Twenty20 World Cup final between Australia and India.

Katy Perry has fled Australia after spending 24 hours holed up in her Sydney hotel due to a coronavirus scare among staff at her record label.

She was named the official ambassador for Sydney's Autumn Racing Carnival on Monday.

The future of NRL side The Warriors are in doubt after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the government's decision to force all international arrivals to self-quarantine.