My second interview with Augustus Doricko (@ADoricko) founder of Rainmaker Over the past 15 months, the Rainmaker team has grown by more than 7x, started vertically integrating by building drones, radar systems, and other hardware in-house, and are now scaling cloud-seeding operations in multiple countries around the world. Link to the interview on YouTube in the comment below! 0:42 Pendleton experience 7:50 Ernest Shackleton 10:10 Typical week for Augustus in 2025 11:46 Working yourself to death 14:03 Dealing with investors 17:58 Minimizing dilution with creative financial structures 21:33 Why Augustus loves pain & exhaustion 24:26 Focus for the next 12 months 28:16 Deciding to vertically integrate 32:00 Throwing new hires into the deep end 35:36 Finding the right mission 39:07 Selling to governments 42:11 Working with Florida 47:37 Making tradeoffs to build a great company