2. They Said It Wasn’t His Lane. He Built It Anyway | John Mills of Watch Duty
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2. They Said It Wasn’t His Lane. He Built It Anyway | John Mills of Watch Duty
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Summary
John Mills is the co-founder and CEO of Watch Duty, a nonprofit emergency alerting app that gives civilians real-time wildfire intelligence drawn directly from first responder radio traffic. In this episode, John joins Jennifer Gray Thompson to talk about how Watch Duty was built, why it was necessary, and where it is headed.
They cover the problem Watch Duty was created to solve, how it scaled from a single county in Sonoma to all 50 US states, the harrowing experience of staying live and accurate during the LA fires, and what it means to build something disruptive in a space that does not always welcome disruption. John also speaks to the future of Watch Duty as it prepares to expand beyond wildfire into flooding and other natural disasters.
Resources:
- How to Disaster
- Download the Watch Duty app
- Learn more about After the Fire USA
- After the Fire USA Resource Library
- Connect with Jennifer Gray Thompson on LinkedIn
Produced by NOVA