FLZ EP 32 Aviation Dreams, Startup Lessons & Finding Purpose Beyond the Job Title with Sameer Romani

About this episode

Sameer Romani shares his journey from childhood aviation dreams to co-founding a jet-management startup and finding purpose beyond job titles.

What happens when a childhood dream meets real-world turbulence? In this episode of Flight Level Zero, host Joe Peebles talks with Sameer Romani — an aviation lifer who went from drawing 777s as a kid to co-founding his own jet-management startup in college. Sameer opens up about building EssenceJet, learning hard business lessons, and finding identity beyond the job title. Now part of Aviation Partners (API) — the innovators behind those iconic blended winglets — Sameer shares how mentorsh...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Peebles

Guest: Sameer Romani

Topics covered

• aviation
• startups
• business lessons
• identity
• mentorship

Keywords

• aviation
• startups
• business lessons
• mentorship
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EssenceJet, Aviation Partners, API

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