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Marshal Herrmann

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Location
Charlotte / Raleigh, NC
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Study
NC State Poole, Finance, Class of 2029
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Company
One Shot Drone Tours, founded 2025
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Filmed
$500M+ in property
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Fields I’m interested in
M&A, LMM & PE, wealth management, lending, real estate, marketing

Flying cameras through buildings,
and building the business around it.

Selected work

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    One Shot Drone Tours

    2025

    Charlotte’s first indoor FPV drone cinematography studio.

    Industry
    FPV Media
    Scope
    Cinematography / Brand / Web
    Result
    400+ shoots, a team of four, finished content inside 24 hours.
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    Fig. 01 2025

    One Shot Drone Tours

    Charlotte’s first indoor FPV drone cinematography studio.

    One Shot Drone Tours, FPV flythrough
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    $500M+
    In property filmed
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    500K+
    Square feet captured
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    1M+
    Views delivered

    Detail

    oneshotdronetours.com ↗
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    Role
    Founder
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    Industry
    FPV Media
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    Scope
    Cinematography / Brand / Web
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    Year
    2025
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    Serves
    Residential, commercial, hospitality, restaurants, and luxury development

    400+ shoots, a team of four, finished content inside 24 hours.

    What it involved

    03 parts
    1. 01 FPV Cinematography One-take flythroughs that show how a property flows. Cinelifter experience.
    2. 05 Brand Systems End to end design and strategy, built for trust and authority.
    3. 06 Web Astro, Next.js, and React, with SEO and interaction design.

    On the resume

    2025 - Present

    Owner & Founder
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    Trustmark M&A

    2024

    The site, the brand system, and the outreach behind a business brokerage.

    Industry
    M&A
    Scope
    Web / Outreach / Brand
    Result
    5x monthly visitors within a month of launch.
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    Fig. 02 2024

    Trustmark M&A

    The site, the brand system, and the outreach behind a business brokerage.

    Trustmark Mergers and Acquisitions homepage
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    5x
    Monthly visitors vs prior site
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    3
    Lead funnels built

    Detail

    trustmarkmergers.com ↗
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    Role
    Web, Brand & Systems
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    Industry
    M&A
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    Scope
    Web / Outreach / Brand
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    Year
    2024
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    Serves
    Owners preparing to sell, and the buyers who approach them

    5x monthly visitors within a month of launch.

    What it involved

    03 parts
    1. 06 Web Astro, Next.js, and React, with SEO and interaction design.
    2. 07 Outreach Systems Scrape, enrich, score, sequence. Built for OSDT and Trustmark.
    3. 05 Brand Systems End to end design and strategy, built for trust and authority.

    On the resume

    2026 - Present

    Marketing & Automation
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    Trustmark Tools

    2025

    A free valuation calculator that qualifies a seller before the first call.

    Industry
    Lead Funnel
    Scope
    Funnel / Web / Data
    Result
    1,000+ sessions in 60 days. Captured leads average $800K+ in estimated business value.
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    Fig. 03 2025

    Trustmark Tools

    A free valuation calculator that qualifies a seller before the first call.

    Trustmark business valuation calculator
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    1,000+
    Sessions in 60 days
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    $800K+
    Average captured lead value
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    3
    Funnels: valuation, buyer, exit

    Detail

    app.trustmarkmergers.com ↗
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    Role
    Solo build
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    Industry
    Lead Funnel
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    Scope
    Funnel / Web / Data
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    Year
    2025
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    Serves
    Sellers testing the water before they will speak to anyone

    1,000+ sessions in 60 days. Captured leads average $800K+ in estimated business value.

    What it involved

    02 parts
    1. 08 Lead Funnels Systems that capture qualified leads by leading with value.
    2. 06 Web Astro, Next.js, and React, with SEO and interaction design.
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    Lead Pipeline

    2025

    The lead engine behind both businesses: scraping, enriching, scoring, and sequencing new prospects for One Shot Drone Tours and Trustmark M&A.

    Industry
    Automation
    Scope
    Scraping / Systems / CRM
    Result
    Unpublished
    Live
    Private
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    Fig. 04 2025

    Lead Pipeline

    The lead engine behind both businesses: scraping, enriching, scoring, and sequencing new prospects for One Shot Drone Tours and Trustmark M&A.

    Lead pipeline architecture, scrapers through enrichment and scoring into a CRM
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    14,208
    Records in
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    2,946
    Qualified
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    1,317
    Contacted

    Detail

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    Role
    Solo build
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    Industry
    Automation
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    Scope
    Scraping / Systems / CRM
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    Year
    2025
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    Serves
    One Shot Drone Tours and Trustmark M&A, as the system that finds both of them new leads

    What it involved

    02 parts
    1. 07 Outreach Systems Scrape, enrich, score, sequence. Built for OSDT and Trustmark.
    2. 08 Lead Funnels Systems that capture qualified leads by leading with value.

By the numbers

To date
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$500M+

In property filmed
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500K+

Square feet flown
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1M+

Views

Clients

50+ brands
  • The Ritz-Carlton
  • SouthPark, a Simon Mall
  • CPI Security
  • Charlotte Business Journal
  • Ministry of Sound
  • Compass
  • Puttery
  • The Independent Picture House
  • Epic
  • Keller Williams
  • Trustmark Mergers + Acquisitions
  • Fahrenheit
  • Victory Lane Karting
  • RE/MAX
  • The Recreational Group
  • Open Tap
  • East Coast Granite & Tile
  • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
  • NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • Ivester Jackson Christie's International Real Estate

Resume

FAA Part 107 / $1M Insured PDF ↓ One-page CV
Experience
  1. 2026 - Present Trustmark M&A Redesigned trustmarkmergers.com for 5x monthly visitors against the prior site inside one month. Built three lead funnels in Astro and React on Zoho CRM, 1,000+ sessions in 60 days at an average $800K+ in estimated business value, and led the brand identity overhaul. Scraped 2,000+ records for personalized outreach, and built the system that researches, writes and publishes the blog for search and AI citations. Marketing & Automation
  2. 2025 - Present One Shot Drone Tours Charlotte’s first indoor FPV drone cinematography service, built for top 1% luxury real estate. $500M+ in property filmed and 400+ shoots, a team of four delivering finished content inside 24 hours at roughly half the cost of traditional listing video. Owner & Founder
  3. 2023 Turner Construction A summer across construction and project management: hospital and commercial developments toured on site, live project meetings, and findings presented to Turner staff at the Charlotte office. The first place the work was the building rather than the marketing of it. Summer Intern
Education
  1. 2025 - Present NC State University Poole College of Management, B.S. Business Administration, Finance Concentration, 4.0 GPA. Coursework in financial and managerial accounting, microeconomics and business calculus. Poole, Finance, 4.0 GPA
  2. 2025 NC State European Center A semester abroad in the Fall Connect program, a cohort of 80. Czech culture and language, European politics, sociology, astronomy. Travelled independently to five countries: England, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria. Prague, Fall Connect
Volunteering
  1. 2026 - Present Lift Up Carolinas A Charlotte nonprofit whose volunteer-run thrift shop funds its programs for local children and families. Social and website content for the shop, and 200+ donated watches repaired by hand for resale, parts sourced and priced. Volunteer
  2. 2021 - 2023 First Tee Seven years in the program, two of them coaching. Supervised and mentored 200+ kids aged 5 to 15 each summer at camp, and planned and led lessons in golf, etiquette and life skills. Camp Coach

Capabilities

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  1. 01 FPV Cinematography One-take flythroughs that show how a property flows. Cinelifter experience.
  2. 02 Photography Residential and commercial interiors, brand work, and travel.
  3. 03 Aerial Site context and layout across residential, commercial, and industrial.
  4. 04 Post & Color Edit, grade, sound design, and cutdowns built for retention.
  5. 05 Brand Systems End to end design and strategy, built for trust and authority.
  6. 06 Web Astro, Next.js, and React, with SEO and interaction design.
  7. 07 Outreach Systems Scrape, enrich, score, sequence. Built for OSDT and Trustmark.
  8. 08 Lead Funnels Systems that capture qualified leads by leading with value.

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References

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The team is awesome to work with. I’ve partnered on multiple jobs with Marshall and the team and they are all professional, knowledgeable and courteous. The style and quality of work they deliver is beyond anything I’ve seen here in Charlotte - a real asset to their clients.
Monica Hancock Silver Monkey Images
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Marshal and his team are an absolute pleasure to work with!
Danielle Duchaine NAMI Charlotte
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Great experience from start to finish with Marshall! Professional and thorough, I would highly recommend his services!
Marc Jacobs Realtor
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Had the opportunity to work with Marshal through my place of work (The Independent Picture House). He was extremely flexible, creative, and open to our ideas while focus on the project needs and deliverables. Super grateful for his time, talent, and patience and look forward to working with him again!
Claire Lechtenberg The Independent Picture House

About

Founder / Pilot / Student / Photographer / Runner
Marshal Herrmann

Finance at NC State. Founder of One Shot Drone Tours, the first studio flying FPV drones indoors in Charlotte. Right now it is internship applications, coffee chats, and growing the company. The rest is travel, running, the gym, and photography.

Fields I’m interested in

06 fields
  1. 01 M&A Sell-side and buy-side advisory: valuation, diligence, and getting a deal to close. Advisory
  2. 02 Lower Middle Market & PE Investing in founder-owned businesses: sourcing, underwriting, and growing them after the close. Investing
  3. 03 Wealth Management Managing client portfolios, and the long-term relationships behind them. Private wealth
  4. 04 Lending & Commercial Banking Credit analysis for operating businesses and commercial real estate, and the relationships behind each loan. Credit
  5. 05 Real Estate Commercial and residential: deals, development, and the kind of property One Shot Drone Tours films every week. Property
  6. 06 Marketing Brand and content strategy, the work One Shot Drone Tours was built on. Brand

Get in touch

Open
[email protected]
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Available for
Summer 2027 internships / Commissions / Collaborations
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Based
Raleigh, NC
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Phone
(704) 942-8543