Ep36 -The Wisdom Of Rick Terrien, Dave Stokes, Bill Nowicki, Jeffrey Nash, and Travis Rosbach

Episode Thirty Six Features Guests Six Through Ten Imparting Wisdom and What They Have Learned

My Key Takeaways:

I was extremely lucky to get the following guests as my next five interviews:  

Episode 6  - Rick Terrien
Episode 7  - Dave Stokes
Episode 8  - Bill Nowicki
Episode 9  - Jeffrey Nash
Episode 10 - Travis Rosbach

In this episode:

• Rick Terrien shares his formula for starting a business:  Start Small, Start Smart, and Start Now.
• Rick advises that you tackle problems that you are familiar with and/or that other people do not want to do.
• Dave Stokes talks about the power of Storytelling in business and how companies can use it to better communicate internally as well as to their customers.
• Dave goes on to say that listening to your customer and doing your market research is paramount to success.
• Bill Nowicki reveals that when he gets to interview people and know them better he is more able to understand what they do as well as their motivations. 
• Bill also shares how sometimes we allow fear to hem us in and how we just have o shift the paradigm and overcome it.
• Jeffrey Nash relates that mindset and attitude are key and can make or break a person.
• Jeffrey reveals what happened to The Juppy and what he is now doing in the alternative energy industry. 
  Travis Rosbach relates how he connected three disparate events and designed the Hydroflask.
• Travis shares some of the guerilla marketing tactics his company used early on to propel Hydroflask in to a national brand.
• Travis talks about what ultimately led him to exit his company and how he knew that the timing was right.
• Travis relates how and why the world needs entrepreneurship.

To learn more about each guest, please check out episodes six through ten on Entrepreneurs Over 40.  

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