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#66 — Unconventional Advice For Entrepreneurs In Their 20’s - Michael Girdley
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In today’s episode, we are joined by Michael Girdley, an entrepreneur and investor who buys, starts, and operates companies in San Antonio, Texas. His ventures include everything from tech and software companies to coffee shops and even to fireworks. Yes, you read that right, fireworks!
Michael shares with us how he takes business concepts and turns it into reality by incubating or putting up businesses. Though he’s no longer 20-something, his age and experience have helped him amass a huge amount of wisdom and experience over the course of his career, including how his early entrepreneurial beginning led him to where he is today, the struggles he faced on that journey, and some very important lessons. Listen to find out more.
Quotes from this episode:
● “Nothing gives me more joy than that process of creating support and then supporting the right team as they go on.” (6:44)
● “That's ultimately the number one thing. How can you find that culture of people that are pursuing entrepreneurship?” (14:36)
● “What I learned over a number of years is this roller coaster, you need to make it like a sloping road that you're going up and down. Never get too high. Never get too low. I don't take the good things personally. I don't take the bad things personally. Just keep it all in perspective.” (22:37)
● “The core of every great business person is a combination of curiosity and humility.” (30:44)
-Michael Girdley
Don’t miss:
● What Michael does (1:09)
● The advantage of having an entrepreneurial family (10:30)
● Building strong and solid relationships with business partners (25:57)
● How to become a good entrepreneur (30:43)
● Sound advice from Michael (40:240)
Find out more about Michael here:
Want to hear about new episodes? Subscribe via email and check us out on Twitter: @TheNextGenPod
113 episodes
Manage episode 324314347 series 2910896
In today’s episode, we are joined by Michael Girdley, an entrepreneur and investor who buys, starts, and operates companies in San Antonio, Texas. His ventures include everything from tech and software companies to coffee shops and even to fireworks. Yes, you read that right, fireworks!
Michael shares with us how he takes business concepts and turns it into reality by incubating or putting up businesses. Though he’s no longer 20-something, his age and experience have helped him amass a huge amount of wisdom and experience over the course of his career, including how his early entrepreneurial beginning led him to where he is today, the struggles he faced on that journey, and some very important lessons. Listen to find out more.
Quotes from this episode:
● “Nothing gives me more joy than that process of creating support and then supporting the right team as they go on.” (6:44)
● “That's ultimately the number one thing. How can you find that culture of people that are pursuing entrepreneurship?” (14:36)
● “What I learned over a number of years is this roller coaster, you need to make it like a sloping road that you're going up and down. Never get too high. Never get too low. I don't take the good things personally. I don't take the bad things personally. Just keep it all in perspective.” (22:37)
● “The core of every great business person is a combination of curiosity and humility.” (30:44)
-Michael Girdley
Don’t miss:
● What Michael does (1:09)
● The advantage of having an entrepreneurial family (10:30)
● Building strong and solid relationships with business partners (25:57)
● How to become a good entrepreneur (30:43)
● Sound advice from Michael (40:240)
Find out more about Michael here:
Want to hear about new episodes? Subscribe via email and check us out on Twitter: @TheNextGenPod
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