To date, Kendal Netmaker has founded and invested in 5 businesses, and won over 25 business awards, including runner-up at the YBI Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Kendal speaks professionally to thousands of people every year about motivation, leadership and the power of telling your story. Kendal is the author of “Driven to Succeed: From Poverty to Podium – A First-Nation Success Story”
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
People on Shark Tank and Dragons Den
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the first thing was my self-confidence in myself to do this. I used to think that I needed business partners, I used to think I needed investors, I used to think I needed every external force to help me as opposed to what I had within myself. And I notice this trend among so many other entrepreneurs, that lack of confidence and belief within themselves that they can do something. And that is a symptom of what is really happening. Usually it’s a symptom of who you are surrounding yourself with, the people in your day-to-day lives or the people that you grow up with”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber
- Alchemist: A Fable about Following Your Dream Book by Paulo Coelho
Favourite Quote:
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life” Muhammad Ali
Recommended Online Resources:
- Upwork – Will Find You The Perfect Freelancers For Your Projects! It’s Easy Affordable with Secure Payments
- Fiverr – is the world’s largest freelance services marketplace for lean entrepreneurs to focus on growth create a successful business at affordable costs
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Not to be afraid to ask for help, not to be afraid to be vulnerable to your followers. When I started to tell my story through my business platform, through Facebook, through Instagram, through Twitter, through LinkedIn and everything my vulnerability showed that I was a real person. And because I was a real person with a real story and mission people started to acknowledge and support me more, our sales increased. So don’t be afraid to tell your story, tell the story through your business, through your brand”…[Listen for More]
More About Kendal Netmaker:
- Netmaker Enterprises Corp
- Kendal Netmaker
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“We awaken by asking the right questions.” Suzy Kassem
Other Quotes From the Chat with Kendal Netmaker:
- “What I enjoy most about what I do is impacting other people”
- “if you had a chance to succeed give something back to the people that are trying to be there as well”
- “and the more you ask you will be surprised how many people will actually give time to answer your questions, especially for people who are trying to make something happen. There is a thing about entrepreneurs they want to help other entrepreneurs because they know how difficult it is to get people’s attention or to get people to give them advice”
- “it’s harder to be successful when things are too easy growing up”
- “the more obstacles you have to overcome the more that you probably can overcome much quicker in business”
- “all successful people are around other successful people. They have a community of other driven individuals that they associate themselves with whether it is a mastermind group, whether it is a local group that they attend, whether it is a networking event that they regularly attend. But they have an inner circle that they associate themselves with”
- “Successful people make time to learn the right things. So, they have access to the right information through books, through seminars, through webinars, through audio programs, and so on”
- “Every successful person that I know has a mentor or coach… you can’t do it yourself you have to find the people who know what they are talking about and learn from them. Make the time to learn from them”
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