Dayne Shuda is an entrepreneur that sees the value in long-term blogging to increase awareness for their brand across search, social and offline. His business helps business owners who see the value blogging can provide for their target customers, but they don’t have the time to write blog posts themselves or they don’t enjoy the writing process.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
No one specific. Some pieces of what friends, family members, business owners Dayne have done over the years
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The big one for me was finding an idea… I struggled with finding an idea for a business. I didn’t know how to find an idea… for me it was trying to come up with a cool idea… So I spent a lot of time trying to manufacture products and services that didn’t have a need. So that was a big difficulty for me just even trying to get to the point of trying to start a business was understanding why a business was formed”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
Built to Last CD: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins
Favourite Quote:
“you can’t lose what you don’t put in the middle but you can’t win much either” Rounders in Rounders movie
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google Docs – Create a new document and edit it with others at the same time — from your computer, phone or tablet Free with a Google account
- Google Suite – An integrated suite of secure, cloud native collaboration and productivity apps powered by Google AI Includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and more
- site:URLYouWantToSearch.com keyword – to use google to search someone’s website.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I think it’s answering the question who are you? And knowing as much as possible about yourself… knowing what your tendencies are, knowing what you value, how you make decisions, how others perceive you, what your intentions are. The more you know about yourself I think the better you can make decisions that are going to work out in your favour. I think the more you try to be something you’re not the more you are going to struggle. It might feel like you’re making the right decision now but in the long-term you are probably going to come to regret it just because if it goes against your nature it’s never going to be comfortable. So I think the more you know about yourself the better when it comes to entrepreneurship”…[Listen for More]
More About Dayne Shuda:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“What I love about science is that as you learn, you don’t really get answers. You just get better questions.” John Green
Other Quotes From the Chat with Dayne Shuda:
- “if I could differently I would I would maybe look for more apprenticeship type opportunities, learning about business, learning about different industries, seeing what business ideas actually are”
- “like with anything that is worth doing I don’t know if there are shortcuts”
- “I wish I would have started sooner”
- “being open to new experiences are just being open to opportunities and chance happenings and chance meetings is big”
- “not feeling that every failure is ultimate failure is a big one for any success not just being an entrepreneur”
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