Dan Zurcher With us today is Dan Zurcher. Dan is the owner of The American Striping Company and the author of “How I Stripe a Parking Lot, 24 Years, By Myself”. He’s here to tell us why he believes that parking lot striping is the all-time best, small business startup, ever.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Dan’s dad
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I didn’t know anything and I felt lonely in a room full of people… Although I was there, and I don’t expect everybody to know everything, but I hope that people have a working knowledge of what they are moving into at least, and if not I hope they have a friend who can at least talk to them and talk it through. And if you don’t I am here, call me, I will help you because I have been there – those are the difficulties. Friend I don’t want you to feel lonely in a room full of people”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts Book by Gary Chapman
- Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children Book by Thomas Gordon
Favourite Quote:
“Loyalty is not saying yes to everything I say, loyalty is telling me your opinion whether you think I like it or not. But loyalty is also once the decision is made you and I both go through with it as if it was your idea. That’s loyalty” Colin Powell
Recommended Online Resources:
- The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
- Harvard Business Review – Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world’s best business and management experts
- The Idea Foundry is a community of makers, designed to help you explore new ideas and unleash your passion to make things. They have tools and technology for you to use, spaces for you to work in, and teachers and like-minded members to help along the way.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“look around you, just keep your eyes and ears open… I know, I bet there is a skill that you have that might be related to what you do now that you could start small business in and who knows where that might go… You need some ideas seeing if there’s a maker’s space around you… If money is tight look for an industry that has a low start-up cost, no workshop is needed, no real inventory is needed, you can start part-time and it works in almost any economy” …[Listen for More]
More About Dan Zurcher:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” Michael John Bobak
Other Quotes From the Chat with Dan Zurcher:
- “keep your eyes and ears open, sometimes opportunities just happen, just be ready for them”
- “it’s just one little thing at a time”
- “one step at a time, you will get there. There aren’t any big jobs just little ones stuck together”
- “I think relationships are the secret. That’s where it starts. If you can make a relationship, if it’s genuine, you can communicate and you can find that individual. I think that’s the secret to success.”
- “Surround yourself somebody slightly younger than you. It’s not about being younger but I say balance yourself by being around younger crowd. And again, it’s not about being younger it’s about knowing what’s out there. And if it’s a trusted young crowd you might very well have a focus group”
- “if I can make a relationship work I can do anything”
- “one plus one is three”
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