Guy Dawson is the Managing Member of Classy Communications, a full service public relations and advertising company. He is also the host of PR Connections: The Business Edition Radio Show and The Guy Dawson Show, which is a video streaming show.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The fact that I didn’t really know my business very well… I had to figure out how to run this company even though I didn’t have any experience really whatsoever in running a PR firm. So that was very challenging… So it took a while before I really develop skills of a publicist. And again every curse be a blessing and it ended up being a blessing because I got very proficient at the process of developing public relations and marketing campaigns for my clients…. I had a business plan when I got started, I had strategies… Course when you really get out there and start running your business I’ve found that a lot of that stuff can go to the wayside when you start dealing with the realities of the business world and working with clients and things. But I definitely had to overcome not knowing very much about my business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Law of Success: In Sixteen Lessons Book by Napoleon HillFavourite Quote:
“what we are is a result of what we have thought” Yoda
Recommended Online Resources:
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“find someone who has been there and follow their advice… Find someone who’s maybe not necessarily in your industry but who has achieved success and listen to what they have to say be extremely teachable”…[Listen for More]
More About Guy Dawson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” Barack Obama
Other Quotes From the Chat with Guy Dawson:
- “always spend a lot of time interviewing your potential partner to get a better feel for what they truly want out of it”
- “that is really important to knowing that your partner’s values match yours”
- “creating a business plan I think is a good thing and you should do because it makes you think even though what your business actually looks like might not be very much like the business plan you created”
- “from the very beginning I was committed to thinking about my business”
- “for any person who is wanting to get in business I would highly recommend that you research your industry and have a business plan”
- “you absolutely have to be committed to never ever ever ever ever quitting”
- “I am constantly working on training and educating my mind to meet the objectives that I am striving for”
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