Bruce Turkel has worked for some of the world’s most compelling brands, including Hasbro, Amex, Nike, Schwab, Citicorp, Discovery, Bacardi, HBO, Miami, and many more. Bruce is a keynote speaker, author, musician, artist, and runner who tours extensively.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Bruce’s Father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the biggest difficulty was the lack of knowledge. When I started my business. You couldn’t go on YouTube to watch a video to do everything nor Google and I simply didn’t know how to do a lot of the things that needed to be done. Sometimes I figure them out but sometimes it was very expensive to figure it out because if I didn’t use proper contracts and billing I got ripped off. If I spent too much time working on things that matter to me but didn’t matter to my clients I either didn’t get paid or didn’t get rehired. It took me a long time to learn the fundamentals of how to run an effective business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surving with Grace: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace Book by Gordon MacKenzieFavourite Quote:
- “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us” Pogo the possum
- “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- YouTube, LLC 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.
- Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- Word Swag App – Generate Cool Text, Words & Quotes on Your Photos
- Lumen 5 – is a video creation platform powered by A I that enables anyone without training or experience to easily create engaging video content within minutes
- Bring a Trailer Auctions is the best place to buy and sell vintage and classic vehicles Porsche, BMW, Land Rover, and more
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“figure out why you matter. Figure out why you are different, unique, special. Figure out what you bring to the table… And take that and sell that. Give that to your customers and potential customers. Take who you are, why you matter and give those skill sets to them and let them incorporate them. When you do you will create real value. More importantly you will create value that only you can provide and that’s how you can build a sustainable business”…[Listen for More]
More About Bruce Turkel:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.” George Kneller
Other Quotes From the Chat with Bruce Turkel:
- “My dad always believed you can make something happen if you understand business, if you understand how to get things done. He said the specific talents you can either learn or you can hire. But the ability to move things forward, the ability to get things done is the key”
- “a dollar lost today requires two dollars made next year, four dollars years from now. And it’s geometric progression. So, you will be sitting a lot prettier today you hadn’t lost that dollar to years ago.”
- “To quit your day job because you are going to have a long learning curve in terms of skill sets and revenue generation before its comfortable step off the dock into the boat that has entrepreneur painted on the side. So, I recommend if you have a job that instead of walking away from it you figure out how to use your free time to start your business”
- “Speed, quality, price. Pick two. If you want it fast and cheap is not going to be very good. If you want it good and cheap it’s going to take a long time. And so on and so forth.”
- “Anyone can copy what you do very few people can copy who you are”
- “your customers don’t choose what you do they choose who you are”
- “in five years if we have done everything right what has happened?”
- “Understanding what success is very clearly. As I said transparently and precisely then allows us to decide how to get a job done. By the way it also allows me to decide I might the right person for the job.”
- “I am not a futurist, I am at presentist, I am a currentist. I look at what is happening right now and try to figure out what’s the best path to take”
- “when there is something, I don’t think I can do I try to figure out why and what’s holding me back. And it’s usually me”
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