Marko Mandaric Marko Mandaric founded Bmmpr in 2017, bringing over 20 years of leadership experience and meticulous design to the company. Spearheading the company’s strategy and vision, Marko was quickly awarded a U.S. and International product patent for the company’s revolutionary smart security technology and looks to make Bmmpr a factory must have in the years to come. When Marko is not busy transforming the world of security technology, he obsesses over all things car related and is dreaming up his next great innovation.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Marko’s Parents
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the conversation that I had to have with my then fiancé and now wife. The conviction required for us to take 90% of the income that we were making and funnel it into an idea. It was just an idea at that time, we didn’t have a physical prototype to test out on a vehicle. That was not easy, that took a lot of patience and willingness to understand her side of the equation and her concerns and her fears and really kind of took a while for us to get on the same page”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt For The Higgs And The Discovery Of A New World Book by Sean Carroll
- Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Book by Walter Isaacson
Favourite Quote:
“nothing worthwhile was ever done with little effort”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Engadget – is the original home for technology news and reviews Since its founding in 2004, they have grown from an exhaustive source for consumer tech news to a global multimedia organization covering the intersection of technology, gaming and entertainment
- Jalopnik – Weird Cars – Car and Truck Buying, Reviews, News and More. Everything you ever wanted to know about Weird Cars News, stories, photos, videos and more
- 9 to 5 Mac – News and reviews for Apple products, apps, and rumors. They provide breaking coverage for the iPhone, iPad, and all things Mac!
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“stay the course. Focus on details and be mindful that there is no such thing as luck. There is only hard work, giving enough duration of time and the likelihood of an opportunity presenting itself at the end of it”…[Listen for More]
More About Marko Mandaric:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Get busy living or get busy dying.” Quote from the “The Shawshank Redemption”
Other Quotes From the Chat with Marko Mandaric:
- “apparently I love biting off way more than I can chew and somehow still figuring it out with enough time”
- “put in as much research as you possibly can before actually committing any financial equity, liquidity and whatnot into a concept. Take the time to understand the nature of the beast and then work backwards to find how to produce a product that is not only scalable but also profitable and still achieves the original goals hoped for”
- “what are the benefits of working for yourself and being an entrepreneur? You get to learn from your mistakes. You are going to inevitably make them but what’s important is to be able to pivot from them moving forward”
- “assumed you are wrong. Never take your gut for axiom, always assume that in some way you must be wrong and that there has to be another method moving forward. As long as you can stay honest with yourself it’s really hard to actually screw things up”
- “always question yourself”
- “it takes time and effort in order to produce anything of merit”
- “as long as you feel you are doing your best possible work given enough time you will achieve what you are trying to get done”
- “when the time gets difficult, we get going”
- “it really does matter quite a bit that any entrepreneur put the time and effort into understanding the world around them first and foremost”
- “If it was easy A) everyone would do it and B) it wouldn’t be worth that much while. So, when the time gets difficult, we get going and we remind ourselves this is part of what we want to do”
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