Michael Zipursky has advised organizations like the Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, Omron, Sumitomo and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he’s helped over 300 consultants from around the world in over 50 industries add six and seven figures to their annual revenues.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Non-Specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“figuring out what I don’t know… I started a business just out of high school and that’s really kind of all I have known. So biggest thing that I would say was an obstacle just it’s very clear at a young age when you are getting started that there is a lot that you don’t know. So it’s figuring out how to overcome those obstacles”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times Book by Dusan DjukichFavourite Quote:
“Do what you can do today because you never know what tomorrow will bring” Michael’s Grandmother
Recommended Online Resources:
Amazon is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I am a very big fan of imperfect action so my number one recommendation to anyone even if I don’t know much about the situation is just take more action… Look at what you want to achieve… And rather than thinking what else do you need to add or what else you need to do in addition to what you are currently doing try and apply subtraction meaning remove the things that aren’t working. Strip away everything that isn’t necessary because what we’ve observed in our own business and with many clients is that even to get to a seven-figure business you typically only need to product or service offerings, you don’t need to have five, ten or more different things. So the more focused you become the more manageable it is and the easier it is to scale. And you will typically be because you’re more focused you will be able to accelerate a lot quicker”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael Zipursky:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you can’t fly then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael Zipursky:
- “at certain times there is a very clear answer of oh I should have looked at that or I should have considered that. But I think that’s ultimately what makes an entrepreneur a successful entrepreneur is that they don’t delay again thinking or wondering do I have all of the answers rather they just take massive action and they learn from those experiences and just use that to improve themselves and strengthen their position in the marketplace and everything they do”
- “there is two critical things to success in my observation. The first is information. And what I mean by that is getting the right information because we all can only see what we can see but if we wanted to be able to see bigger, farther, wider, different angles can’t do that just ourselves, we need expand our minds and our mindsets by getting different perspectives first. But information alone is not going to make you successful. There is plenty of people who are knowledgeable but they are not successful because they haven’t applied that knowledge. And that’s the second part is that you need to then apply, you need to take action on what you are learning. And it’s the same if you just take action without guidance around that you will probably just hit your head against the wall many times and not make a lot of progress. But if you can join those two things together there where you have a sense of where you want to go and then you start taking steps towards it you will reach your destination”
- “keep a close eye on what you are doing, what’s working, what isn’t doing. Focus on doing more of what is working for you and less of what isn’t”
- “in order to be successful… You need to lead. Even if you don’t feel like you yourself are a leader, we are all leaders. If we want to achieve anything, we need to lead in one form or another”
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