Jason Lotoski is the CEO and Founder of Tonit, the leading motorcycle social media app built by riders for riders. Tonit connects riders on their journeys with a community that strengthens mile-after-mile.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Elon Musk
- Bill Gates
- Jeff Keen Atrium
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had no idea from my accounting background and engineering I had no idea how to build an app. So that was one of the hardest things, not knowing the tech industry, not knowing how to build an app and just figuring that out. I spent a lot of time researching like literally typing word for word online ‘how to build an app’ and researching that. So that was one of the biggest challenges just trying to figure out how to get started. And the best answer to that is get a mentor, get someone who’s done that and just go from there and keep solving problems”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Book by Nir EyalFavourite Quote:
“build the biggest best most badass business you can build but make sure that you get mentorship and listen to your mentors. And in the end you are building your own business and you need to make your own decisions and if the company fails you want it to fail under a decision that you made not something that a mentor made” Jeff Keen
Recommended Online Resources:
- Crunchbase is the leading destination for company insights from early stage start-ups to the Fortune 1000. Get insights into your competition. Uncover start-up trends, get company funding data. Find new prospects, beat competitors and quotas
- Signal is a free tool for founders to find the right investors and the strongest intro to those investors and for investors to attract the right deals
- 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.
- Motorcycle News and Reviews Free online source of Motorcycle videos, pictures, insurance, and Forums
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“mentors are great. If you have an idea then just go for it. Find someone who is another entrepreneur and just talk to them about your idea and they are going to motivate you to keep going. Every other entrepreneur I have ever taught to almost always says what’s the worst that can happen, just go for it. And so my best advice would be get a mentor, talk that entrepreneur and give your idea shot and learn from your mistakes and your failures and then go again”…[Listen for More]
More About Jason Lotoski:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” Steve Jobs
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jason Lotoski:
- “no one can really know everything so there’s always a million problems to solve. So if I had spent my time learning something else then I wouldn’t have learnt the other problem”
- “it would have started mentorship way earlier than a year-and-a-half into get mentors. And I would have learned a lot more a lot quicker and got here quicker”
- “I always run everything by my mentors and see what their thoughts are but the decision is mine to make and so you have to base that on the facts and your gut”
- “obviously you have to work hard obviously you have to try to stay ahead of the game”
- “it’s involving the right people and the right people to solve the problems and the right mentors that help you solve those problems”
- “to me it’s honesty, I build businesses on honesty, this business is built on honesty. So I am very transparent with my mentors, my advisers, our investors and our team. That to me has paid off a thousand fold because there is nothing that hidden, there is no we didn’t know that, you are not doing this or this was not in the plan are you said this was something that was in the plan or you like to me about this or you talked this up. It’s just straight honest and hard work all that comes with it. Straight honesty to me is the secret”
- “know your industry and know what you are doing and then find articles and news sources that help you solve those problems and help you stay ahead”
- “know your industry know where you need help”
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