As Chief Executive Officer for Easy Bids, Brian Lebeck is responsible for developing and implementing operational policies and strategies to facilitate company growth. Brian is well-versed in corporate leadership roles, serving as a leader in the commercial contracting insurances and personal lines industries for more than 16 years. In addition to overseeing Easy Bids, Brian is currently president of Confie Seguros (Family of Insurance), where he is responsible for all West Coast operations and manages more than 650 employees, in over 200 locations.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“hiring a great team with the vision that I had with limited capital. At the time I started easy bids I only had roughly $50,000 in the bank to start this company and we needed people. I needed a CTO, I needed a CFO, I needed a CMO. And so I had to really think outside of the box to figure out how do I get the right people to help me build this company of someone who’s got the right vision, the knowledge, the expertise, the experience, and all of that with limited to no funds because every dollar I had had to go towards the development of the application, the software”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Talent Code: Greatness isn’t born. It’s grown Book by Daniel CoyleFavourite Quote:
- “a goal without a plan is just a wish”
Also mentioned
- “it takes 20 years to build a reputation and only five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you will do things differently” Warren Buffett
Recommended Online Resources:
Business Insider – What You Need To Know About The World. Business Insider is an American financial and business news website founded in 2009 and owned by the German publishing house Axel Springer SE. It operates 14 national editions and an international edition. Several national editions are published in local languages.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“don’t be afraid to take the leap. If you plan properly you will limit your chances of failure and therefore you will lift your confidence level to execute. I think a lot of the time our fears as entrepreneurs or as business leaders comes from improper planning. We are not equipped to handle those struggles to make those decisions and ultimately it puts us in a fearful position. So, I think doing that would make you confident and ready to excel as an entrepreneur”…[Listen for More]
More About Brian Lebeck:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
Other Quotes From the Chat with Brian Lebeck:
- “spend the money to hire the right people from the start”
- “when you are first starting your business, you are trying to protect the bottom line, you are trying to protect the dollars that you do have in the bank and sometimes you will make decisions that might not be favourable for you”
- “finding the right people is going to be a critical importance step in making your business successful”
- “understand what worked, what didn’t, what are your challenges, what can we do differently”
- “don’t be afraid to fail. There is going to be times throughout the journey where you might make a wrong choice. Just try and be thoughtful to limit those mistakes and make sure that you try and limit the impact and the size of those mistakes that might come along the way”
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