Carlos Hidalgo is a 25-year business veteran. Carlos has held corporate roles, started his own entrepreneurial ventures and served in non-profits. Carlos co-founded his first company in 2005 leading it to two consecutive Inc. 5000 Awards before departing and launching two other companies.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“that small still voice in the back of my head that kept saying you’re not going to do this, you are not going to be successful. It wasn’t a constant necessarily but there were times. Because it is a risk, you are leaving the perceived comfort of a corporate job to go out and put your stake in the ground. And then that voice what I call that or impostor syndrome roars in your head when you have a client who calls and says this isn’t exactly what we were expecting. I was in my young 30s at that point when I started”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts Book by Brené BrownFavourite Quote:
“with any circumstance or with any issue we can respond with anger or fear or love. And I am going to choose love” Carlos’s Wife
Recommended Online Resources:
- Carla Johnson is one of the Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker and World Renowned Storyteller who providing marketing strategy, speaking, workshops and writing
- Katie Martell is an on-demand communications strategist based in Boston, MA. She has been a startup CMO and entrepreneur and served as the Executive Director of Boston Content. Katie was named one of the “most fascinating people in B2B marketing,” a “marketing expert to follow,” an “influential software marketer creating great content,” a top 10 marketing writer on LinkedIn (3X), influential B2B marketer on Twitter, top influencer in content marketing, a “top millennial influencer to follow,” a Woman to Watch, and a “femvertising slayer.”
- Bryan Kramer – Keynote Speaker, Best Selling Author, Consultant. TED Talk Keynote Speaker, CEO at PureMatter H2H Companies, Author Best Selling Books Shareology Human To Human H2H
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“work hard at your business, give everything you’ve got in the timeframe you are going to a lot but don’t tie your identity and worth to success or failure of your business. Because it’s a rollercoaster that you don’t want to get on, it’s not a reflection of your true self”…[Listen for More]
More About Carlos Hidalgo:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” John Wooden
Other Quotes From the Chat with Carlos Hidalgo:
- “I think the biggest thing… and obviously if you are in a transactional business it’s a bit different… and I am in a services business, is fail fast… Fail fast because you are going to have failings with in your business, we are human beings, none of us are fallible… I think failing fast is one of the best things and entrepreneur can do and be okay with it. Don’t sit there and mull on it, move on to the next thing”
- “our work is important, I love what I do, I think my business is really important, I’ve worked really hard at my business and I continue to work hard each and every day. But I also want to work is equally hard if not harder on my personal relationships and my whole health. And when I talk about whole health talk about mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. And so I think this is really important we can’t give everything to our businesses because eventually everything comes to an end. And we should work hard but we shouldn’t give everything”
- “if you really want to succeed in your business, if you want to succeed as an entrepreneur put some boundaries in your life. Step away and give yourself, and give your relationships the opportunity to suck all of the joy out of those because there is tremendous joy in our personal lives as there should be in our professional lives. And that is the one thing that I think that every business owner and executive should have, any professional should have in their tool belt and be empowered to do so”
- “as business owners and as entrepreneurs all of us are in the people business, whether it’s our employees, whether it’s our family, whether it’s our customers”
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