Ryan Coon is a co-founder and the CEO of Avail, an all-in-one software solution designed for do-it-yourself (DIY) landlords that is used by more than 600,000 landlords and tenants across the United States. Prior to Avail, Ryan was an investment banking associate at BMO Capital Markets. Ryan has a hardworking spirit and together with his co-founder, Laurence Jankelow, they developed the idea for their company on a napkin that now solves the needs of thousands of landlords. His goal is to help the real estate market to become as transparent and as efficient as the stock market.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the choice between two good outcomes and weighing staying in banking would have had obviously good outcomes, starting a business there is certainly other pros and other cons”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Book by Tony HsiehFavourite Quote:
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take” Wayne Gretzky
Recommended Online Resources:
Podcasts like The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“never stop learning and never stop growing. Never be overly confident and think that you know everything. So, I think it’s really all about that consistent endless pursuit of knowledge and information that I think a lot of entrepreneurs whether you look at some of the top entrepreneurs in the world these days they have got multiple interests. Whether it’s Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos and obviously running their day-to-day companies but also been interested in space travel. I think a lot of entrepreneurs have multiple things they are interested in and I think that’s a really, really good thing for entrepreneurs to do.”…[Listen for More]
More About Ryan Coon:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Sometimes we’re tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ryan Coon:
- “a lot of it just comes back to building that audience. At the end of the day a business can’t survive if you don’t have customers. And so, it’s critical to meet sure that your demonstrating that you are solving a real need and that you think about the customers in everything that you do”
- “really building that audience if you will is really important. I think a lot of people especially in the start-up tech world they spend a lot of time talking you have got to rush to build your minimum viable product which is really a first product that you can get out there in the market. When I think the conversation should really be around building your minimum viable audience.”
- “You just have to have a certain level of self-confidence; you have to have a certain amount of belief in yourself that you can and you will… You are meant to overcome any obstacles that you encounter. I think taking that viewpoint, that belief that you can overcome different things is paramount”
- “building a culture that puts customers first that really focuses on making those customers happy above all else”
- “if you make your team happy and if you build a team that is happy that will trickle down and impact your customers, it will make them happy and you will develop these loyal customers who will be with you for a long time”
- “I think that failure is actually a good thing and that you learn from it. And so, the more shots that you take on goal the more odds you have of success”
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