Devin Miller is an entrepreneur who is also a patent and trademark attorney. He just loves startups! He established his own first startup while earning Law & MBA degrees. Since then, Devin has set up several more startups. He enjoys every minute of creating and helping startups.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Devin’s Dad
- Dave Ramsey
When business started difficulties overcame:
“everybody’s journey is unique and different and yet they are all the sign. So I don’t know that a lot of the hurdles I faced going to be significantly different from others… I’d wanted to start my own business for a while so it always been there. About the time I wanted to jump over and decided to make that transition it’s always hard when you have a stable job in a good business and you’re making a good income and things are going well. It’s like why rock the boat so to speak. And especially if you asked my wife would say hey you have got good income; things are going well why not just be happy? And I was happy in a sense but there was always kind of that underlying thing. And so as I was doing that one is how do you make the transition or how do you fund that and make sure that you have enough runway to actually give it a good shot”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Entreleadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches Book by Dave Ramsey
- That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph
Also mentioned
Favourite Quote:
“All it takes is for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”
Recommended Online Resources:
Facebook Groups – A Facebook Group is a place for group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“be ready to endure and embrace the endurance. And so, I think the biggest thing is just to realise there’s ups and downs of being an entrepreneur. Running a business, you are going to have a rollercoaster. And so, acknowledging that on the front end and bracing yourself for it and also embracing it is the best advice I can give is just be ready for the ups and downs and be ready to endure and be excited about it”…[Listen for More]
More About Devin Miller:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Great things never come from comfort zones.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Devin Miller:
- “perseverance especially if you are wanting to be an entrepreneur or you are wanting to start a business cash, you are wanting to run a business you are just going to have to have an ability to endure things because you are going to have the ups and downs in the highs and lows and the matter how much you try to avoid those that are going to happen. So, I think one is endurance”
- “the ability to adapt to change. I think that you have to adapt to change but nothing is stagnant for ever and everything is constantly changing and I think that is only accelerating in a lot of industries at a lot more rapid pace. You have to be willing to accept that change is a constant and be willing to adapt to it in order to survive and thrive in a business environment”
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