Innovation expert Chuck Swoboda is a pioneer in the LED lighting industry, and has over 30 years of experience in the technology business. He is an author and speaker. His new book is The Innovator’s Spirit: Discover the Mindset to Pursue the Impossible.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Thomas Coleman, John Edmond, Eric Hunter, John Palmour and Calvin Carter founders of Cree
When business started difficulties overcame:
“it was really just learning that challenges were going to happen every day and that they were just the next thing they got to work on. They weren’t something to get you frustrated or to slow you down they were just the next thing to go and do”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) Book by Clayton M. ChristensenFavourite Quote:
“We are going to relentlessly chase perfection. Knowing full well we will not catch it because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it. Because in the process we will catch excellence. I’m not even remotely interested in being just good.” Vince Lombardi, Jr
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google LLC – Search the world’s information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you’re looking for…
- LinkedIn – 500 million+ members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“there are many ways to make money and still have a life than being an entrepreneur. So don’t do it unless you are so passionate about an idea that it keeps you up at night and you are prepared to fail along the way. Being an entrepreneur is about the journey not the destination so you have got to love the journey”…[Listen for More]
More About Chuck Swoboda:
- Cape Point Advisors
- Chuck Swoboda
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Beware of any enterprise requiring new clothes.” Henry David Thoreau
Other Quotes From the Chat with Chuck Swoboda:
- “almost everyone in every situation is an opportunity to learn. And it’s really not if they are successful or not, it’s learning to watch, to observe and see what really happened there because honestly the people that have failed there is probably more to be learned from them”
- “I think if I’d actually knew more it probably would have been a disadvantage because if somebody would have told me how hard it was going to be to do what we did over a long period of time I might not have done, I might have taken a different path”
- “I think the secrets to success are how you define success. It’s yours to define. It’s not someone else’s to define for you. And I think what you have to figure out is what that looks like for you”
- “we should never settle for good enough”
- “there is always a better way but you are not going to find it if you don’t go looking for it”
- “I tend to make an effort to disconnect for a certain amount of time each day because I found that time with no distraction to either work on a problem or just think it’s probably more important now than ever. We live in such a connected world that teaching ourselves to disconnect is probably more important than ever”
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