A serial entrepreneur, David Wachs ‘s latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art of letter writing. Handwrytten lets you send notes from your CRM system, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. All notes are written in pen by robots. Used by eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals, Handwrytten is changing the way brands and people connect. Prior to Handwrytten, David built and sold Cellit, a mobile marketing platform.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Edwin H. Land co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, from middle school all through high school and into university… I always had in my mind that I wanted to one day starter company… The problem is when I was fired, I had zero financial cushion. I had made good money up until that but I had a ton of school debt and I had used every penny that I got in to pay down my school debt. So, I was basically debt free but also penniless when I got let go. So that being fired was the greatest thing that ever happened… That getting fired push is what helped me to start my journey to entrepreneurship”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. GerberFavourite Quote:
“Always get in over your head” Conan O’Brien
Recommended Online Resources:
- Inc Magazine get advice, tools, and services that help your small business grow
- Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you.
- Reddit SubReddit GrowthHacking – The process of optimizing each aspect of a product for growth. A **growth hacker** focuses on user awareness, acquisition, retention, engagement and resurrection. A good **growth hacker** also needs to be fully focused on the products value proposition.
- AppSumo – Learn How to Make Money Online Fast. AppSumo is the 1 software deal site for entrepreneurs to make money online. Enjoy lifetime software deals, discounts on small business tools, free resources
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“analysis paralysis stops a lot of would-be entrepreneurs. Deciding oh is now the time? Is this product good enough? Should I wait? Should I do something else? Should I? Should I? Should I? And before they know it the time has gone or they have too many life commitments or they are earning such a big salary it’s impossible to leave because their cost of living has grown with their salary. So, I think the best time to start a business is now. Don’t overanalyse, don’t wait, wait, wait. Sure, get your affairs in order and find how you are going to put food on your plate for the next 3 to 6 to 12 months but don’t keep putting it off because as you get older it just gets harder”…[Listen for More]
More About David Wachs:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon
Other Quotes From the Chat with David Wachs:
- “be very, very careful about giving out equity to easy or working with family because the dynamics of working with family are very difficult. And also, you don’t what you have and how much it’s worth that early in the game. So just be very, very careful about that”
- “doing some focus groups on our early customers would really help. That’s been one area where we could have learned some insights into how they are using our service that might have assisted quicker in developing a product that was more appealing to them”
- “grit: I think sticking with it, sticking with your idea. It’s not like there’s a timer and when the time is over you’ve won or lost. If you stick with something… So, you really need to think long-term and see if you are able to stick with it. And that can be very difficult if the company is not profitable or you are not seeing immediate results to spur you on”
- “you are only going to grow yourself and your business and everything if you really get in over your head and you rise to the occasion”
- “if you don’t get in over your head you really can’t grow”
- “push yourself and really just kind of make sure you’re striving to be better than who you are today. And I think getting in over your head applies to any entrepreneur”
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