Allow me to introduce you to Riggs Eckelberry, he is the founder and CEO of the innovative water technology company, OriginClear, which is delivering water solutions for industrial customers worldwide. OriginClear has developed and licensed an invention that treats industrial and agricultural waste water with very little energy, and no chemicals. And now, industrial users can treat their water right where they use it, using prepackaged “point of use” water treatment systems that have an amazing life cycle of up to 100 years or more.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“you do need some apprenticeship. You need to get an idea of what’s going on in your industry before you start your foot in it. So I think what would have been smart if I loved computing and so forth would have been to associate with somebody who was already in the business and learn at their feet and then strike out. I tend to not do that, I tend to ready fire aim stop unfortunately I have got better at that and my shareholders are beginning to thank me for actually having more of a cerebral approach and more understanding of the industry. So I think that’s the number one thing get familiarity before you jump in”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Inside the Tornado: Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets Book by Geoffrey A. Moore
Also mentioned
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers Book by Geoffrey A. Moore
Favourite Quote:
- “there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships”
- “access to clean drinking water and sanitation alone would save nearly 2,000,000 lives each year and prevent half a billion diseases annually” the World Health Organisation report 2002
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs. Preparing Global Leaders Organizations for the Future Explore exponential technologies to shape the future and solve the world’s most urgent problems.
- Singularity University – Leadership Training & Exponential Technology. Preparing Global Leaders Organizations for the Future Explore exponential technologies to shape the future and solve the world’s most urgent problems the person you most respected your industry and find out where they get their info
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you have got to just do it. We see that with writers, people who want to write the next big book and then there is people who actually do the writing. They may not be better characters but they do get it done… So really really invest in knowledge but first just start getting things. Just get your to-do list done and just go. Go through it and focus on your tasks without getting distracted by Facebook and so forth then try”…[Listen for More]
More About Riggs Eckelberry:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“To think is easy, to act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth
Other Quotes From the Chat with Riggs Eckelberry:
- “I think I would come back to the apprenticeship concept. Get oriented, get the basics in place. People in an industry known when you are bullshitting so try not to be a bullshitter for too long. Try and get rid of that in the apprenticeship phase”
- “I am good at learning and industry but I know that I am more effective when I soak it up”
- “I would not have been a disruptor of water if I had come up from within it. So that’s the downside of coming up through the ranks is that you tend to take the existing situation for granted”
- “failure is simply not going far enough, you just gave up”
- “I can look at the failures in my life where I really was a failure and I had to restart well I actually didn’t need to fail I could have just… Emotionally at some point I ah get oh my God. And if I had just bucked up. It’s harder to come back from that giving up you are better off just keep punching it. Just keep punching it, figure it out. So that’s a big life lesson. Do not permit failure, do not envision failure. Reinvent yourself, make mistakes and learn from them but don’t fail because that’s just giving up ”
- “not quite be so constantly freaked out about whether we are going to be able to pay the bills. Because let me tell you something being an entrepreneur is forever about that every two weeks meeting payroll. And I don’t care how good you are… I guess there becomes a point where it becomes easier. But if you are constantly pushing the envelope then you will constantly have funding problems. It’s just the nature of it. So I think I would like to have less of a stressful environment but I don’t think it’s going to happen”
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