Pam Hopman is the Founder of The Hopman Group, LLC. Pam has over 20 years of experience working as a financial advisor. She is devoted to helping her clients and focuses on making sure that they get the advice that works for them in their particular situation. Pam has comprehensive knowledge of strategies for retirement income planning, wealth preservation, and estate planning. She holds the designation of Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor from the College of Financial Planning. Pam teaches her client and audiences how they can see their wealth amplified through personalized, comprehensive financial solutions.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Allison Maslan Principal CEO and Founder at Pinnacle Global Network
- Michael Bernoff – Click the following link to listen to the Michael Bernoff podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the first thing I had to overcome was the idea of starting a business. I was a stay-at-home mom and I had no intention of going to work and being a full-time person, I was going to dabble in things, I wasn’t going to take things seriously. So, I had to overcome that. That was myself I had to overcome. And then of course I picked financial services which is I said earlier there were not so many successful women in there. I sort of stuck out a little bit. I would try to hide until I got to a conference”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Scale or Fail: How to Build Your Dream Team, Explode Your Growth, and Let Your Business Soar Book by Allison Maslan
Also mentioned:
- Average Sucks: Why You Don’t Get What You Want (And What to Do About It) Book by Michael Bernoff
Favourite Quote:
” just be crappy” Allison Maslan
Recommended Online Resources:
- Podcasts for entrepreneurs
- The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you have a dream and you have a market for that dream my best advice is to pursue it. You can figure out a lot on the way but you can’t ignore a dream. So, you don’t want your tombstone to say that you did not follow your dream, that you lived an ordinary life. There is nothing wrong with an ordinary life if that’s what you want. If you have a dream you want to pursue the dream”…[Listen for More]
More About Pam Hopman:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” Tony Robbins
Other Quotes From the Chat with Pam Hopman:
- “Everything that’s happened has been a lesson and that lesson has made me who I today. So, are the things I would have avoided? I think initially when I first started out back in Illinois, I wouldn’t have brought on additional people to work with me other than assistance. I wouldn’t have brought on other people that were doing financial advising. I didn’t have the skills at that time to do that. I now do it and I know have more skills and I can train people little bit better. Back then I would not have done that… But then again I would not gained the experience that I now have that I need to be able to do what I want to do ”
- “never, never admitting failure. Just continuing even if you have to go in a different direction. As soon as you think you have failed you have. So, you don’t want to go there”
- “being prepared, financially being prepared is important in a business”
- “cash flow is important.”
- “Good people are critical. You can’t do this alone if you are working with people. Now maybe you can if you just work on a computer and you have got a computer that is talking to another computer. But I think if you have people that are interacting with people you definitely need good people… The wrong person in the wrong job can derail your whole company”
- “just be crappy. In other words, if there’s something you want to you don’t have to be perfect at it to do it. Just go out there and try it, learn as you go. I think that’s really important”
- “I really think money can be more fun. I think people are afraid…”
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