Jay Baker is an inventor holding over 40 US and international patents, including the ‘Clamtainer,’ the world’s first Certified Child Resistant clamshell container. He is very involved in his community, including serving on the local Board of Education for 25 years. Jay holds a BS in Business from Clarkson University.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Jay’s Father
- Thomas Edison
When business started difficulties overcame:
“when I officially took over the business, I had already been running the business, my dad was retired. So probably going back even further in time when I was actually managing the business. It was a time of real people and turmoil in our industry and many industries… We would have to reinvent ourselves it seemed like every three or four years because we would be supplying product to an industry that simply left the shores of the United States of America and went overseas”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Favourite Quote:
- “don’t let the bastards get you down” Jay’s Dad
- “blank them if they can’t take a joke”
- “People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you have to do what I would call a self-gut check once in a while. Take it for granted that you have perseverance, that you have drive, that you have work ethic and so on and so forth. But if you are confronted with something where there are factors whether they are external or internal that make you question if you could be 100 percent in, all in then you need to step back a little bit and analyse it and ask yourself why that is… Am I being realistic or not realistic and decide to take a different direction”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” John Wooden
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jay Baker:
- “seeking outside advice and delegating”
- “you are going to have lots of opportunities coming your door hopefully… You have to be careful not to dilute your resources by overloading them with low potential opportunities. It’s a risk analysis. So, by the same token if you got something that’s a very high revenue stream but a lesser chance that you are going to acquire that business you got to decide how much effort do I put in. It’s not as much of a sure thing but if I get it sure means a whole lot more to the health of the company going forward. And that balancing act is a tough one for entrepreneurs so we tend to default to always say yes. At some point in your growth curve you have got to recognise that that in and of itself can be a very limiting impediment to your future growth”
- “I have never run into a successful business person or entrepreneur that wasn’t a self-confident individual. It’s almost a prerequisite. Getting into the pull yourself up by the bootstraps. It’s not how many times you fall down, it’s how many times you get up. All of that is very true. And so, I would say having that determination and self-confidence that you will make it out of the other end, it might be a tough battle but by gosh you are going to get there. It’s probably the most important thing”
- “some people can have it all and be miserable and some people can have nothing they think they have it all. And it really comes down to that mindset”
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