Tim Ash is an acknowledged authority on evolutionary psychology and digital marketing. He is an international keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal Brain. Tim has been mentioned by Forbes as a Top-10 Online Marketing Expert, and by Entrepreneur Magazine as an Online Marketing Influencer To Watch. For nineteen years he was the co-founder and CEO of SiteTuners – a digital optimization agency. Tim helped to create over 1.2 billion dollars in value for companies like Google, Expedia, eHarmony, Facebook, American Express, Canon, Nestle, Symantec, Intuit, Humana, Siemens, and Cisco.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None Specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“for starters this was back in 95 in there was no Internet. This was just really early days of primitive web browsers. And so, I took down about 200 square metres of office space, bought a desk, put a phone line in, put a computer on the desk. And the first thing I did was call my girlfriend and say hey guess what I’m doing, I’m running around my office naked. Do you know why? Because I can. And it was like this field of possibility. I didn’t even know what I was going to sell to whom. So, I guess having any kind of plan was the first thing that stood in my way. I just decided I didn’t want to work for a big company”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Four Agreements: Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Toltec Wisdom Book) Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
Also mentioned:
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber
- The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story: How Some Man You’ve Never Heard of Just Changed Your Life Book by Michael Lewis
Favourite Quote:
“Be the change you want to see in the world”
Recommended Online Resources:
Crystal – The personality platform for growing businesses. Take a free personality test or use AI to see anyone s personality Discover your DISC, Myers Briggs, Enneagram, motivations, values, and more
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you want hard worn experience it’s start with what makes you happy, not your vision for the world, not your passion, although you hear that a lot. But understand yourself and align whatever you are doing with a really clear understanding of your personality. Because ultimately it’s pushing a rock uphill if you are doing something that you weren’t kind of at the character level optimised to do ”…[Listen for More]
More About Tim Ash:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and when you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition.” Nicki Minaj
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tim Ash:
- “your most important assets go home at the end of every day”
- “you have to keep client happy and you have got to keep employees happy – lots and lots of moving parts”
- “I think about things in terms of business models”
- “focus I think is critical. So, I guess I care more and more about less and less”
- “for me success is having a meaningful life and deep connections, authentic relationships with the people around me”
- “I tried to upgrade my skills or abilities in areas that help me in all parts of my life. Not just business but also personal relationships and self-development”
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