Aviv Shalgi is a serial entrepreneur, and is the CEO of an energy tech startup, Solar Simplified.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- No one person
Mentioned;
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the main problem is taking that leap of faith. I think that’s the hardest thing for anybody. Not just in entrepreneurship but it’s hard to drive change in yourself. We are creatures of habit. We get used to things the way that we know they are working. And it’s very easy to get into and dive into the ordinary life that we have. And if somebody is thinking of entrepreneurship like I was it’s kind of hard to say okay I am going to quit my job and take that leap of faith”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich Book by Timothy FerrissFavourite Quote:
- “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” President John Kennedy
Also mentioned:
- “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- 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.
- Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
- Facebook Groups – A Facebook Group is a place for group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion.
- Group Chats on Telegram – Telegram groups are a powerful tool for building communities and can support up to 200,000 members each. Friends and families use groups to share photos and plans, teams and businesses to coordinate their work, massive ICOs to answer questions and keep in touch with their investors. Telegram has many features that make communication in groups easy no matter their size or purpose.
- Whatsapp Groups – You can create a WhatsApp group and stay in contact with people using Wi-Fi or a cellular phone connection. WhatsApp is essentially a chat message app, although it can also be used to make phone calls or video calls.
- LinkedIn Groups provide a place for professionals in the same industry or with similar interests to share their insights and experiences, ask for guidance, and build valuable connections.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“there are anomalies in the world where nobody knows that they have a problem because they haven’t seen the solution yet… Go and ask questions. Don’t try to ask about the problem you are trying to solve. Maybe the problem is not there, maybe the problem is elsewhere. Go and talk to people who you think might be potential customers, ordinary people, business people, small corporations, large corporations et cetera et cetera. Try to ask questions about the field that you think about starting and keep doing that even after you’ve started this innovation of his business that you are working on”…[Listen for More]
More About Aviv Shalgi:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.” Socrates
Other Quotes From the Chat with Aviv Shalgi:
- “I try to look at all of the famous entrepreneurs whether from a century or two ago to folks who are obviously the famous entrepreneurs today and try to grab small things from each and every one of them. I don’t have one person that I am locked onto but I try to learn from everybody as much as I can… I don’t think anybody is perfect. I believe you can learn somethings from each person but not everything”
- “being an entrepreneur is a rollercoaster. And it’s a rollercoaster while playing paintball. So people are shooting at you, those tiny paint balls that are a little bit painful while you are on that rollercoaster up and down. And nobody can prepare you for that until you actually take that leap and you jump into the water. You can read as many books about entrepreneurship as you like and you can go to entrepreneurship classes and listen to podcasts and YouTube and everything. Until you take that step and you try it for yourself nothing could get you ready for that.”
- “Try to learn from as many people as you can”
- “I think it’s coming prepared and being the right place at the right time and knowing what to say”
- “I believe that entrepreneurship and everything in life is a matter of luck and karma”
- “I don’t think that I am ever going to work for four hours a week not because I don’t think I will be able to get to that financial status, I really hope I will. But just because my motivation won’t let me. I will get bored very quickly”
- “you choose to take the harder path, you choose to go through ups and downs mentally, professionally, personally, emotionally and also businesswise while you are trying to figure out how to build your product or service the best way to serve your customer’s, your vendor’s… how can you hire more people and generate more jobs, and obviously how can you make money while doing that”
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