Darin Dawson is the Co-Founder and President of BombBomb, a Human-Centered Communication Platform that enables users to use simple, personal video messages to leverage their best asset… themselves. Darin leads all sales, marketing, customer success and product development at BombBomb, a fast-growing, Colorado-based software company. He’s on a mission to re-humanize the planet and he wants to start with your business communication. He believes that human beings have intrinsic value and that every person deserves to be seen, heard and understood. That’s why he co-founded BombBomb.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Darin’s Father, Grand Father and Father in law and Entrepreneurial Friends
When business started difficulties overcame:
“cash, of course money is a problem. I think finding the right product market fit also is one of the issues with it to overcome. We did that by trying to own a market, trying to be focused in our approach in the beginning and not trying to suit everyone because… If our focus from a sales and marketing perspective is everyone well no one has enough money to do that. And so, when you have limited resources you have to have even more limited focus”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) Book by Verne Harnish
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Book by Patrick M. Lencioni
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Book by Kerry Patterson and Joseph Grenny and Ron Mcmillan and Al Switzler
Favourite Quote:
“Concentration is the key to economic results.” Peter Drucker
Recommended Online Resources:
- SaaSOptics – Top Subscription Management Software. Subscription management software. Automate Order to Cash Eliminate spreadsheets
- Scaling Up focuses on the four major decisions every company must get right: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Don’t stop. I think people stop to soon, I think they get closer than they think they are but most of the time the reason they stop is because they do not have their financial house in order… Your personal finances are just as important as business finances and are you able to continue. Usually, your personal finances is what stop you from continuing. And so, if you are beginning get your financial house in order but don’t stop. And if you are advanced, I would say don’t stop innovating, don’t rest on your laurels, don’t think nothing is going to ever change ”…[Listen for More]
More About Darin Dawson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” Roy T. Bennett
Other Quotes From the Chat with Darin Dawson:
- “a key part of success is seeking out those mentors or just people that have already done it that maybe have a few more years on you”
- “Hire and fire by the core values. When you see someone that maybe has been hired but they are not living it out, they are not committed to that, they create drama all of the time, it’s time to let them go. I would encourage you to let them go faster think you should because I think we sometimes keep people around too long and are a bad influence on other people”
- “consistency, focus: I think that we don’t focus enough; also, being curious; asking questions. Curiosity is a trait that we need to all be better at because being curious leads to helping clients, helping colleagues, helping team members get to the root of the problems, get to what we could do, the success that’s possible”
- “I believe that trust is the key nucleus for all success in a team”
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