Samael Tejada is the Founder of Liquivida Lounge wellness center with 12 locations across four states. They offer an assortment of nine IV drip therapies in addition to a large range of services from aesthetics to weight loss, to name a few, lab testing to hormone optimization.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Samael’s Father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“one of the biggest difficulties when you are starting a business is on a financial standpoint. To really scale your business and take it to the next level finances are extremely important. You have to have the funding to do so especially in my industry. So that wasn’t the easiest thing to do on a fireman salary. As I said before bringing on these other partners through sweat equity really helped alleviate that burden”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale CarnegieFavourite Quote:
“work on the business not in it”
Recommended Online Resources:
LinkedIn – 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.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“always keep your head up. You are going to fall on your butt multiple times. You can’t let that discourage you as long as you keep on pressing forward you are going to get to where you see yourself”…[Listen for More]
More About Samael Tejada:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” Christine Caine
Other Quotes From the Chat with Samael Tejada:
- “what I know now, at the beginning I would be at a whole other level when it comes to this business and this industry”
- “one of the big things that we had to overcome was the registration of the trademark. It’s not the easiest process especially if you have other companies that oppose you registering your trademark. In the world of franchising, you have to Have a registered trademark to be able to sell a franchise. That process actually cost us hundreds and thousands of dollars, it also cost us a lot of our time, you are talking about six years in total before we could get it fully approved… When you are starting a business don’t delay on that process of registering your logo and registering your company name as a trademark. It is something you should do right from the beginning”
- “everyone has a different definition of success… My definition of success is to leave a positive legacy behind once I pass on”
- “building relationships regardless of what business you are in or what industry you are in is extremely important. And understanding human behaviour goes alongside with that”
- “if you want to continue to scale and grow you have to work on the business not inside of it. Because if you work inside of it you are going to be stuck dealing with the day-to-day tasks, all of the busy work and you will never be able to really have that true Birds Eye view of your business to be able to scale it to the next level”
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