Ron F Richard has been employed in the medical industry for over thirty-five years and has extensive knowledge and experience in respiratory, pulmonary, and sleep medicine. He has been awarded 17 patents and launched over 40 new products with sales exceeding $1B.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Frank Carney co-founder of Pizza Hut
When the business started difficulties overcame:
“the first business that I started out of my garage… I was really into stereo and hi-fi equipment so I started learning how to do installations and how to build some of my own equipment. And it was underfunded, to say the least, a probably started it in about 200 dollars and I bit off more than I could chew. The business just became so successful, I just had way more business than I could handle but I didn’t know how to hire people, I didn’t know how to do staffing. I was just kind of working out of my truck by myself. Eventually, I ended up having to sell that company because I just couldn’t understand what was the next step. How do I actually scale this business up?”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Radical Marketing: From Harvard to Harley, Lessons from Ten That Broke the Rules and Made It Big by Sam Hill and Glenn Rifkin
Favourite Quote:
“A farmer went out to plant his seed. He scattered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. Birds came and ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky places, where there wasn’t much soil. The plants came up quickly because the soil wasn’t deep. When the sun came up, it burned the plants. They dried up because they had no roots. Other seeds fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowded out the plants. Still, other seeds fell on good soil. It produced a crop 100, 60 or 30 times more than what was planted. Those who have ears should listen and understand.” Matthew 13:1-9
Recommended Online Resources:
The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“pick wisely, be a good listener, do a lot of research, study the areas you want to go into. Try and excel and be the best at whatever part of the market or whatever you are trying to do out there that when people talk about whatever widgets you are working on your name comes up in the top five or the top one ”…[Listen for More]
More About Ron Richard:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ron Richard:
- “one of the things that I learned and I would encourage people to do is listen more and talk less”
- “surround yourself with successful people that you look up to, admire and can learn from and just be a sponge, just learn from them”
- “continue to look for ideas, solutions that you think are going to make a difference. Be passionate about those things, get other people involved and engaged with your ideas”
- “there is still opportunities out there. In fact, with consolidation, there always comes pivots and places where you can fit into the market. You’ve just got to look outside the box and being maybe a little more creative. But there is certainly still lots of opportunity.”
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