Dr. Larry Davis is a Co-Founder of XChainZ. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida, all in Electrical Engineering. His areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, software engineering, cloud configuration, and virtual and augmented reality.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“we are still overcoming those difficulties. Bootstrapping is the big thing. It’s always a question of you’ve got an idea okay how are you going to fund it. So, bootstrapping it. The good thing is that my academic career prepared me with the knowledge to make the solutions. The question was always the okay how are you going to pay to get it built? And how are you going to find your customers? ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds Book by David GogginsFavourite Quote:
“if it was easy everyone would do it”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Benjamin Hardy – Organizational Psychologist and Author. Husband and father of 5 living in Orlando
- Click the following link to listen to the Benjamin Hardy Podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
- KDnuggets – Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data, Analytics, AI.
- MIT Technology Review – MIT Technology Review is a magazine wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and editorially independent of the university. It was founded in 1899 as The Technology Review, and was re-launched without “The” in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey.
- Fortune – Fortune is an American multinational business magazine headquartered in New York City, United States. It is published by Fortune Media Group Holdings, owned by Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon. The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in the national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles. The magazine regularly publishes ranked lists, including the Fortune 500, a ranking of companies by revenue that it has published annually since 1955.
- Fast Company is the world’s leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“learn to say no. Distraction is your biggest enemy. And the problem isn’t that there isn’t a path to your goal. There is a path that’s there. Sometimes you have got to find that path. There is always a path. The problem is that there is so many other interesting distracting other parts. So, learning to say no is your biggest thing. Say no. No, no, no, no.”…[Listen for More]
More About Larry Davis:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” Pirates of the Caribbean
Other Quotes From the Chat with Larry Davis:
- “businesses have stages and lifecycles… And it’s critical for understanding what stage you are in as far as what you should be doing and who you should be hiring. If you are hiring the wrong people for the wrong stage, you will have problems. I wish that I had known that there are stages and that you need to hire the right people in the right stages”
- “if you are someone who is more persistent you have this great characteristic and I think you are probably going to see more success. It doesn’t guarantee it but it probably means you are going to be successful”
- “from a business standpoint we’ve had success when we’ve had good fit with customers. I think that comes from understanding… Really truly understanding your business proposition and making sure that you are picking customers or you are pursuing customers that are good fits not just there’s somebody that’s available where we could have some revenue here. I think it’s when you have those good fits, those initial believers that’s when your company really grows and starts to be poised for success”
- “you are not going to succeed unless you have some of those right people in place. And when you find that right person… You are like oh my goodness where have you been and you also realise that you are probably only going to be here for a couple of years because I can see where this path is going and you are fantastic and I going to enjoy it while you are here”
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