Blake Hutchison is an accomplished entrepreneur and the CEO of Flippa. Prior to Flippa, Blake was the general manager and chief revenue officer of Luxury Escapes and head of strategic partnerships at Xero. Blake was also the founder of GOOD44, a venture capital-backed specialty food marketplace helping small business owners target a new customer base.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Rod Drury Founder of Xero
- Adam Schwab Co-Founder of Luxury Escapes
- Brian Chesky Co-founder of Airbnb
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I did a couple of things wrong. And I think most entrepreneurs would do many things wrong or incorrectly and started my business back in Australia having just spent six years building and outstanding network of experts. And so, I landed back in Australia not really knowing that many people who could assist me in building what I wanted to build. And that was lesson number one. Don’t do that. You need best possible people around you. So, I had to overcome that. And what that meant was finding a pathway to great talent at a very inexpensive price or rate or fee. That was certainly something to overcome”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success Book by Matthew SyedFavourite Quote:
“Play by the rules but be ferocious” Phil Knight
Recommended Online Resources:
- Contrarian Thinking – Passive income and cashflow – Making money moves to financial freedom at Contrarian Cashflow with Codie Sanchez
- The Hustle – Join over 1 million people who read The Hustle bold business and tech news. They cut through the noise with the most impactful headlines
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Go exceptionally fast”…[Listen for More]
More About Blake Hutchison:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx
Other Quotes From the Chat with Blake Hutchison:
- “it’s about the right expertise around you to be able to help you to make decisions. But also, to help you go bit faster”
- “It all comes back to talent. It all comes back to do you have the people who can help you be the best you can be in the best business can be”
- “The first one is speed. And I think there’s lots of smart people around the world. Smarts isn’t the issue. The issue is can you apply those smarts at a pace which gives you competitive differentiation. And so, can you build faster? Can you make decisions faster? Can you reconcile mistakes faster? So, speed above all else in my opinion wins the start-up battle”
- “Change is inevitable in a start-up context”
- “Right people in the right roles”
- “it’s about failure, it’s about how far we can take our lives by embracing that failure”
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