Joseph Ladin is the CEO of SFLMaven Corporation, an online provider of premium, high-end luxury jewelry and goods, which he founded in 2003. He is a highly-accomplished entrepreneur with more than 18 years of e-commerce experience. Ladin graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in sociology and business.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Elon Musk
- Jeff Bezos
- Warren Buffett
- Bill Gates co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation
Also mentioned:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The hardest part was sourcing merchandise to sell… Anything pre-owned you can’t order out of a catalogue. If you are in the preowned business and you are selling jewellery or collectables or antiques or anything preowned you can’t order that out of the catalogue. You have to have a good network to be able to source all of that merchandise. And with the antique business it was very hit or miss. Sometimes the phone wouldn’t ring for a month, it’s just kind of like cyclical. And that’s why when I got into jewellery, I just discovered really quickly it’s a way bigger industry than the antiques… It’s almost like there’s are never ending supply”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
No particular book
Favourite Quote:
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” The Golden Rule
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Just go for it, do it while you are young… Even if you fail there’s still you went out and you did it you try your hardest and you learned lessons and you are just ready for the next adventure after that. There is no failing ”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Be an Encourager: When you encourage others, you boost their self-esteem, enhance their self-confidence, make them work harder, lift their spirits and make them successful in their endeavors. Encouragement goes straight to the heart and is always available. Be an encourager. Always.” Roy T. Bennett
Other Quotes From the Chat with Joseph Ladin:
- “I wish I could have had a time machine at the beginning to just check things out now and then gone back and just worked towards that the whole time”
- “I started small with jewellery and I slowly built-up a following. I probably would have gone for bigger more exciting pieces back in the beginning but I didn’t really quite have the knowledge in the beginning. These were like steppingstones that I took, baby steps that I took all of the way through…”
- “I think you just have to love what you are doing. If you love what you’re doing it is not going to seem like work and it’s just going to flow and come easy ”
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