Thomas Lindsay has 20 years of insurance and professional employer organization (or PEO) industry experience in C-level management, focusing on all aspects of workers compensation, risk management, loss control, employee benefits, HR, and payroll. He recently resigned as the COO of a large PEO and is currently the owner of SmallBiz Brainiac and the CEO of Humanly HR, a PEO services sales organization. His goal is for his clients to thrive as an employer and become a leader in their industry.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Thomas’s uncle
John Lee Dumas
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I’ve had to get used to working with the remote team in a three hour time difference, I’ve had to learn how to sell and I realised I’m actually a terrible sales person, people don’t just buy from you because you have a great service or you think you have a great service, there’s a lot of other factors at play, there’s competition and things you don’t have control over”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics book by Will Bonner
Favourite Quote:
“If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared but to learn” Ayn Rand
Recommended Online Resources:
Zoho – Run your entire business with Zoho s suite of online productivity tools and SaaS applications
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Outsource your HR to a professional employer organisation or a PEO, you’re going to increase your chances of survival, you’re going to be able to grow your business faster because you’re going to be able to focus on your customers and not on all that administrative BS, you’re going to get that gorilla off your back”…[Listen for More]
More About Thomas Lindsay:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them.” Franz Marc
Other Quotes From the Chat with Thomas Lindsay:
“People don’t just buy from you because you have a great service or you think you have a great service, there’s a lot of other factors at play”
Ryan Biddulph
Hi Neil,
What a wonderful Ayn Rand quote. Thomas has experienced immense success because he took that to heart. I struggled like a fish out of water, wriggling and flopping, for YEARS because I got scared, seized up and refused to learn. I felt paralyzed, instead of following my passion. I surrendered to my fear, fretting, versus following my freedom. But when I fell in love with following my fun, business-wise, I felt the fear and did it anyway. I learned. I opened up. I studied heartfelt entrepreneurs like you, Neil, and like Thomas, and this expanded my business exponentially.
Thanks so much.
Ryan