Alan Manly previously had a career in the ICT industry working for Digital Equipment Corporation, followed by him establishing a start up software company. Since then he has successfully embarked on a new career in the education sector and is a founder and Managing Director of Group Colleges Australia. Alan is also the author of an autobiography that tells of an entrepreneur caught up in a ten year legal battle where he represented himself, from the local court in North Sydney, to final victory in the High Court of Australia. Alan lives in Sydney with his wife and son.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Ray Kroc of McDonald’s
When business started difficulties overcame:
“A lack of confidence and a lack of money, confidence came with trial and error and the lack of money, I’m not sure that entrepreneurs don’t ever suffer a lack of money, usually entrepreneurs have ideas twice as large as their business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. GerberFavourite Quote:
- “Survive”
- “Rely on yourself”
- “Cash flow, cash flow and cash flow”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Be brave, at the end of the day it takes guts”…[Listen for More]
More About Alan Manly:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Good questions are to be appreciated, not answered.” Raheel Farooq
Other Quotes From the Chat with Alan Manly:
- “You can end up building up a business to give yourself a job”
- “You do have to have nerves of steel”
- “The word entrepreneur is just another way of spelling risk so you’ve got to be prepared to take the risk”
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