489: Being Adaptable and Willing to Adjust Your Vision with Joe Carlen Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Value Guards

A specialist in business valuation, patent valuation, and market assessment, Joe Carlen has been sought out by a wide variety of entrepreneurs, midsize firms, and Fortune 500 companies. Joe wrote a comprehensive biography of Benjamin Graham, the valuation guru and Warren Buffett’s mentor, and he also wrote A Brief History of Entrepreneurship for Columbia University Press.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

• Richard Branson
• Elon Musk

When business started difficulties overcame:

“There’s always an element of uncertainty and more specifically getting the word out so that enough people are aware of what my partner and I do, the primary obstacle really was the promotions”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

• Man’s Search for Meaning Book by Viktor E. Frankl
• Losing My Virginity – The Biography Book by Sir Richard Branson

Favourite Quote:

“The farther back you could look, the farther ahead you could see”

Recommended Online Resources:

• Entrepreneur Magazine – Advice, insight, profiles and guides for established and aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide Home of Entrepreneur magazine
• The Economist – offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Never give up”…[Listen for More]

More About Joe Carlen:

Value Guards

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; “is this productive enough and worthy to be done? How useful will it be?” This is purpose.” Israelmore Ayivor, Dream Big

Other Quotes From the Chat with Joe Carlen:

• “Understanding what’s happening around the world is increasingly important today because every day it becomes a more globalised business environment”
• “In the short term people could be successful by being unethical but in the long term it tends to catch up”
• “On the one hand you have to have a clear vision of what you want to do and on the other hand you have to be adaptable and be willing to adjust that vision depending on what you get from the environment”

 

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