Michael Martin is a leading voice on public safety, personal security, and technology innovation. Michael has spoken before federal agencies and at top industry events on innovation, technology, safety, and security. Michael is a co-founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency tech start-up, commercializing technology to predict and preempt emergencies before they occur, dynamically warn people in harm’s way, and ensure that first responders are one touch away globally.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Rhonda Sciortino
When business started difficulties overcame:
“No money, no team, I have no real skills either, unlike a lot of entrepreneurs I’m not an engineer, I’m not a developer, we had to build it all from the ground up, we were fortunate in doing it in grad school, I was in Harvard business school, Nick was in MIT and there’s a fair amount of grant funding at those universities and really across graduate programmes today for entrepreneurs so I remember when we won our first $30,000 at the innovation challenge and I remember going to nick and going I don’t know how we’re going to spend it all, it just felt so transformative in a business where we were spending all of our personal money”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Clayton Christensen booksFavourite Quote:
“Impossible is potential, impossible is temporary, impossible is nothing”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Michael’s Mentor Tom Eisenmann
- Masters of Scale – is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how legendary leaders take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Having that sense of mission and saying this is a challenge that we want to solve, that’s what motivates you to work late at night and on the weekends so having a concrete mission is just so important. Surrounding yourselve with experts. Entrepreneurship is an extremely humbling experience and you’re going to face setback after set back and you need that level of expertise”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael Martin:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“If you fall into the category of people who want to make a great use of their existence, you need to ask yourself these two questions; “what am I doing now?”; “Where is it taking me to?” Israelmore Ayivor, Dream Big!
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael Martin:
“It’s important to read things around your industry”
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