Locally, in the small town of Roseburg, Oregon, Trevor has taken it as a mission to help rural Oregon climb out of high unemployment through entrepreneurship. Trevor founded the Loft Entrepreneur Workspace in 2010, an 8,000 sq. ft. co-work environment where 10 other creative local companies call home, and also co-founded the Young Entrepreneur Society a local organization that fosters entrepreneurship within Douglas County Oregon. Trevor has 3 children with his beautiful wife Carly. Loves mountain biking, fishing, marketing strategy, and coming up with big visions.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Parents
- Elon Musk
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I went to college, worked for my parents for maybe 6 months and if you’re young listening to this in college or early 20’s I would highly highly suggest that you take this to heart, that those early years, right out of college, in college, right out of high school whatever it is, those are the years that we should be taking the most risk, we often have the least amount to lose”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field book by Mike MichalowiczFavourite Quote:
“Action expresses priorities”Ghandi
Recommended Online Resources:
Slack – brings all your communication together in one place It’s real time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams
Podcasts
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Gotta have fun, don’t put pressure on yourself for building something just to make other ones happy, make yourself happy, make your clients happy, make a difference, gotta have fun and you got to have a mission that you can get out of bed to be happy and to fulfil, I watched a documentary on Netflix about a year ago, can’t remember the name of it but this documentary tracked people who lived insanely long lives and they were tracking back what made them live a long time and what made them happy, the one variable that was common, there was a person over in the UK who was 105, he smoked since he was like 6 or whatever the age was and he drank, he stopped drinking water 30 years ago, he started drinking beer, all he drinks is beer, he wakes up every morning to be physically active and wash cars at this plumbing company, he has something to wake up for, not just to get up every morning and watch TV, this other gal says it was my faith in god, this other person said I don’t believe in god but I really love writing in my brain down for other people to be inspired by so have something that you get up in the morning that excites you at your core”…[Listen for More]
More About Trevor Mauch:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?” Criss Jami, Killosophy
Other Quotes From the Chat with Trevor Mauch:
- “Quit beating yourself up to find your purpose”
- “If you’re struggling with purpose, stop searching for it; just try to make your purpose to do the best you can possibly do at everything even the small things and as you declutter, all this crap mentally that’s getting in your way, that purpose is going to reveal itself”
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