Martin Rawls-Meehan is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the sleep technology company, Reverie. Martin co-founded the company in 2003, and has been a driving force behind double to triple digit growth and innovation of adjustable bases in the past decade.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Andrew Carnegie
- Phil Knight founder of Nike
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was extremely young, I got into the industry when I was extremely young so while sleep technology, I got into the industry when that was like what sleep technology? What are you talking about this is the mattress business? And it was old school, it was 40 50 years of relationships, suited ties, suited ties, very different from what I think it’s becoming and sleep technology didn’t exist, we weren’t cutting edge or cool, we we’re an internet industry”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant Book by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t Book by Jim Collins
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE Book by Phil Knight
Favourite Quote:
- “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect”
“Do what you can with what you have where you are”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google – is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- Audible – Download digital audiobooks online and listen on your iPhone, Android or Windows device 200,000 downloadable Audible audio books by best selling authors
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
Not asked
More About Martin Rawls-Meehan:
- Reverie
- Ascion LLC
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“When we feel lost in time, with only shadows of the past living in our mind; when the moment, which “was”, no longer “is” and when only silence remains, loads of questions arise. We can cry a river or we may wonder: “What went wrong?” Erik Pevernagie
Other Quotes From the Chat with Martin Rawls-Meehan:
- “If you find yourself in a really really crowded space, it might be time, if you want to be innovative, it might be time to think beyond that”
- “You can find a million excuses for why you can’t get something done, I can’t do it, I don’t have the skill, I don’t have the equipment, I’m not in the right place right time, whatever, doesn’t matter, you got to find a way to get it done and I think it’s just about eliminating the excuses from your vocabulary and focussing on solutions”
- “Knowing how to search is a skill”
- “Do not fear failure and when you do don’t give up”
- “Get up and learn from what you’ve done and then keep going, pick yourself up, learn, do it better the next time”
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