James Sudakow is the principal and founder of CH Consulting – a boutique consulting firm specializing in organizational transformation and talent management strategies – where he has led engagements with clients ranging from small, entrepreneurial start-ups to Blue Chip Fortune 100 organizations across various industries including healthcare, medical device, technology, finance and entertainment.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
James’ dad
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had huge doubts, and I had to overcome some difficulties with my own ability for business development because it scared me, I’m not a business developer, how am I ever going to possibly run a company, how would I do that, I’m not a marketer, I’m not a business developer, I’m not a sales guy and so I had to kind of get over that fear”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Book by Robert Cialdini
Favourite Quote:
“There’s 2 ways to do things, there’s the right way and the easy way, the easy way is rarely right and the right way is rarely easy”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Inc – for the latest issue of Inc Magazine and get advice, tools, and services that help your small business grow
- Fast Company – a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“If you want to do it find a way to do it, we have a 16 year old at home who has these desires to be an entrepreneur and he’s doing some kind of cool stuff, he’s completely different from me he takes apart computers and puts them together and refurbishes them and sells them and he did one the other day and he sold it for a huge profit percentage and he was super proud of it and I feel like I’m always having to say go do that, go build that, don’t just build one computer, if you have a desire and you have a skill find a way to turn it into something that might be what you really want to do all the time”…[Listen for More]
More About James Sudakow:
- CH Consulting
- James Sudakow
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.” Thea Alexander
Other Quotes From the Chat with James Sudakow:
“I think it’s all about keeping it simple, I think getting too complicated and I live through it a little bit, this notion of trying to grow really fast because it seems really cool, keep it slow, keep it simple, keep things off the radar if necessary, I think sometimes people have this notion that they want things to blow up, in a good way and my experience would say, get a plan don’t over engineer your plan, keep it simple”
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