Chad Hollingsworth is the President and co-founder of Triax Technologies, a construction job site safety and communication solutions provider. Chad started Triax Technologies to bring innovative wearable technology to challenging environments. Since co-founding the company in 2012, Chad has led all business development initiatives and directs the company’s strategic partnerships. Prior to founding Triax, Chad worked as an equity product specialist at Bloomberg LP. Also he holds a B.S. degree in Business Management from Babson College.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I don’t have an engineering background and we’re building pretty sophisticated technical products and I would always consider myself up to date on the latest tech trends and maybe a little more technical than the average person but by no means qualified to build the types of censors that we are today”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers book by Geoffrey A. MooreFavourite Quote:
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched it too late”
Recommended Online Resources:
- How I Built This – about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Each episode is a narrative journey marked by triumphs, failures, serendipity and insight — told by the founders of some of the world’s best known companies and brands.
- ENR – is the bible of the construction industry, providing news and features about projects, products and people in construction, architecture and engineering
- Tech Crunch – is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Jump in and start swimming, you’re never ready, your business plan is going to change but the only way you’ll figure it out is you got to just take the chance, take the plunge and don’t look back, there’s going to be highs and lows but once you’re in there, if you’re a survivor it’s the ultimate journey”…[Listen for More]
More About Chad Hollingsworth:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“By nature’s kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man’s power to answer do not occur to him at all.” George Santayana
Other Quotes From the Chat with Chad Hollingsworth:
- “Just because you might get a couple of people who like to try things first to buy into what you’re doing it doesn’t mean everyone else is ready for it”
- “There’s going to be highs and lows and you got to have the stomach for that and not everyone does and that’s okay but if you believe in yourself and what you’re working on you’ll get through all those challenging times
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