Adam Robinson is co-founder and CEO of Hireology, a venture-backed hiring and talent management platform named an Inc. Top 50 Best Workplace and No. 94 on the 2016 Inc. 500. He’s the author of The Best Team Wins: Build your Business Through Predictive Hiring, and the host of The Best Team Wins Podcast featuring leading entrepreneurs discussing the people side of their business. Adam is a highly sought-after speaker on the topics of entrepreneurial leadership and building exceptional workplace culture.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Steve Jobs founder of Apple
- Jeff Bezos founder of Amazon
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had limited capital and had never done this before, I think like most entrepreneurs I had an idea, based on something I was good at doing and I had saved some money to start the business and what I wished had been done a little bit differently was a little bit more experience working in a start-up environment that had achieved some scale so I knew what success looked like before launching the business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale Carnegie
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike Book by Phil Knight
Favourite Quote:
“Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Trello – Infinitely flexible Incredibly easy to use Great mobile apps It s free Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details
- Evernote – Organize your work and declutter your life With Evernote on your desktop and mobile devices, your notes are always with you and always in sync
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“A lot of people say just go for it, my advice is contrarian, I would say unless you’re a hundred percent invested in seeing this through to the end and the end means catastrophic failure because it didn’t work and you gave it your all, I’d say don’t do it. If you’re not willing to put it all out there I mean literally risk everything. You can’t go half assed, you have to do the whole thing, and if you’re not there mentally, if you are not there mentally and you’re looking at this as the next big idea, don’t do it because it’s not going to be everything it could be unless you’re giving it 100%” …[Listen for More]
More About Adam Robinson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Always remember, there is no such thing as a stupid question.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Adam Robinson:
- “I’m not looking for the way it’s been done before and to try and do it better, I’m looking for a new way to do it that creates something where nothing existed, that is what makes this worth the risk”
- “Know what you want”
- “Make sure you have the resources required to achieve that vision”
- “The question wasn’t is this going to work, the question was are we willing to give this a year and potentially have to start over”
- “The ultimate size of the business is a function of the goals of the entrepreneur, their ability to execute and a little bit of luck”
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