The CEO of Digital-Tutors, Piyush Patel impacted over 1.5 million creative professionals at thousands of companies around the world, including industry-leaders like Pixar, Apple, and NASA before it was acquired by Pluralsight in 2014. He is the author of Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work, and he’s featured in Inc, Fast Company, TechCrunch and is a TEDx speaker. He also owns a winery in Napa Valley called Conclusion Wines.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Steve jobs
- Elon Musk
- Piyush’s parents
When business started difficulties overcame:
“They looked at me like I was crazy, and I was like nope, I think this is what we’re going to do. And it worked, these people were out getting jobs all over the world, really sought after but it was taking its toll on me. So I’ve got fat going on, my wife and I had just had our son and she’d decided she didn’t want to go back to work, all while starting off this new business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Book by Patrick LencioniFavourite Quote:
“Hard choices lead to an easy life, easy choices lead to a hard life”
Recommended Online Resources:
Fast Company – is the world s leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Not to be a wantrepreneur, a lot of people say I want to, one day, maybe, if, I need to raise a million dollars. My best advice is find a customer who is willing to pay you, prove your model and just get started. It doesn’t have to be this grand scheme, this huge product, you just got to get a customer and then you get another one and another one and you chip away at it”…[Listen for More]
More About Piyush Patel:
- Dream Big
- Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“There aren’t always a hell of a lot of absolutely right answers out there.” David Petraeus
Other Quotes From the Chat with Piyush Patel:
- “When I taught the kids at school I would tell them you can work hard for the next 16 weeks and play for the rest of your lives or you can work hard for the next 16 weeks and work hard for the rest of your life”
- “You got to show up and be genuine”
- “If you care about your people, they’re going to help you figure it out, they’re going to solve the majority of problems that you’re trying to figure out as a business, but if you don’t care about them and you don’t show up and you’re not motivating them, they’re not going to show up and do their best part”
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