Since his first entrepreneurial endeavor in 1998, creating the ahead of its time online business directory Staten Island Now for his hometown at the age of 17, Adam Alson has continued to embody an out-of-the-box approach throughout a vast range of professional experiences. For over 20 years, Adam has lent his talents to help cultivate brands.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Adam’s dad
When business started difficulties overcame:
“A lot of our potential clients that we would approach would tell us our customers aren’t online, we aren’t interested, we don’t have customers who are online, it was perceived at the time that the internet was for kids and the scale of the internet just wasn’t there yet and I just found that to be so funny and so interesting”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Gary Vaynerchuck BooksFavourite Quote:
“I’ve heard people copy me so many times I’ve even heard them copy my mistakes” Jimi Hendrix
Recommended Online Resources:
Social Media
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Do it, I hate to sound like a Nike commercial but just get out there, don’t wait for anybody’s permission. Take the swings, learn as you go and pivot and execute as needed. Don’t wait for anybody’s permission, if you have an idea, put it out there, see how the market responds and carry on as such”…[Listen for More]
More About Adam Alson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You’ve got to be in a pretty good place to trust those simple, obvious answers and, most important, to use them.” Spencer Johnson
Other Quotes From the Chat with Adam Alson:
- “Let your passion be your compass”
- “10 years, only 10 years ago if someone or a kid or kids would have approached a television network and said hey we have this idea, we want to pitch us playing video games, and turn it into a television show and you’re going to put it on NBC or CBS, you’re going to put it on a major network, they would have laughed, they would have laughed in their faces. But here we are, 2018, these kids are doing it on their own, on YouTube, because they’re passionate about it”
- “Go work with a team of people within a specific industry, learn from them, create those relationships and then when the time is right for you I would say wait another year and then start planning”
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