Paul Galvin is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SG Blocks, Inc., a leading innovator and designer of container-based structures. Founded in 2007 and listed on the Nasdaq in June 2017, SG Blocks utilizes code-engineered cargo shipping containers to construct and provide safe, strong and green structures and environments.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Paul’s dad
- Paul’s brother
- College Basketball coach
- Mother Theresa
- Malcolm X
- Bobby Knight
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Just getting the industry itself to accept the technology and Neil I’m happy to report our engineers about a year ago became the first group to get a recycled material ever approved and put into international building code in the form of an ESR number that was awarded to us by the international code council. So at the end of the day, in effect then SG blocks presents a container for construction anywhere in the world, it’s viewed equivalently as a brick or a piece of wood or a concrete block which from our perspective is one of the highlights of 10 years of hard work”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Imitation of Book by Thomas à KempisFavourite Quote:
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence; talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent”
Recommended Online Resources:
NASDAQ – The Nasdaq Stock Market website features stock market news, stock information qoute updates, data analysis reports, as well as a general overview of the market landscape
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Stay the course, even when its hard, it’ll be worth it”…[Listen for More]
More About Paul Galvin:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.” Ken Jennings
Other Quotes From the Chat with Paul Galvin:
“You need to be confident in the face of so many no’s, so many we’ll get back to yous that it laughable. You just have to be confident that one day those people will wish they started earlier and joined you then.”
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