Having been an entrepreneur for 30 years, Tom Jackobs has been through a few challenges. He’s definitely had more failures than successes, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He sold his fitness business, which he owned for 9 years, a year ago to start teaching other entrepreneurs how to use story to sell. He also quickly realized that most small business owners don’t follow up with their leads, so he started teaching them how to create follow up system so they could have a conversation to share their story and make more sales. With his degree in theatre he is able to help his clients create a performance out of their presentations so it’s not the same boring presentation audiences are unfortunately used to seeing. He’s been a contributor to CBS Radio in Houston, a guest on Great Day Houston, Univision, Fox 26 News and The CW Houston. He’s also a presenter at the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Houston.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I always had a safety net. And taking away that safety net I think I would have been full on it and made the hard decisions to make the business really really work rather than going it is kind of hard right now and going back to my day job. So it is really embracing the suck as it were. Just understanding that it is do or die, you know burn the bridges behind you and burn the boats. You are there. And go all in”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography by Sir Richard BransonFavourite Quote:
“People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Ask for help before you need it. That is just really critical. Get the help early on if you are wantrapreneur and just starting in business. Talk to other people who have done it before. Get a mentor, get a coach and they will save you tons of wasted money and time to get your product or idea to market”…[Listen for More]
More About Tom Jackobs:
- Impact Pilot
- Tom Jackobs
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Most sincere answers are beyond words.” Val Uchendu
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tom Jackobs:
- “I am really helping people make a real difference in their business and in their lives”
- “using story as a powerful tool to make a sale”
- “in today’s day where we are connected but we are not connected to humans I think it is so much more important to have that human connection with people”
- “the biggest mistake was not asking for help sooner”
- “I was penny wise and pound foolish in terms of just not wanting to invest the type of money that a good mentor or business mentor costs until I absolutely had to. And when I did the dividends on that investment were multiples of what I invested”
- “show people that you care about them as a person and don’t just care about their wallet”
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