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The Current powered by Kim Komando

Critical advice every entrepreneur needs to know on being successful

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We are all in some way entrepreneurs: You're the president of your own career, your own life, your own finances, your own health. David Friend, owner of Carbonite, has been a successful entrepreneur for over 25 years. In this podcast, we interview David, talk about his success, his new venture and his advice on becoming a successful entrepreneur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you think about it, we're all pretty much self-employed. We're all presidents of our own corporations. You work for yourself. And the biggest mistake we can ever make is to think that we work for someone else. The person who signs our paycheck is actually our biggest client. Our jobs may change, but we're always the same. We are the one constant.

0:23.0

I really believe that all of us are entrepreneurial, because when you're a president of your

0:27.4

own career, your own life, your own family, your own finances, your own body, your own health,

0:32.9

you are your own personal chief executive officer, you're your own chief financial officer. And once you

0:38.8

take responsibility for your life and everything in it, your life can actually change.

0:43.9

I read an opinion piece in the New York Times, and that's really what inspired this podcast.

0:49.2

It's about another entrepreneur, John Goodenough. At the age of 23, he was told that he was too old to study physics.

0:56.4

Now, get this. At the age of 94, he and his University of Texas team are trying to get a patent on a new

1:03.8

kind of battery. It's going to radically change electric cars and totally do away with gas-powered vehicles.

1:10.4

Oh, and by the way, at the age of 57, he was

1:13.6

the co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery. I'm America's digital pro Kim Commando. I'm inspired

1:20.4

by successful people because, as they say, success leaves clues. David Friend has been a successful

1:26.8

technology entrepreneur his whole life.

1:29.7

David's actually one of the inventors of the Moog synthesizer. He did that in his 20s. We'll learn more about that in the podcast.

1:36.5

And then he started this little company called Carbonite. I know. Today they employ 1,200 people, and they have annual revenues of $250 million.

1:47.7

In this podcast, we're going to talk to David about his success. And also, he has a brand new venture. He's calling this one wasabi.

1:55.3

We're going to learn more about that, and you're going to get a ton of advice about business and success.

2:00.0

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