From Corporate IT to Entrepreneurial Success: Brian Rodgers' Unconventional Journey
The Proven Entrepreneur
Don Williams
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this electrifying episode of The Proven Entrepreneur Show, host Don Williams sits down with Brian Rodgers, the visionary founder of Aeko Technologies, to unpack a remarkable entrepreneurial story that proves success knows no age limit.
At 41, Brian made the bold leap from corporate IT director to entrepreneur, transforming his passion for serving people through technology into a thriving managed IT services company. Listen as Brian shares his raw, unfiltered journey of:
- Breaking free from soul-sucking corporate environments
- Turning a borrowed office space into a growing tech business
- Navigating the challenges of the 2020 pandemic
- Learning critical lessons about customer communication and team leadership
- Overcoming self-doubt and embracing personal strengths
Dive into a conversation that’s part business strategy, part personal development, and entirely inspiring. Brian’s story is a testament to the power of purpose-driven entrepreneurship and the importance of believing in yourself – no matter your age or background.
Key Takeaways:
- The importance of communication in business
- How personal passion drives professional success
- Entrepreneurship as a path of continuous learning
- Transforming challenges into opportunities
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned business owner, or someone seeking motivation, this episode offers invaluable insights into building a successful business with heart and purpose.
Don’t miss this powerful conversation that will challenge your assumptions and ignite your entrepreneurial spirit!
Featuring:
- Host: Don Williams
- Guest: Brian Rogers
- Company: Aeko Technologies
- Industry: Managed IT Services
Listen, learn, and get inspired!
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| 0:00.0 | Are you an entrepreneur looking for more free time, more money, or just looking for that success blueprint? |
| 0:11.6 | The proven entrepreneur is the podcast for you. |
| 0:14.6 | Host Don Williams and his guests share real success stories from proven entrepreneurs. |
| 0:19.8 | Here's your host, Don Williams. |
| 0:26.4 | Hey, Don Williams here with today's episode of The Proven Entrepreneur Show. |
| 0:31.1 | I am so excited for our guest today. |
| 0:34.1 | One, very good friend of mine, two, client, three, super entrepreneur. Welcome to the show, |
| 0:42.0 | Brian Rogers. Thanks, Don. I appreciate being here. Man, we're thrilled to have you today. And so, |
| 0:49.1 | you are a close friend. And so we're both in fort worth texas area um you're kind of south |
| 0:56.4 | and i'm kind of north but fort worth is somewhere in between us and um and you're wearing purple |
| 1:01.6 | today and you wear purple a lot why do you wear purple brian proud horse frog alumnus from tCU |
| 1:07.5 | yeah there you go so proud that it became my company colors and went from there. |
| 1:13.2 | Yeah, awesome. |
| 1:14.6 | And so tell us the name of your company and what you do. |
| 1:20.9 | So name of the company is Aco Technologies. |
| 1:24.3 | Aco is the Hawaiian word for eagle. |
| 1:28.3 | And it came out of me talking to my young kids whose school mascot was the Eagles at the time. |
| 1:36.3 | And they were, we were trying to find a name for what was a techie company. |
| 1:40.3 | I said, I need something that sounds techy, and they went through Google |
| 1:45.1 | Translate and found it, and it's actually worked out really well. We are an IT managed services |
| 1:49.1 | provider. We're essentially, to summarize, we act as the IT department for small and medium-sized |
| 1:56.2 | businesses. We take, I come out of the corporate IT world recognizing that there's a need to bring some of those standards and those norms to the small business space. |
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