Flying with Navigators - Gary Falcon - Taking Flight: The Entrepreneur Journey Podcast - Episode # 016
Today’s guest is fascinated by the power of technology as a transformative agent in education. He believes that access to quality education is crucial to the future of every child, while also benefiting society at large. Please welcome to the show Gary Falcon! Gary is the Co-Founder/CEO at Twine and President at Aptiris, Inc. Gary joins the host Sarah Tourville to share his entrepreneurial journey and what he learned along the way.
Takeaways:
- There are two things that Gary feels he got right when he first started his entrepreneurial journey; One was focusing on making his customers happy and the other was really believing in what he was doing.
- As an entrepreneur, you need to have someone who is an implementer and another person who is an integrator to be successful. It’s not easy to find someone who fits into both roles.
- Throughout your entrepreneurial journey, there will be people along the way who will point you in the right direction or help guide your business into a better spot. People like this can be viewed as “navigators” for you.
- The biggest challenge that Gary is working on solving is that the service he is providing is not fulfilling the same needs for him that he wanted it to. With everything moving online, Gary realized that there were fewer physically present people in the office.
- Gary decided to open up a center for custom orthotics after he had been dealing with knee pain and thought about how there has to be a way to help other people with the same issues and make a difference.
- It’s important to take a moment to sit and reflect on what you are doing now and consider thinking about some things that if you could let them go you would.
- One way to make a big impact on yourself is to focus on the way that you look at the world. It’s an aspect that if you really put energy into it, you will see it pay tenfold.
Quote of the Show:
- “I did not come from a business background, but I had that belief and enthusiasm. This was more important to than winning over clients and attracting staff early on.” (02:26)
Links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyfalcon/
- Website: https://choosetwine.com/ and https://www.aptiris.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryLFalcon
- Organization: https://www.eoatlanta.com/
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Creators and Guests
Host
Sarah Tourville
Sarah Tourville is the CEO and founder of Media Frenzy Global along with being the Communications Co-Board Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and an Advisory Board Member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
