Be Your Own Boss: From Stanford Football Coach To Successful VR Entrepreneur
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In 2014 Derek Belch was working as a football coach at Stanford University while getting an MBA in business, but what he didn’t know at the time was that his Master’s thesis would change his life forever.
This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Derek, founder and CEO of Strivr, and he had a lot of great stories, advice, and wisdom to pass on to current and aspiring entrepreneurs. You will get to hear how he went from a football coach to an extremely successful entrepreneur, as well as the challenges he faced along the way.
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Today Derek leads a team of 140 employees and his customers include Walmart, JetBlue, and Verizon. Strivr was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2019 and it was on the list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020.
In this episode of the podcast we explore:
- How Strivr was started and where the company is today
- What it was like raising money for the business and the biggest lesson Derek learned about the process
- The impact Covid-19 has had on the company
- How Derek manages his time as a husband, father, successful business owner, and CEO
- Derek’s advice for people considering entrepreneurship
- The biggest challenges he faced when starting his business
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I became an entrepreneur after being laid off from a Fortune 100 company. My husband Jacob became an entrepreneur after the CEO of a company he was working at made him get coffee at Starbucks. Today we are successful entrepreneurs and we want to teach you the framework we used to build our businesses so that you can be your own boss too!
We call it Morgan's 4Ms of Entrepreneurship which include Money, Market, Mindset, & Motivation. With 2020 behind us, now is the time to start fresh. 2021 will be your year! Allow us to teach you how to build something great.
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Now more than ever, people are moving from full-time employment to entrepreneurship. Many are realizing that the only job security that exists is the one that you create for yourself, but how? My husband Jacob and I are successful entrepreneurs who both made the transition while we had full-time jobs. You can learn how here.
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Collectively, Jacob and I have over two decades of entrepreneurial experience, and we are passionate about helping you become your own boss too.
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