In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Rob Broadhead, of RB Consulting, Inc. Rob started his consulting business in 2001 the day before September 11th. After overcoming many ups and downs Rob was able to get his consulting company stable and thriving.
Rob and Jeff discuss:
- Worked for a startup 20 years ago that was fun until one Friday the CEO came around and didn’t have checks to pay them.
- Called around to past people he worked with and found one he was a great fit for.
- Started Consulting Company September 10, 2001 and the next day Sept 11th happened.
- Over the next 10 years, Rob went through many ups and downs.
- With no employees Rob was able to take a job fixing things and automating to eliminate his job.
- Ten years ago, he was working for a company as the CTO/CIO. A new CEO came in and he had his own CTO/CIO so Rob left and was consulting.
- When starting a business it is important to shift from an employee mindset of getting a steady paycheck to a business mindset.
- Rob discusses what helped him be successful as a consultant.
- Rob discusses what he’s currently working on.
Fast Five Questions
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I think probably the first thing I'm going to do is figure out where best to spend that five hundred, which is probably going to
be some sort of a marketing kind of an approach.”
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “The biggest business mistake I made was with that customer, the very first customer I had ended up essentially giving them a large amount of credit.”
- What is a book that you would recommend? “Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss.”
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “DbVisualizer.”
- What is your definition of freedom? “My definition of freedom is being able to actually make that decision to not have things where it's like I would rather do this but I have to do that because a, b or c.”
- What is the best way to contact you? “Email rob@rb-sns.com and then rb-sns.com is my website.”
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
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