Written on October 20, 2014 by admin
The closing panel at last Monday’s EET event was like none other. The 300+ youth in the audience were so impressive; it seemed that the more questions that were asked, the deeper and more impressive they got. The participants at this event were soaking up every drop of knowledge our panel of experts had to share!
Along with 3 other amazing entrepreneur panelists, Bradley Todd shared many words of wisdom. One of the crowd favorites (and turned out to be a quote of the day) was his answer:
There are many ways to skin a cat.
Brad shared this old southern expression after being asked what he learned though being entrepreneurial. The saying speaks to innovation. That if one way does not work, you just have to be creative to find another way.
After the event, Brad invited EET Moderator, EJ Carrion, and Keynote Speaker, Devin Lars, out to see his his farm after the event. The EET team took a 20 minute drive through the NC country to find Lucky Clay’s Fresh, a very innovative aquaponics farm that produces fresh fish and organic produce. They raise tilapia and freshwater shrimp in the greenhouse, along with a wide array of organically grown, seasonal heirloom vegetables.
Learn more about how aquaponics works here!
The team had a BLAST at this event and are were so incredibly impressed with the interactive extreme future entrepreneurs in attendance!
Written on October 8, 2014 by admin
Does your idea stink?
Brittany Hodak, co founder of ZinePak was the featured keynote speaker at the recent Iowa Western Community College Event in Council Bluffs Iowa on September 25.
Brittany has seen a lot of success in her company and now lives in a Manhattan sky rise that has more people occupants than her entire home town back in Oklahoma. She made it clear that she was no different than the students sitting in that room. She too had an idea, and she was determined to make it reality!
She shared about how being a CEO can be really awesome (most of the time) and gave her Top 12 Entrepreneurship Hacks for the students in attendance.
Brittany calls herself an “accidental entrepreneur” because she didn’t even want to be an entrepreneur until she got fed up and Googled “how to start a company.” She had a great idea, but no one would listen.
The night before her presentation, Brittany was addressing how most people don’t want to share their idea because they are afraid someone would steal it. I wrote down what she said, because it makes so much sense:
Ideas are easy. Execution is really hard. Someone can copy your idea, but they won’t be able to copy your passion.
You should not be afraid.
Don’t be afraid that someone is going to steal your idea. In fact, you should share your idea with as many people as possible. The people you trust not to steal it (your BFF, your Mom, your roommate, etc.) will LIE to you; they will lie because they love you. Try to find people who will have honest discussions with you and can bring points to light that you can’t see.
Brittany’s advice is to come up with a GREAT idea (really, make sure it does not stink) and tell people about it. Everyone you possibly can. When they question you, be able to PROVE that it is a great idea and trust the passion that can’t be duplicated.
