161- Scaling Your Mindset with Tim Burke
Every business owner wants to see their company grow, but it requires more than just hard work. You must have the right mindset if you want to take your business to the next level. Tim Burke, Founder, President, and CEO of Quest Technology Management, shares how he built his global business from the ground up, as well as his fascinating "Thesis" and Blue Ocean Philosophy in Business.
Time Stamps
00:37 - Episode Intro
01:29 - Intro to Tim Burke
1:57 - How Tim Got Into Entrepreneurship
06:21 - How Martin Met Tim
08:12 - From Mowing Lawns to Quest
21:16 - Figuring Out What Your Customer Needs
25:25 - Avoiding Scope Creep
34:29 - DIY Culture Challenges
38:24 - The "Thesis"
43:28 - Blue Ocean Philosophy
50:21 - Scaling Your Mindset
55:27 - Why Small Businesses Need Cybersecurity
01:02:08 - Protecting Your Backend
01:05:50 - Connect with Tim Burke
Quotable Moments
“We may not know completely how to do everything, but we can figure it out.” - Martin Holland
“We just can't get stuck because getting stuck in our industry is death.” - Tim Burke
“Some people will stop at a specific point in time, and they'll find reasons why they can't move forward. But you just have to keep moving forward with the technologies that are presented to you.” - Tim Burke
I feel it's important to define what you are good at and candidly what you're not good at.” - Tim Burke
My goal is to document from the client's perspective not what I think they need.” - Tim Burke
“In our world, a lot of people don't know what they want and what they don't know, or they know what they want, but how it's gonna happen, what it's gonna cost, all the details around it.” - Tim Burke
“The universe is full of a lot of opportunities. Now, if you think there's only five people in need of any plumbing work in your geography in the next year, and you gotta win three of them to eat, well, maybe you got different issues you gotta look at.
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