EP 064 Greg Skloot - From Duct Tape Wallets to 7-figure Funding

Learn Grow Earn

For this week's interview I reconnected with a long-time friend, Greg Skloot! Greg has such an incredible story so I'm excited for him to share it with you guys. You can also check the episode’s overview via these timestamps. 01:20 - Background story, Interest in entrepreneurship and building businesses 04:18 - Role of formal education in is journey 06:01 - Treating college as a practice time 06:42 - Learning through mistakes 08:00 - Fear of failing, Being accountable 09:06 - Starting a computer repair business at the age of 14 11:49 - Being an opportunist and taking action 15:27 - Experience he learned from starting Attend.com at 21 years old 20:00 - Thoughts on 'Silicon Valley' 22:53 - Lessons from the fail of Attend.com 27:21 - Joining another company, Finding another product to develop 29:38 - Strategy for the new business he is developing 33:41 - Lesson learned in the last six months 34:42 - Two most important lessons 39:40 - Focus for 2018