Scott Kucirek is a serial entrepreneur who takes innovative ideas and turns them into successful companies. Since August 2010, Scott has been the CEO and a managing partner at Five Star Organics LLC, the maker of the OCHO Candy line of organic candy bars. He currently runs the day-to-day operations of the company, overseeing manufacturing, sales, business planning, finance and marketing.
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Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode:
- Michelle introduces Scott Kucirek.
- Scott shares his story of being in the Navy and choosing to leave to attend business school.
- Scott tells Michelle how important he believes having a plan B is.
- Scott’s most devastating NO came when he was trying to introduce new technology into a very archaic system for realtors.
- There were a lot of ups and downs when launching this new technology, but Scott worked hard to make it work for everyone.
- You’ve got to push the dark side away and go after that sliver of hope.
- When Scott started OCHO Candy Line, he and his partners struggled to start manufacturing the candy bars.
- Scott did whatever he could to get OCHO up and running.
- In the beginning it was hard to get everything running successfully, but now OCHO has a state of the art facility.
- “Just keep showing up with a positive attitude.”
- Scott believes that you need to follow the plan you set out, set aside some money, change your lifestyle. You will never regret taking a chance on yourself. Even if it doesn’t work out.
- Take action now! Even if you fail you will learn something.
- Scott believes that it’s not about the money, it’s about the people. They will only take on investors who align with their mission.
- Never make sacrifices on your key principle for your company.
- Scott shares what he’d tell his younger self.
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