013: How to Stay In Front of Rapid Change with Chris Krimitsos
By Aline Wealth Management on May 25, 2020
Business owners in every industry have had to rapidly adapt, rework, and transform their processes to keep moving, working, and growing. Even as we as a society move toward a “new normal,” there’s a lot that’s being forced to change in real time.
Chris Krimitsos is optimistic about what this change means for business. He’s a serial entrepreneur, producer, event coordinator, changemaker, motivator, and catalyst. He has facilitated over 2,000 events via his group, Tampa Bay Business Owners, is the director of The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary, and the author of Start Ugly, where he presents his guidelines to help entrepreneurs innovate, create, refine, and repeat. If you’re one of the first five people to email me at mkravietz@alienwealth.com, I’ll send you a copy.
Today, Chris joins the podcast to talk about the rapid changes, many of them technological, that he’s seen over the last several months. He also shares lessons from his and his family’s businesses, recommends a number of great books, and discusses some of the major opportunities he believes will be shaping our industries for years to come.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- What Chris learned from starting a candy resale business at the age of 13 – and the words his uncle said to him soon after that changed his life.
- Learnings and takeaways from Chris’s father’s failed coffee shop – and how that experience led him to give valuable advice to other business owners.
- How business owners have succeeded during past economic downturns – and what may make this recovery very different.
- Why Chris believes that podcasting is still one of the greatest opportunities available to anyone right now – and how he sees it continuing to change in the years to come.
- Why business owners shouldn’t be afraid of change – and how to flourish in times when change seems to be happening at hyperdrive speed.
INSPIRING QUOTE
- “You might not value it but if you know it’s important, pay someone to give you a tutorial.” – Chris Krimitsos
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