From War Zone in Afghanistan to Starting Multiple Businesses - Paul Blair (ArcX) | E72
Description
Paul Blair is a military veteran turned entrepreneur. Over 20 years of experience in leadership and high-pressure situations in the military served as a great and unique background to start a business. As an entrepreneur, he has launched, grown, and sold businesses in the property, financial services, and pet product sectors. Today he’s still involved in several businesses, but his main focus is on ArcX, a SportTech and Digital Health startup that's developing a game-changing smart ring for sports enthusiasts.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Lessons learned from 20 years in the military
- Military vs entrepreneurship
- The most difficult moments in Afghanistan
- Starting a pet product brand
- Paul’s funny experience with Dragon’s Den
- The challenges of building a hardware startup
- Hardware startup financing
- How to effectively handle being involved in multiple businesses
- The #1 course that most impacted Paul’s career
- Paul’s strategies for constantly improving himself
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RESOURCES
- ArcX: https://arcx.fit/
- Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-blair-dso-6446a315/
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