Survival First. How To Use Risk-taking As Fuel To Reach Success with Alexander Concepcion

03/19/24 • 55 min

How much are your fears of taking risks impacting the growth of your business? When you look closer at them, how big are those risks anyway?

Today, I'm very excited to welcome Alexander Concepcion. Alexander is the Founder and Owner of Taco Street Locating, the Author of "Survival First: The Rebel Entrepreneur's Guide to Risk, Riches, and Immortality," and a bold, sharp, and creative entrepreneur who found a way to reframe risk-taking in entrepreneurship, making those risks serve him instead of being held hostage by them.

Despite getting degrees in Finance and Economics, Alexander saw himself living at his parents' home, broke and without the bright future he thought those diplomas would bring. However, his entrepreneurial spirit screamed louder; he moved to Austin, Texas, and started from scratch.

He became a "post-grad dropout." His business grew aggressively fast, thriving even more during the pandemic, which changed his perspectives on entrepreneurship, survival, risks, and opportunities.

Tune in to the fifty-second episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll hear about Alexander's fantastic journey into entrepreneurship and his extraordinary capacity to reframe and resignify the words, fears, and concerns every entrepreneur has. Alexander also shares his thoughts on minimizing risks and avoiding burnout, why he states that competition is not a real thing in business, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A bit about Alexander's background and how he became an entrepreneur (2:30)
Lessons learned about survival from when the world stopped ( 7:30)
How the ideas for "Survival First" were born (11:00)
How to reframe risks through purpose (17:50)
Alexander's Risk Formula (21:10)
Good frames, better decisions, better businesses (30:00)
Mitigating risks by simplifying your business (34:10)
We can be human in ways Amazon and Google can't (39:20)

Connect with Alexander Concepcion:

Visit his Website, Taco Street Locating
Get a copy of his book, Survival First: The Rebel Entrepreneur's Guide to Risk, Riches, and Immortality

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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How much are your fears of taking risks impacting the growth of your business? When you look closer at them, how big are those risks anyway?

He became a "post-grad dropout." His business grew aggressively fast, thriving even more during the pandemic, which changed his perspectives on entrepreneurship, survival, risks, and opportunities.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A bit about Alexander's background and how he became an entrepreneur (2:30)
Lessons learned about survival from when the world stopped ( 7:30)
How the ideas for "Survival First" were born (11:00)
How to reframe risks through purpose (17:50)
Alexander's Risk Formula (21:10)
Good frames, better decisions, better businesses (30:00)
Mitigating risks by simplifying your business (34:10)
We can be human in ways Amazon and Google can't (39:20)

Connect with Alexander Concepcion:

Visit his Website, Taco Street Locating
Get a copy of his book, Survival First: The Rebel Entrepreneur's Guide to Risk, Riches, and Immortality

Resources:

Let's Connect!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Future Is Nearer Than We Think. A Conversation About AI and Cybersecurity with Peter Schroeder

Is your social impact business ready for the world that's coming?

Today, I'm thrilled to be joined by Peter Schroeder. Peter is an award-winning DJ, Entrepreneur, and Founder on a mission to make people's lives easier by developing unmatched technology and products. He is the Founder of Telzio, a unified communications company, an artist at heart, and a pioneer in innovation.

Born in Denmark, Peter got his first computer when he was six, and instead of playing video games, he spent his time trying to figure out how those games worked. At 12, he was a radio and TV reporter, and two years later, he founded and sold the first and largest Scandinavian social media platform for artists.

Tune in and listen to the fifty-first episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You will hear Peter's thoughts on AI and cybersecurity, how to incorporate AI into your social impact business, and the best ways to avoid getting hacked. Peter also shares the lessons that marked him as a multipreneur, the things he'd do differently, future plans, and much more.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

A glimpse at Peter's childhood and upbringing (3:10)
Will businesses that don't incorporate AI be left behind? (7:00)
How to incorporate AI into your social impact business (10:10)
Why cybersecurity is so critical and how to take care of it (14:20)
Peter's do's and don'ts of starting a company (20:40)
Two traits every entrepreneur should have, according to Peter (24:00)

Connect with Peter Schroeder

Resources:

Let's Connect!

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How far are creating value and providing products and services while putting people and the planet first from being considered the only way of doing business?

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After spending over twenty years in Asia, witnessing Sri Lanka's civil war directly, and relating with people from all walks of life, Amanda developed an unparalleled mix of connections, which undoubtedly influenced and expanded her talent for social entrepreneurship.

Tune in and listen to the fifty-third episode of Avant-garde Entrepreneur. You'll hear about Amanda's journey and lessons learned living in Sri Lanka during the civil war, the birth of Good Market, and everything she learned about self-sustaining models in Asia. Amanda also shares tips and advice on preventing burnout, staying focused and motivated in social entrepreneurship, what being a social entrepreneur means to her, and much more.

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