Ricardo Perez Military Veteran, Entrepreneur and Aspiring Author
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09/27/20 • 170 min
Jason’s email: [email protected]
@cavnessHR across social media
@jasoncavnessHR across social media
We talk about the following
His fascination with plants.
Doing things that don’t scale.
OMX Analytics
Being comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Ricardo’s Bio
Ricardo grew up in a small town called Freer in South Texas, practically raised himself, barely graduated high school in 2004, and ultimately joined the Army in 2006. He served as an infantryman in a brand-
new unit on Fort Lewis here in Washington, the Brigade 2nd Infantry Division, and was one of the first privates in the brigade. The unit deployed in 2009 as the first Stryker brigade to Afghanistan, and upon return, the unit deactivated.
Ricardo voluntarily withdrew from a medical discharge and ETS’d in October 2010. Using his GI Bill benefits, Ricardo graduated from Texas A&M University Kingsville in 2016 with his degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry and moved back here to Washington State not long after graduating. From there, things in his life took a twist, and now, he’s a recent graduate of The University of Washington’s Master of Science in Entrepreneurship program offered by Foster Business
School.
Ricardo’s Social Media
Ricardo’s Twitter: @therealchemja
Ricardo’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002919020741
Ricardo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rperez36/
Ricardo’s Advice
One more thing with the entrepreneurship part that you were asking about, I say it's really important to be fearless. Number one, you have to get uncomfortable. That was one thing that army taught me. The army makes you uncomfortable in many different ways and you grow as a result of it. You grow as a person, you grow as a soldier. You grow as a leader, get uncomfortable. It's going to help you grow and get to school.
Whether you can afford to pay for classes and actually get a degree. If you can’t, there are a billion YouTube videos from Ivy League schools about business and everything you could ever want to learn. I highly recommend when Coronavirus is all over, go to your actual local universities and go to their business departments and just start talking to people.
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Jason’s email: [email protected]
@cavnessHR across social media
@jasoncavnessHR across social media
We talk about the following
His fascination with plants.
Doing things that don’t scale.
OMX Analytics
Being comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Ricardo’s Bio
Ricardo grew up in a small town called Freer in South Texas, practically raised himself, barely graduated high school in 2004, and ultimately joined the Army in 2006. He served as an infantryman in a brand-
new unit on Fort Lewis here in Washington, the Brigade 2nd Infantry Division, and was one of the first privates in the brigade. The unit deployed in 2009 as the first Stryker brigade to Afghanistan, and upon return, the unit deactivated.
Ricardo voluntarily withdrew from a medical discharge and ETS’d in October 2010. Using his GI Bill benefits, Ricardo graduated from Texas A&M University Kingsville in 2016 with his degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry and moved back here to Washington State not long after graduating. From there, things in his life took a twist, and now, he’s a recent graduate of The University of Washington’s Master of Science in Entrepreneurship program offered by Foster Business
School.
Ricardo’s Social Media
Ricardo’s Twitter: @therealchemja
Ricardo’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002919020741
Ricardo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rperez36/
Ricardo’s Advice
One more thing with the entrepreneurship part that you were asking about, I say it's really important to be fearless. Number one, you have to get uncomfortable. That was one thing that army taught me. The army makes you uncomfortable in many different ways and you grow as a result of it. You grow as a person, you grow as a soldier. You grow as a leader, get uncomfortable. It's going to help you grow and get to school.
Whether you can afford to pay for classes and actually get a degree. If you can’t, there are a billion YouTube videos from Ivy League schools about business and everything you could ever want to learn. I highly recommend when Coronavirus is all over, go to your actual local universities and go to their business departments and just start talking to people.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Previous Episode
How David Meltzer Joined the CavnessHR Advisory Board
How to Network with Successful and Busy Founders: the story of David Meltzer joining the CavnessHR Advisory Board
cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com
Jason’s email: [email protected]
@cavnessHR across social media
@jasoncavnessHR across social media
On this short episode of The Jason Cavness I talk about how we convinced David Meltzer to join the CavnessHR Board of Advisors. I go over my plan for this and replay my pitch to David during his 2-minute pitch competition.
Below is our blog post that talks about how we accomplished this.
How We Convinced David Meltzer to Join the CavnessHR Board of Advisors
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Reeece Daniel Co-Founder/CRO of SomEV an Electric Micro-Mobility Company
On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Reece Daniel - Co-Founder/CTO of SomEV; an electric micro mobility company on a mission to bring EVs to the people. cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com
Jason’s email: [email protected]
@cavnessHR across social media
@jasoncavnessHR across social media
We talk about the following
The journey of going from a military helicopter pilot to a degree in Physics.
Microbility.
Taking care of yourself as an entrepreneur.
His company SomEV.
Reece’s Bio
Reece Daniel is the Co-Founder and CTO of SomEV; an electric micromobility company on a mission to bring EVs to the people. Prior to founding SomEV, Reece spent 12 years as a battery research engineer, working in some of the most renowned battery labs in academia and industry. Through SomEV’s battery subscription service, Reece has leveraged his battery testing experience to provide customers with a completely worry-free battery experience. In addition to SomEV, Reece also works with battery and battery technology companies to help them improve their testing and development capabilities through his consulting practice, Daniel Consulting Group, LLC. He is a former helicopter mechanic/door-gunner in the United States Marine Corps where he did two tours in Iraq and cut his teeth as a grade-A wrench-turner. Reece holds a B.S. in Physics from The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Reece’s Social Media
Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somerville_ev/
Company Website: https://www.som-ev.com/
Company Website: https://www.facebook.com/somerville.ev
Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/somerville_ev
Reece’s Gift
We're doing a promotion now. We're doing 20% off. Normally our scooters are $700. But now we're selling for $550 and we only have a limited quantity of these. Got to our website and follow the links
Reece’s Advice
I would say if you want an electric vehicle. If you want to go electric. Tesla is not the only game in town. I think you'd be surprised at how much you can get done with a vehicle that does not have four wheels.
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