Jim Estill
From Engineering Student to President and CEO of Multiple Companies – How to Fail: Often, Fast, and Cheap
He didn’t get lucky. He isn’t an investment psychic. And he doesn’t possess any fancy or magical ability to predict which businesses are going to take off, and which won’t.
He tries things. He jumps at opportunities and he FAILS.
Over and over, he’s failed.
He fails, and he’s learned how to fall in loves with failing.
And with each missed opportunity though, he’s perfected his formula for failure – fail often, fail fast, fail cheap.
Jim Estill has had his hand in the business world, crushing it as an entrepreneur, for as long as most people in the business world can remember. Jim is an engineer, a philanthropist, the president and CEO of not one but TWO companies currently, a humanitarian, an author, a creator, an innovator and he’s showing no signs of slowing down.
In fact, this new idea of the ‘mature entrepreneur’ is something that Jim and Alan touch on in the second half of this episode.
Alan and Jim cover so much ground in this informative episode. From working dinners with Steve Jobs, sitting on the RIM/BlackBerry board and helping them go public, to tangible and helpful business tips that will hit home for any business owner, no matter what stage of the journey you’re in, this episode is sure to leave you inspired and satisfied.
Jim shares insights into how he’s always been able to niche, no matter what industry he’s working in. He explains exactly where ShipperBee came from - ‘The Power of While’ – what can you do WHILE you’re doing something else. And his tried and true recipe on how to fail – Fail often, fail fast, and fail cheap.
About Our Guest
Jim Estill, is a Canadian technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist. He is President and CEO of Danby Products and ShipperBee, and has invested in 150 start-up companies. In recognition of his philanthropic efforts, Jim received the Order of Ontario in June 2017 and was named to the Order of Canada in July 2018. He also received an Everyday Heroes Award from the Global Hope Coalition in 2017.