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Resilience

You know what it really takes to build your business? It’s resilience. I want to introduce you to the most resilient entrepreneur I know: Swarnav Pujari.  You might recall I interviewed him a couple of years ago back in Episode 026 when he was just considering dropping out of college. I’m bringing him back because he can teach you why the art of resilience is so critical for sustaining your motivation. He’s also going to share lessons on how to build resilience to build your business. He was rejected hundreds of times when he sought funding for his renewable energy startup TouchLight.  He creates floor tiles that generate and capture energy as people walk on them. In fact, he’s installed them at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:  What he’s learned from competing in 50+ different startup competitions,  as well as getting rejected by 700+ investors. Why social capital comes before financial capital. How an innovation for creating his kinetic tiles lead to the creation of a new 3D printing business. How to think about networking as a value exchange and value alignment.  Advice for how to have the tough conversations with your loved ones when you’re ready to take total ownership of your life.  Life Skills That Matter In This Episode  Tell your story Embrace discomfort Build resilience to build your business Align your habits  Inspirational Quotes “Everything is network and who you know, right?  But unless you have the first touchpoint, you don’t have a network.” “If you’re not willing to sacrifice a lot for what you’re doing on a day to day basis, then you’re not willing to take the hurdles that come with it.” “I’ve definitely made good progress and progress is success.” Resources + Bonus Materials New Lab Ocean Exchange – BIG Pitch ATL Thinks! Next Gen Summit Ameren LSTM Accelerator Plug and Play Real Estate Accelerator Related Episodes Renewable Energy Startup Entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari (026) The Art Of Career Resilience With Lori Bitter (048) Connect With Swarnav Website LinkedIn Twitter Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?   Subscribe Review Feedback  The post Build Resilience To Build Your Business With Swarnav Pujari (282) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

<a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Swarnav-Pujari.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>You know what it really takes to build your business? It’s resilience. I want to introduce you to the most resilient entrepreneur I know: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/swarnavspujari/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Swarnav Pujari</a>.  You might recall I interviewed him a couple of years ago back in <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/renewable-energy-startup-swarnav-pujari/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 026</a> when he was just considering dropping out of college. I’m bringing him back because he can teach you why the art of resilience is so critical for sustaining your motivation. He’s also going to share lessons on how to build resilience to build your business. He was rejected hundreds of times when he sought funding for his renewable energy startup <a href="https://tli.technology/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">TouchLight</a>.  He creates floor tiles that generate and capture energy as people walk on them. In fact, he’s installed them at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Lot of great lessons in our conversation including: <ol> <li>What he’s learned from competing in 50+ different startup competitions,  as well as getting rejected by 700+ investors.</li> <li>Why social capital comes before financial capital.</li> <li>How an innovation for creating his kinetic tiles lead to the creation of a new 3D printing business.</li> <li>How to think about networking as a value exchange and value alignment.</li> <li> Advice for how to have the tough conversations with your loved ones when you’re ready to take total ownership of your life.</li> </ol> <h3>Life Skills That Matter In This Episode</h3> <ul> <li>Tell your story</li> <li>Embrace discomfort</li> <li>Build resilience to build your business</li> <li>Align your habits</li> </ul> <h3>Inspirational Quotes</h3> “Everything is network and who you know, right?  But unless you have the first touchpoint, you don’t have a network.” “If you’re not willing to sacrifice a lot for what you’re doing on a day to day basis, then you’re not willing to take the hurdles that come with it.” “I’ve definitely made good progress and progress is success.” <h3>Resources + Bonus Materials</h3> <a href="https://newlab.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New Lab</a> <a href="https://www.oceanexchange.org/big-pitch-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ocean Exchange – BIG Pitch</a> <a href="http://atlthinks.amplify4good.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ATL Thinks!</a> <a href="https://nextgenhq.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Next Gen Summit</a> <a href="https://www.ameren.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ameren</a> <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/accelerator/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LSTM Accelerator</a> <a href="https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/real-estate-tech/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Plug and Play Real Estate Accelerator</a> <h3>Related Episodes</h3> <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/renewable-energy-startup-swarnav-pujari/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Renewable Energy Startup Entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari (026)</a> <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/career-resilience-lori-bitter/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Art Of Career Resilience With Lori Bitter (048)</a> <h3>Connect With Swarnav</h3> <a href="https://tli.technology/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/swarnavspujari/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/swarnavspujari" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <h1>Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-skills-that-matter-find/id1180432038" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Review</a></li> <li><a href=" https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feedback</a></li> </ul> The post <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/build-resilience-swarnav-pujari/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Build Resilience To Build Your Business With Swarnav Pujari (282)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life Skills That Matter</a>.

Build Resilience To Build Your Business With Swarnav Pujari (282)

Swarnav is the CEO of TouchLight a power generation solutions company for commercial spaces. He is also a regional board member for the CleanTech Open Midwest. He brings experience in Materials Engineering and extensive knowledge of commercializing new technologies in the Clean Tech and software space. Loved chatting with Swarnav...not only does the guy have a unique name, he also has a unique solution to producing electricity. We talk about:  Elon Musk and robots taking over the world Zombies Counting cards and why you shouldn't play poker or BS with Swarnav! What future tech can we look forward to? Innovative solutions to generating electricity and how Swarnav came up with the idea for his company Taking entire airports off the power grid Recommended books Tons more!  Resources  TouchLight - Swarnav's company  Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore The Lean Startup by Eric Ries  The Customer Service Revolution by John R. Dijulius III  THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation!   Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed. Follow @kylongienger on Instagram! 

Swarnav is the CEO of TouchLight a power generation solutions company for commercial spaces. He is also a regional board member for the CleanTech Open Midwest. He brings experience in Materials Engineering and extensive knowledge of commercializing new technologies in the Clean Tech and software space. Loved chatting with Swarnav...not only does the guy have a unique name, he also has a unique solution to producing electricity. We talk about: <ul> <li>Elon Musk and robots taking over the world</li> <li>Zombies</li> <li>Counting cards and why you shouldn't play poker or BS with Swarnav!</li> <li>What future tech can we look forward to?</li> <li>Innovative solutions to generating electricity and how Swarnav came up with the idea for his company</li> <li>Taking entire airports off the power grid</li> <li>Recommended books</li> <li>Tons more!</li> </ul> Resources <ul> <li><a href="http://tli.technology/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TouchLight</a> - Swarnav's company</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-High-Tech-Mainstream/dp/0060517123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Crossing the Chasm</a> by Geoffrey Moore</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=the+lean+startup&amp;sprefix=the+lean+%2Cstripbooks%2C257&amp;crid=2M1S9MGPZAH3D" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Lean Startup</a> by Eric Ries</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_23?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=the+customer+service+revolution&amp;sprefix=The+customer+service+re%2Cstripbooks%2C256&amp;crid=376R3YR4RD63N" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Customer Service Revolution</a> by John R. Dijulius III</li> </ul> THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/successful-dropout/id1128905590?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reviews for the podcast on iTunes </a>are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/successful-dropout/id1128905590?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Subscribe </a>to the Successful Dropout Podcast.</li> <li>Enter your email on the top right of this page for regular emails from Kylon Gienger on how to drop out, grind, and succeed.</li> <li>Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kylongienger/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kylongienger on Instagram!</a></li> </ul>

75: Generate electricity by walking and save money with entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari 

This story provides both inspiration ad practical advice for dealing with self-doubt and doubters, those people who will always question your ideas. Our guest, renewable energy startup entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari, is the founder of Touch Light Innovations and the inventor of Energy Tile, previously known as PowerPad. He has the vision to create a renewable energy source located in urban environments one step at a time. It's a huge idea and you can bet the bigger the idea the more doubters there are! Currently, he's a sophomore at the University of Illinois studying engineering. He’s also busy running around the country promoting his technology by winning contests and competitions of all kinds, which is helping to fund his business.   Here are a few of the lessons we'll touch on our conversation:  The importance of asking for help. You'll see how asking for help at every step of the way helped make Swarnav's vision grow.  How to deal with doubt and doubters. Discover, why he believes doubt, can be useful. Embracing and managing change.  Life Skills That Matter In This Episode  Building a supportive community. Self-directed learning. Experimentation.  How Swarnav Works and Thinks  Wake up time: Depends how late he stays up, but he likes getting up early because it’s quiet. Superpower: Resilience. Ideal work environment: He’ll find a way to work anywhere as long as he has access to the web. Core work habits: Networking, scheduling and organization. Self-reflection practice: Writes poetry and talks to his advisors. Book recommendation: Lean Startup and Crossing the Chasm. Wants to meet: Elon Musk or Bill Gates. Favorite productivity tool: OneNote and Google Calendar. Unproductive habit:  Stretching himself too thin by trying to balance both college and managing a startup. 90-day goal: Finishing up his market prototype development, so he can start accepting pre-orders.  Inspirational Quotes “Networking is so valuable in the early stages (of starting a business).” “When you leave this earth, you will be remembered for something.” “You have to cancel out the white noise and move ahead with what you know is true.” “The reason anything in this world works is because of change.” “Self-improvement never stops.” Coaching Advice Have an idea for your business, but don’t know how to start testing it?Swarnav offers these suggestions: 1) Embrace your self-doubt because it helps you vet your idea and challenge your assumptions. 2) Simply write down your idea and get it out of your head! 3) Meet with people to discuss your idea and get their feedback. Resources + Bonus Materials Giant List of Startup Competitions 4 Ways to Dominate a Pitch Competition Connect With Swarnav Website LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Email Special Offers Swarnav is now taking orders for PowerPad!  Email at demos@tli.technology for a free demo and let him know you heard him on the Life Skills That Matter podcast for a special discount! Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?   Subscribe Review Feedback  The post Renewable Energy Startup Entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari (026) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

<a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/026SwarnavPujari1.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>This story provides both inspiration ad practical advice for dealing with self-doubt and doubters, those people who will always question your ideas. Our guest, renewable energy startup entrepreneur <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/swarnav-pujari-34b953ba" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Swarnav Pujari</a>, is the founder of <a href="http://tli.technology/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Touch Light Innovations</a> and the inventor of <a href="https://touchlight.co/kinetic-tile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Energy Tile, previously known as PowerPad</a>. He has the vision to create a renewable energy source located in urban environments one step at a time. It's a huge idea and you can bet the bigger the idea the more doubters there are! Currently, he's a sophomore at the University of Illinois studying engineering. He’s also busy running around the country promoting his technology by winning contests and competitions of all kinds, which is helping to fund his business.   Here are a few of the lessons we'll touch on our conversation: <ul> <li>The importance of asking for help. You'll see how asking for help at every step of the way helped make Swarnav's vision grow. </li> <li>How to deal with doubt and doubters. Discover, why he believes doubt, can be useful.</li> <li>Embracing and managing change.</li> </ul> <h3>Life Skills That Matter In This Episode</h3> <ul> <li>Building a supportive community.</li> <li>Self-directed learning.</li> <li>Experimentation.</li> </ul> <h3>How Swarnav Works and Thinks</h3> <ul> <li>Wake up time: Depends how late he stays up, but he likes getting up early because it’s quiet.</li> <li>Superpower: Resilience.</li> <li>Ideal work environment: He’ll find a way to work anywhere as long as he has access to the web.</li> <li>Core work habits: Networking, scheduling and organization.</li> <li>Self-reflection practice: Writes poetry and talks to his advisors.</li> <li>Book recommendation: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481988715&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lean+startup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lean Startup</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-3rd-Disruptive-Mainstream/dp/0062292986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481988746&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Crossing+the+Chasm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crossing the Chasm</a>.</li> <li>Wants to meet: Elon Musk or Bill Gates.</li> <li>Favorite productivity tool: <a href="https://www.onenote.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OneNote</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a>.</li> <li>Unproductive habit:  Stretching himself too thin by trying to balance both college and managing a startup.</li> <li>90-day goal: Finishing up his market prototype development, so he can start accepting pre-orders.</li> </ul> <h3>Inspirational Quotes</h3> “Networking is so valuable in the early stages (of starting a business).” “When you leave this earth, you will be remembered for something.” “You have to cancel out the white noise and move ahead with what you know is true.” “The reason anything in this world works is because of change.” “Self-improvement never stops.” <h3>Coaching Advice</h3> Have an idea for your business, but don’t know how to start testing it?Swarnav offers these suggestions: 1) Embrace your self-doubt because it helps you vet your idea and challenge your assumptions. 2) Simply write down your idea and get it out of your head! 3) Meet with people to discuss your idea and get their feedback. <h3>Resources + Bonus Materials</h3> <a href="http://grasshopper.com/blog/startup-competition-guide/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Giant List of Startup Competitions</a> <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/231398" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">4 Ways to Dominate a Pitch Competition</a> <h3>Connect With Swarnav</h3> <a href="http://tli.technology" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/touch-light-innovations" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Touch_Light_Inc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TouchLightInnovations/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="mailto: swarnav.pujari@tli.technology" rel="noopener noreferrer">Email</a> <h3>Special Offers</h3> Swarnav is now taking orders for PowerPad!  Email at <a href="mailto: demos@tli.technology">demos@tli.technology</a> for a free demo and let him know you heard him on the Life Skills That Matter podcast for a special discount! <h1>Thanks for listening! Enjoy this episode?</h1> <ul> <li><a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/subscribe-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/life-skills-that-matter-find/id1180432038" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Review</a></li> <li><a href=" https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Feedback</a></li> </ul> The post <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/renewable-energy-startup-swarnav-pujari/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Renewable Energy Startup Entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari (026)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life Skills That Matter</a>.

Renewable Energy Startup Entrepreneur Swarnav Pujari (026)