Craig Brown - Entrepreneur

• Bray International - Make a bunch of shit. Like Honeywell. VALVES
• They are in a bunch of places all over the world.
• Enterpenure - Individual that falls off a cliff over 100 times and always wakes up to find out they are still alive.

• Risk taker, passionate, self confidence, leadership, financially capable.
• Willing to lose all, risk it. 
• Recognized risk of personal embarassment.

• the customer pays your paycheck. 
• If you do not satisfy your custmoers satisfactions -> no customers - >no business
• This guy is obviously reading straight from a script, and talking aobut very, VERY generic business topics that you pick up from any basic economics class.

• Chinese dinner, big round tables. Low cost in china, didnt work out.
• Asians know American's  are impatient. They will wait us out.
• Manufacture automated butterfly valves
• Aggie 100 company 3 times
• Entrepreneur has these characteristics
• Risk taker – calculated
• Dreamer
• Passionate and energetic
• Determined
• Self-confidence
•  Financially capable – having business sense
•  Leader
• What a successful business man learns

• Recognize the customer pays your pay check
• People are your greatest aspect of your company
• 25 years ago there was no “made in china”
• If you ever go to Asia to close an order, final negotiation will always begin the last 5 hours before you leave
• First 5 minutes are crucial for first impressions (95%)
• First impression is the hardest to change of another individual
• People do business with those they trust and feel comfortable with
• Show interest in who people are…it is free and you will gain the most