Summary: <p>Parveen Dhupar is a seasoned brand strategist, visionary, designer, serial entrepreneur, connector, public speaker, author, coach, mentor and founder of BTI Brand Innovations Inc. BTI, is a boutique creative agency offering fully integrated creative and marketing services to H2H (Human2Human) client partners. He is also a chapter president of EO Entrepreneurs’ Organization which is a global non-profit organization with over 14,000 members and whose stated mission is to "Engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow." </p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode Parveen shares his entrepreneurial insights from over 20 years of experience in the creative industry. His guiding personal mantra: “Lovin’ it, Livin’ it,” is how he chooses to wake up and live every day of his life. Parveen started his entrepreneurial journey, with a $20,000 apple computer investment at a very young age. That investment launched his creative career including the growth of his own agency in his early 20’s. In 1999, at the age of 31, he came to an epiphany that he did not want to be that entrepreneur that wasn’t involved in their child’s life, as he was putting all his time and effort into his business. Parveen sold his shares in his agency and experienced what many would define as success at a very young age. He decided to focus his effort on a more balanced all around success with his family, and give back to the world.</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are the key DNA elements that have helped him achieve balance in his life and success in his work:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Being around a like minded tribal network of individuals is critical to reinventing yourself and to continuously gain the edge while you are on the entrepreneurial journey.</li> <li>Consistently have a thirst for never ending learning. </li> <li>Feel young, energetic, and vibrant to perform at your highest level. </li> <li>Never fall into the complacency trap. </li> <li>After being guided and mentored by many, Parveen now wants to be that leader that serves and helps others. </li> <li>He coaches his children to follow their passion but whatever it is, create it into a business model! </li> <li>Now is the best opportunity to be an entrepreneur because you can fail and nobody will judge or be opinionated. Also now is a great time to hire the best people for your company and experiment on new roles.</li> <li>Throw away the “selling” mindset, but make conversations and connections with your customer/client/members. </li> <li>Understand the phases you go through as an entrepreneur.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
