Advice for Veterans Thinking about Entrepreneurship, with Troy Cobb, Marine Corps Veteran and Owner, Cinch IT
Troy Cobb: [00:00:00] I think the biggest piece of that is knowing yourself. Know yourself and know your limitations and what you can handle. When you become an entrepreneur, and you give up on that, I know in the Marine Corps and any service, you’re used to that check on the 1st and the 15th. When you become an entrepreneur, you’re not going to see a check on the 1st and the 15th. In fact, you’re going to see your bank account start going down before it starts going up. And that’s a tough thing to look at-
Mike Blake: [00:00:28] Sure
Troy Cobb: [00:00:28] — and experience, and you got to be ready for that. And you just got to have faith in yourself and faith in the system, whatever the system may be, whether you’re running your own business without a franchise model or if you’re with a franchise model, where what’s nice about it is you’ve got a model and they’ve shown that it works. And so, you just have to stick with the model. What’s tough with being a business owner without a franchise model is you got to trust that you are doing the right thing. And if you have the experience, you know, then it’s not a problem. But it’s great having that franchise model that you know can work, and you just stick to the model, and you start to see it work, and the victories you have as a business owner, just incredible. It’s a much better experience or much more intense experience than when I was a salesperson. I’d get that PO, and I’d feel great. But now that I’m a business owner, and I win that contract or win that PO, it feels even better. I just can’t explain the excitement. And then, there’s also disappointments too. You got to take those. That’s part of the game, right?
Mike Blake: [00:01:35] Sure.
Troy Cobb: [00:01:36] There’s no way you’re not going to have any disappointments as well
Troy Cobb, Owner/Sales Director, Cinch I.T.
Troy Cobb became the owner and sales director for the Cinch I.T. Atlanta office in January 2020.
Troy is a USMC Desert Shield/Storm Veteran with over 20 years of experience in the I.T. industry. Originally from New Jersey. he has lived in Atlanta for over twenty years.
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