365: Topic | From Zero to Hero with Calvin Wayman, Annette Raynor, Edwin

Calvin Wayman, author of Fish Out of Water, Annette Raynor, co-founder of Wealth Engineering LLC, and Edwin Arroyave, CEO of Skyline Security Management Incorporated, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on “connecting with legends.”

 

Episode Highlights: 

 

  • Calvin Wayman
  •  Masterminds have been the fastest shortcut to his success in business and networking. 

  • Annette Raynor
  • Annette started her career in 1983 with Xerox Corporation in emerging technologies.
  • As a female in the technology field in 1983, she was in a male dominated field.
  • She worked with the Palo Alto research center of Xerox to help the scientists there bring the technologies they were creating to the salesforce.
  • This experience was invaluable in applying technology.
  • She supported fortune 50 companies in solving their largest technology problems.
  • The adoption of technology in the financial sector was practically non-existent.
  • Applying the power of technology to the financial sector to support the common individual is totally overlooked.
  • Her career was filled with great success and great loss that led her to her passion.
  • She created Wealth Generators to share her experience with other entrepreneurs.

  •  Edwin Arroyave
  • More excited now than when he first started the company in 1999.
  • The first 10 years he wasn’t sold on the security sales industry, he did it because the money was great.
  • Early on they started doing 200-250 accounts a month, he trained one guy at a time.
  • He started investing back into the organization and brought in a CFO.
  • He then went from six office employees to 50.
  • He then left the field and focused on the operations.
  • Made less money for a few years.
  • Then they started growing.
  • Even though he took himself out of the field, he’s still very involved with the sales guys.
  • He’s an accessible owner and likes to be well-informed.
  • His investment in his company forced him to be committed to the organization.
  • Keep yourself accountable by forcing yourself to take action on a bigger level.

 

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “Mastermind relationships compound and benefit you year over year.”- Calvin Wayman
  • “The most important things in life are really not associated with the actual money. It’s a resource. It’s the satisfaction and application of the resource toward things that create a better environment for people.” – Annette Raynor
  • “Results give you the confidence.” – Edwin Arroyave

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