Omar Otero is an Entrepreneur & Founder of Jeditronix. He is also the Co-Founder of GoPangaea and Otero Arts Foundation. He is an Author, Business Speaker, Operations Excellence Leader, eCommerce Guru, MBA, Mentor, and a Community Volunteer, with past experiences at Cisco Systems.

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• Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
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• Moore’s Law – An engineering principle that Omar Loves
• Otero Arts Foundation – Omar’s art-focused charity
• Bitrix24 – Omar’s Small Business Resource
• OmarOtero.com– Omar’s website (Sorry! This link was active when this episode was first published in 2016. This site is no longer available.)
• Seeing Things Through – Omar’s Best Business Book

3 Key Points:

1. Be both the head of the fox and the head of the lion.
2. In business there is no “Right” or “Wrong”—you just have to try, try, try.
3. Know your KPIs—if you don’t, you’ll miss imminent opportunities and imminent dangers.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [00:51] – John introduces Omarto the show
• [01:18] – Omar shares his story
• [02:40] – Stay connected to your roots, to your family
• [03:23] – JLD and Kate are moving from San Diego to Puerto Rico
• [04:35] – Why John thinks there’s a mass migration heading to Puerto Rico
• [04:55] – How Omar earns revenue
• [07:03] – Worst Entrepreneur Moment — Getting hit with an unbearable amount of doubt, which is different than fear
• [09:15] – Alternative Merchant File
• [11:40] – Problems can snowball out of control so KNOW your KPIs
• [12:15] – Entrepreneur AH-HA Moment
• [16:10] – Moore’s Law
• [17:51] – Omar’s biggest strength is humility
• [21:10] – Otero Arts Foundation
• [22:05] – The Lightning Round
  • What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur?—Not enough belief in my own talent
  • What is the best advice you have ever received?—Would you rather be the head of the fox or the tail of the lion?
  • What is a personal habit that contributes to your success?—Meditation and prayer
  • Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation—Bitrix24
  • One book to have on your bookshelf?—Seeing Things Through
  • Imagine you awoke in a brand new world, identical to Earth, but you knew no one. You still have all your experience and knowledge. What’s the 1^st thing you would do?—Build a website, and give back the rest

• [30:40] – We cannot measure a man by things that we see, but the things he does when no one is watching
• [31:17] – OmarOtero.com (Sorry! This link was active when this episode was first published in 2016. This site is no longer available.)

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