S1. Ep. 38: Being Fearless in Business (With John Durig)

John Durig is the founder of North American Construction Technologies. John was a founding partner of General Polymers and grew it to 25 million before it was acquired by Sherwin Williams. As an entrepreneur, he made smart choices and focused on recession-proof businesses. He believes the growth he experienced was a result of the technical drive through researching and developing the market needs. He doesn’t spend time worrying about other businesses or his competition and focuses on his own execution instead, and encourages other to do the same.  One of the things he looks for in people he wants to work with are people who are risk-takers and aren’t afraid to make mistakes. All of his biggest life lessons he’s learned are through past failures. He embraces his curiosity and fearlessness and that’s taken him very far as an entrepreneur. John started up InnoVision Consulting in 2014, and loves that he can spread his knowledge and give back to the industry. The focus in on bringing together technical innovation with global market opportunities in coatings, adhesives, and construction chemicals.  Listen to this week’s episode of Specified to hear more about John’s journey! Please reach out if you have any feedback or questions. Enjoy!  Twitter: @TatsuyaNakagawa Instagram: @tats_talks LinkedIn: Tatsuya Nakagawa  YouTube: Tats Talks www.tatstalk.com www.castagra.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices