{"id":69858,"date":"2021-01-06T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=69858"},"modified":"2021-01-06T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:30:19","slug":"larry-oconnor-entrepreneurship-innovations-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/69858-larry-oconnor-entrepreneurship-innovations-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry O&#8217;Connor \u2013 Entrepreneurship, Innovations &#038; Building Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em><\/em><em>\u201cHire people that are smarter than you. Hire people that you can trust. Hire people that challenge you. Hire people that will put up with you. To get the right people, you have got to get people that buy into your vision.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite><strong>Larry O&#8217;Connor<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/lgc\/larry-oconnor-on-entrepreneurship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Larry O'Connor on OWC's Leaders &amp; Game Changers podcast\" class=\"wp-image-69861\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-scaled.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-284x284.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-120x120@2x.jpg 240w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/OWC-L-and-GC-Larry-OConnor-284x284@2x.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Setorii as she dives in with Larry to discuss the early days when the company was a barn startup, key decisions, hard times, obstacles, lessons learned, what drove his determined entrepreneurship to help develop the landscape of Mac upgrades and grow <a href=\"http:\/\/owc.com\">OWC<\/a> into the global brand that it is today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-listen-to-this-episode-now-on-owc-s-leaders-game-changers\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/lgc\/larry-oconnor-on-entrepreneurship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>>> Listen to this episode now on OWC&#8217;s Leaders &amp; Game Changers &lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHire people that are smarter than you. 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