JSF44: Interview with ASD's Bob Eskew

JSF44: Interview with ASD’s Bob Eskew

Bob Eskew, CEO of Automated Systems Design (ASD).
ASD is a five-time Inc. 5000 national technology company.
25 year-old, ASD, is a company that provides design, engineering, manufacturing, and project management of Information Transport Systems. All the wired and wireless connections in commercial enterprises. They are the “plumbers of the Internet.”
Bob worked an assembly line worker at General Motors before becoming an entrepreneur.
In 1986 he was asked to build a computer cable and sell it to a friend.
He was inspired to become an entrepreneur after reading The Magic of Thinking Big by Dr. Dennis Schwartz.
Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends and Influence People also influenced him.
“The IRS helped me get into business, and they’ve been trying to get me out ever since.”
He was inspired by his Mom, who gave him two words of advice: “Gumption” and “Initiative”. He later added a third word “Enterprise.”
Tips:
- Entrepreneurs all have a belief in what they are doing. To be successful you have to truly believe in what you are doing.
- Revenue is the risk. The profit is the reward. The closer you can get those numbers the less risk you have.
- You have to be able to take chances and to go with your gut feeling. Learn to listen to your inner self.
Contact Bob Eskew by email: beskew at asd-usa dot com.