Joining us today on Pass The Secret Sauce is Jim Kalb, the president and founder at Triad Components Group - the parent company of OptiFuse, Switch Components and Vortex Technologies. Triad Components Group (OptiFuse) has been listed on the Inc. 5000 for the last 6 years as well as being named as one of Forbes magazine's "25 Best Small Companies" in 2017. In 2019, TCG became an Employee-Owned company (ESOP). Jim has a passion for helping others to grow themselves and their businesses through mentoring, professional development, and the never-ending curiosity to make people, products, and systems better.  In this episode we discuss: Introduction to the episode  [2:06] Jim’s intriguing childhood background  [3:10] Going to San Diego State to study, getting away from his town and family  [8:05] Working a cool job in an international firm, traveling to different countries  [9:45] How Jim started his first company [13:45] Getting into huge debt; $ 4M down to $ 50K worth of stuff in 2000 [15:25] How many times he crashed and when did he solidified things [16:50] Jim shares the three types of farming analogy and the hunting analogy [17:35] Mentoring entrepreneurs and his advice to people wanting to get into business  [20:35] Doing custom-stuffs that other companies will never do for their customers [25:50] Training people to look for opportunities to be authorized distributors [30:55] Things he overcame overtime of being in the business [35:05] Opening a program of selling his company to his employees [38:55] What are the future endeavors of [43:15] [Job Announcement] How to become part of the Triad Components Group  [44:05] Categories of people they want to engage with  [49:10] Links to sources and tools: Connect with Jim Kalb on LinkedIn If you want to become a part of the TCG or want to get mentorship, inquire at: [email protected] Visit the TCG website and check their services Link to other PTSS episodes: Recalibrating Business Transactions Using Digital Technology With Peter Lehrman Speed Matters in Brand Development with Francisco Serrano Internal Culture, Core Values, Dream Teams and More with Robert Mason Thanks for listening. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/passthesecretsauce to get updates on new episodes. If you haven’t already, please follow and leave a review for our podcast, we’ll really appreciate it. And as always, don’t forget to pass the secret sauce. Support our podcast If you’re a fan of the show, there are three simple things you can do to support our work: Subscribe, rate and review: https://p...

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