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Written on March 18, 2010 by admin
Murray State Wins!
Let’s go Racers! The triumphant chant capped Rob Nicholson’s speech at the Murray State tour stop. In many ways this Extreme Tour experience resembled the Murray State Racers Basketball team, scrappy, resilient, and determined. Their improbable NCAA birth the day before inspired a whole county. Predictably, a combination of small town charm, pride, and big aspirations filled the room. Curious attendees picked the brain of speaker Rob who marveled them with his own resiliency- he got kicked out of his house at 18 years old, worked for $2.13 and hour and had to figure out someway to buy a home and start a business with little money. For one day at least, Rob was a “Racer”
Other “Racers” in attendance were the President of Murray State University as well as Dean Tim Todd. He gave an awesome introduction to the event. Business professor Steve Dublin chimed in from time to time as well. He pointed the students towards a host of great resources the campus offered to entrepreneurs.
Other keynote speaker, Dustin Hillis, seized the day in his own way. He not only shared his own story but also a powerful four-step formula for achieving success. Students were impressed by his ability to start from not knowing anything about business to becoming the number one ranked sales professional in the Southwestern Company.
Interesting fact of the day: Murray Kentucky is one hour away from Metropolis, the birthplace of Superman. After leaving this event, you got the sense that the real superheroes were the underestimated attendees who left encouraged and ready to change the world! Let’s go Racers!!
Great quotes from the tour:
Dustin Hillis:
“If you do what everyone else does, you will get average results”
Juan:
I need this event. My mom and I came over from Cuba when I was a child and we were doing a translation business that showed promise. We ended up quitting because we got discouraged by the debt that we piled up. This was the encouragement I needed to get back on my feet.
