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:
  • jimk@triadcomponentsgroup.com
• 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

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