All About Grit with Stephen Semmelroth

Our guest, Stephen Semmelroth has been through a lot in his journey as an entrepreneur. But he proved that with the right mindset, anything is possible. You just have to take the steps needed to succeed. Discover the story of one of the most successful cybersecurity professionals, tune in and take notes! Who is Stephen Semmelroth? Stephen is currently the senior director of security at Avant Communications. He has been working hard to make innovations in the cybersecurity technology niche. Stephen also worked as VP at Stratacore and is a US military veteran who worked in the Army’s Cyber Corps department. He was well-disciplined as he was growing and earned his achieved so much in everything he does. Innermost Superpower According to Stephen, his superpower is never giving up. No matter how difficult the task is, Stephen knows he can overcome anything because he believes in himself. Despite setbacks and roadblocks, he managed to continue moving forward to reach his goals. Chapter Stamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Stephen Semmelroth and Cybersecurity 06:22 How Do You Add Value to People 10:00 What's the best persona to have when starting a cybersecurity business 17:10 What are the risks involved in cybersecurity? 20:18 Semmelroth's Advice on starting cybersecurity 25:22 Innermost Superpower 30:46 Final Words from Semmelroth   Pullout Quotes: “Know the podcast that you have and some of the other revenue dreams you're already out there solving problems one hundred percent already out there solving problems…” “One quarter to figure out what it is that you need to message another quarter to start messaging and get a bunch of good reps in and that's all planting seeds and those seeds bear fruit in two to three quarters…” “A company that got breached previously and they don't like they've got scar tissue they don't want more scar tissue so as we look at that scar tissue travels with them…” “Good security practices around code development actually mean less re-work…” “You know in this space I often say it's not necessarily the vendors that are competing against vendors it's really vendors competing against two things one the builder by decision and number two what happens if we do nothing and that's where like those board members change…” “If you're going to make a bet on you, you don't have to make just the bet on you…” “So all of that rollercoaster are in integration and leasing and then the secondary go-to marketing strategy and get knocked down then just having that faith and confidence in yourself and self-trust…” “So anybody out there that happens to be listening to this is thinking about taking the plunge you're going to do it you're gonna make it happen…”   Socials: Website: https://stephensemmelroth.com/ Linkedin:linkedin.com/in/semmelroth Website: https://goavant.net/