Blake Murray - Perseverance, Self-Sustainability, and Asking for What You Want (Even if it's just a Gyoza!)

How can perseverance and self-sustainability help overcome the
biggest obstacles in a business? It is what Blake Murray, Founder
& CEO at Divvy, shared with us on this week's episode.


Blake talked about how he bounced around different career
opportunities before ultimately cutting his teeth in the tech
community and eventually launching his own company, Divvy, one of
the fastest-growing financial technology companies in the
country.


He let us in on Divvy's early beginnings, what exactly led the
company to where it is today, and its future once the acquisition
is complete.


Finally, Blake touched on perseverance when faced with a setback
in your business and the importance of self-sustainability during
difficult times. Listen and learn how these traits kept Divvy
from survivability to thriving, where they became one of the
fastest-growing companies in the entire United States through the
pandemic.
Episode Quotes:

On going through different career paths:


"When you sit down with people that have figured out how to build
successful careers, the meandering path is by and large what you
encounter. It's very rare that it's linear, that it's what you
expected it to be. It's more of, how do I find opportunities,
learn what I don't like, and then learn what I'm good at, and
build from there and grow from there?"


How to have an impact on what you choose to do:


"I am a firm believer that if you're going to have an impact on
everything, you have to throw yourself, dedicating time, energy,
capital. It doesn't even have to be a material amount of
capital."


On having self-confidence when faced with
problems:


"I've had almost an irrational belief in myself or confidence
that I can solve problems, like come hell or high water. When
confronted with a problem, I'm going to find a way to figure it
out no matter what."


His take on perseverance:


"So, perseverance means, to me, again, no one is coming; it's up
to us, looking inward, having incredible confidence that you have
the talents, the faculties, and the skills, to solve whatever
you're up against, and just continuing to work and continuing to
grind. And knowing that good fruits will come from that. It may
not be the outcome that you expected, but good fruits will come
from that."


On taking control of your future:


"I found that if you ask for what you need and what you want, you
will be blown away at what people are willing to give you. And if
you don't ask for it, you cannot be surprised when it's not given
to you." 
Show Links:

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Divvy

On the acquisition