{"id":11081,"date":"2019-11-08T10:06:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/from-local-self-startup-to-energy-powerhouse-darin-cook-of-infinite-energy-whoa-gnv-podcast\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:06:32","slug":"from-local-self-startup-to-energy-powerhouse-darin-cook-of-infinite-energy-whoa-gnv-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/from-local-self-startup-to-energy-powerhouse-darin-cook-of-infinite-energy-whoa-gnv-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"From Local Self-Startup To Energy Powerhouse | Darin Cook of Infinite Energy | WHOA GNV Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJAbQ3Fp27A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Darin Cook and Rich Blaser founded Infinite Energy, they were met with a lot of rejection and very little confidence. Now they\u2019ve grown into a multi-million dollar company providing energy to thousands of customers all over the country. <\/p>\n<p>Darin discussed managing the crazy growth and keeping up the company culture with a team of over 300 people. You could almost see the gears turning in Collin\u2019s head, thinking about how he can implement all this great advice when he has his own team of 300. <\/p>\n<p>Check out all the cool things Infinite Energy is doing at https:\/\/www.infiniteenergy.com\/. Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn too!<\/p>\n<p>8:40 Darin Cook tells his story<br \/>\n15:32 How he was able to keep up with Infinite Energy\u2019s exponential growth in its infancy<br \/>\n22:07 What has been the most rewarding moment since Darin started this business?<br \/>\n31:08 How do Rich and Darin run Infinite Energy as co-CEOs?<br \/>\n37:11 Business strategy versus chess strategy<br \/>\n42:31 Why Infinite Energy decided to stay in Gainesville<br \/>\n48:17 Instilling company values in your team member and keeping good company culture<br \/>\n54:51 \u201cIt takes so long to build a really healthy culture but it really doesn&#8217;t take that long for it to fall apart.\u201d -Collin<br \/>\n59:49 Infinite Energy\u2019s constitutional amendment petition<\/p>\n<p>#whoagnvpodcast #whoagnv #infiniteenergy <\/p>\n<p>Our NEW SHOP HAS LAUNCHED! 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