#010: Gerald Zingraf (28 yrs) on Building a $2 Million per Year Business as an Engineer

Aug 24, 2017

Gerald Zingraf (@gzingraf) graduated from Virginia Tech in 2011 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In less than 6 years after college graduation, Gerald has founded or co-founded 8 companies, including Date To Door and CubeFit. From one company alone—that is, CubeFit—Gerald makes $2 million per year working only 5 hours per week.

In this episode, Gerald and I discuss his story and:

• How to determine the best career when you enter college wanting to be everything
• The skills necessary for succeeding as an engineer
• The power of persistence
• The diminishing value of a 4.0 GPA and the soaring value of side projects
• How to select “Skills Ready Majors” and avoid being 50% of students who are underemployed
• How to embrace “interestingness”
• How to maximize learning by focusing on your own learning style 

Gerald’s “tweetable” advice: “Be curious.”

Connect with Gerald Zingraf on LinkedIn.