Chateau Mcely: Find A Balance Between Life And Business – with James Cusumano
How does an idea that Exxon didn’t want turn into nearly a billion dollar business? James Cusumano is the co-founder of Catalytica. When the company he worked for thought his idea was too small for it, he decided to launch a startup and pursue it on his own.
What’s Catalytica? Well, if you’ve ever used Neosporin®, Sudafed®, and Actifed® there’s a good chance that his company made it. It manufactured drugs and developed a low cost pharmaceutical process and we’re going to find out about how he built that business.
More recently, James wrote Balance: The Business-Life Connection which provides a proven template for creating successful business and simultaneously long-term balance and fulfillment in your life.
James Cusumano is the co-founder of Catalytica, Inc. and developer of Chateau Mcely, an award-winning luxury castle, spa hotel and forest retreat.
Andrew: Coming up, do you believe, I mean really believe, in a work life balance? Well, I asked the questions that you really wonder about it, but are too polite to bring up. I’ll bring them up towards the latter part of this interview. Also, are you trying for to many homeruns? You will want to see what today’s guest did instead, it might change your approach to business. Also, finally, you’ll never guess who today’s guest, oh, that’s a lot of G words. You’ll never guess who today’s guest had as a neighbor? But you’ll find out towards the end of the interview, all that and so much more is coming up.
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