In this powerhouse episode, Brian sits down with May Guevara, the founder of Guevara Group LLC and GalaxiTron Inc., who is revolutionizing one of business’s most dreaded tasks: compliance.
May explains how a childhood spent spotting clothing defects for her mom wired her brain for quality control and led to a career ensuring excellence in high-stakes industries like aerospace and defense. This episode is a masterclass in building a business the right way from the ground up. You’ll learn why focusing on infrastructure over shiny ideas is the key to long-term success, how to cultivate a true culture of excellence, and how AI can transform compliance from a manual burden into a strategic advantage, freeing you up to focus on what truly matters.
What You’ll Take Away for Your Business:
- How to transform a personal knack (like spotting defects) into a scalable, high-value business concept.
- Why building infrastructure—systems, habits, and processes—is more critical to success than chasing the next big idea.
- The leadership secret to creating a culture of excellence: “Walk the walk” and demonstrate the standards you expect from your team.
- How to leverage AI to automate mundane tasks, enhance human efficiency, and turn compliance into a competitive advantage.
- The mindset shift from dreading audits and measurement to using them as powerful tools for continuous improvement.
- A practical framework (the Eisenhower Matrix) to ruthlessly prioritize your tasks and eliminate time-wasters.
- Why consistency and structure, not motivation, are the true drivers of entrepreneurial momentum.
May’s Best Piece of Advice for Wantrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs:
“Stop chasing ideas and start building infrastructure.”
Memorable Quotes:
- “I don’t just chase shortcuts because they will always come back and bite you. I care deeply about quality, integrity, structure, and doing things the right way from day one.” – May Guevara
- “Quality is a mindset. It’s a culture. It starts with the right mindset first and then translates into workmanship and what you do every day. Where you need to start is you got to care first.” – May Guevara
- “AI is not necessarily out there to take away jobs. I built it with a vision that this tool will help the human workforce work more efficiently, take away their burden, take away their manual workload.” – May Guevara
