Sir Ray Avery GNZM is a New Zealand philanthropist, inventor, scientist and entrepreneur. More about him further below.Sir Ray Avery shares how he went from the streets to knighthood — and the mindset that built an empire. He reveals 50 years worth of business insights around:- how he comes up with genius ideas- how he gets to be successful in business- how he gets up when he badly knocked in businessTime Stamps 00:00 – how sir ray avery went from homeless teen to knighted entrepreneur02:20 – abuse, orphanages and resilience: how he survived seven years of trauma03:20 – the tragedy that defined him: losing his best friend and finding meaning05:00 – the stranger who changed his life and set him on a new path08:15 – starting over in new zealand: how reinvention built his future15:00 – building his first lab: entrepreneurship through experimentation16:12 – meeting fred hollows: the partnership that changed global healthcare17:20 – resilience advice to business owners from 50 years of entrepreneurship.18:13 – ‘Ray, Factory gone’, the disaster that was not forseen24:00 – the start up mentor advice for those going through sh*t in business26:30 – he did this, that’s why he’s successful34:00 – ‘if you lost everything, Sir Ray how would you rebuild it?’35:30 – the tall poppy syndrome in New Zealand is so bad 36:00 – the baby incubator story, media controversy, accusations, and the truth behind the headlines39:00 – Sir Ray’s Invention: The Acuset IV Flow controller story and the media50:20 – mental and health toll on family and team: when doing good nearly destroys you56:00 – how entrepreneurs can survive public attack and failure1:06:05 – how you eventually win1:07:00 – how to find ideas that change the world1:08:00 – how do you innovate?1:09:20 – the story behind velcro, bird’s eye1:13:20 – “how do you feel about winning all these awards?”1:18:51 – What he defines success, what’s he working on right now, and where to next for Sir Ray Avery1:23:18 – the message to New Zealanders in 20251:30:28 – what Sir Ray would invest in right now1:35:00 – BONUS: how do you ask for things - like investors, partners1:40:09 – what’s the most important thing for entrepreneursFollow Sir Rayhttps://www.helpathand.org.nz/ Follow me:https://www.youtube.com/@NotesFromTheExecutivePodcast Listen on:Apple podcast: https://shorturl.at/UkJ8vSpotify: https://shorturl.at/YW7bX More About Sir Ray AveryHe's the CEO and Founder of Help at Hand, Sir Ray Avery Foundation and Medicine Mondiale, where he helped bring life saving medical technologies to third world countries.He is a founding member of the University of Auckland's Pharmacology Department in 1978 and 1985. Spent years working at Douglas Pharmaceuticals and Fred Hollows Foundation before he began inventing tech that kept people alive.Sir Ray shares insights on how to live a successful life and build resilience when sh*t happens, drawing from his own super lows, and super highs, he was:- Beaten unconscious by his mother and spent 7 years in orphanages experiencing all sorts of abuse- Lived under a railway bridge in London as a homeless teenager with just a small tent- His best friend hung himself in the orphanage toilets after Ray convinced him to report abuse to teachers - a guilt he's carried his entire lifeThen had a turning point that saw him succeed...- His inventions such as the Baby Incubators and Drip Controllers have improved healthcare across developing nations saving millions of lives, yet he's faced intense media attacks and investigationsHis accomplishments ..- He’s been awarded the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year and Sir Peter Blake Leadership Medal in 2010- Named Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Person in New Zealand and EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 and appointed Knight Grand Companion of the - New Zealand Order of Merit (GNZM) in the 2011 New Year Honours, for services to philanthropy.