Daniel Mikus and James Rolph are friends, co-founders and co-CEOs of Brisbane's fastest growing road construction company MR Roads. Together Dan and James are working to modernise the asphalt industry through an increased focus on safe, sustainable roads, operational innovation, strategic partnerships and agility.
What you’ll learn:
Challenging the status quo in the asphalt industry
Biggest lessons in road innovation
What can the industry do better in terms of partnerships?
Quotes:
“The industry really has moved that way, and a big help has been government… local councils, state government, federal government really pushing and spending money that's really helped private industry actually develop and push this forward as well.”
“Proprietary product, like bio-bitumen means you need a critical mass to make that competitive. Otherwise you're not going to spend twice the money on a product that you can get from a fossil fuel, you know, and get the same result.”
[on growing a business and overcoming industry barriers] “it's like going to the gym, you know, the first day you go, you can't see anything. After a while you do start seeing results."
Links:
Connect:
Connect with MR-Roads via Facebook
Connect with Emily via email: emily@compassiot.com.au
Connect with Byte Size via LinkedIn
Connect with Compass IoT (the producer of this podcast) via our website
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