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Robert Abrams Discusses Leadership And Lessons Of Failure

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  • Date Added : 6/17/2013
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Robert Abrams

  • CEO, CV Holdings, LLC
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1934 (Age: 90 years old)
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Robert Abrams is the Chief Executive Officer of C.V. Holdings. He has worked in the family business, founded by his father in 1915, since 1953 and has been President/Chief Operating Officer since 1957. A substantial part of his activity was related to agri-business where the company had numerous entities predominantly in all phases of the dairy industry including all forms of processing, sales, production, etc. It has also been involved in the plastic industry since 1962.

CV Holdings operates CSP Technologies, Inc., Capital Plastic Products, Capital Cups, CMD and SiO2 Medical Products, Inc. which is a new corporation being partially funded by the Retirement System of Alabama. CSP Technologies manufactures products for the medical industry with focus in the diabetic market. Capital Plastic Products makes testing vials for the dairy industry and containers for M&M Mars and other miscellaneous laboratory and commercial products. Capital Cups makes children's sippy cups and insulated coffee cups for stores such as Dunkin Donuts, 7-11, etc.

Robert Abrams is a graduate of Cornell University.

You have to instill, if you are going to be successful, in my opinion, a culture that failure is not necessarily a problem because if they don't fail they're never doing anything that is at the edge of a breakthrough. So while you don't want them to do dumb things and you don't want them to make er...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 9 Robert Abrams Discusses Issue Of Ambiguity
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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Video 2 of 9 Robert Abrams States Science Often Requires Testing And Waiting
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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Video 3 of 9 Robert Abrams States Importance of Competence and Having A Sixth Sense
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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Video 4 of 9 Robert Abrams Discusses Teamwork In Science
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Video 5 of 9 Robert Abrams Shares Thoughts On Making Mistakes
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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Video 6 of 9 Robert Abrams Discusses Leadership And Lessons Of Failure
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Video 7 of 9 Robert Abrams Discusses Doubts And Decision making
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Video 8 of 9 Robert Abrams Discusses Opportunities For Innovation In Manufacturing
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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Video 9 of 9 Robert Abrams States Importance of Both Knowing the Facts and Being Able To Connect The Dots
  • Robert Abrams - Interview - Thoughts on the Inner Critic
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