23: Scott Whitehead

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Scott Whitehead has been active in the 12-volt industry for over 25 years. He was the founder and president of Innovative Audio from 1988 to 2004. Today he owns and operates Benchmark Motoring in Bellevue Washington, a premier automotive audio retailer and custom installation company. Benchmark is no ordinary stereo installer. With multiple awards for his companies Scott and his talented team focus on quality and custom installations on virtually every top name brands in the automotive industry. Scott truly sets the benchmark for an approach that is noted for innovation and focus on keeping the integrity of a vehicle at factory standards while enhancing audio/video systems beyond anything a factory manufacturer can produce.

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SUCCESS QUOTE

“If you don’t have time to do it right the first time, how will you have time to do it over?” – Scott Whitehead

PERSONAL CHALLENGE IN BUSINESS

After the devastating economic downturn in 2009 listen to find out how Scott overcame the challenges he faced.

AUTOMOTIVE CAREER AH-HA MOMENT

When the musician Sir Mix-A-lot had Scott work on his car, it opened his world to more high end vehicles.

FIRST AUTOMOBILE

A 1970 Kingswood station wagon… The next car, a VW Rabbit was much more fun.

IF SCOTT WERE A CAR

Porsche 911

BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE

Continue to get better while your getting bigger and always provide value.

FAVORITE RESOURCES

Grainger and McMaster-Carr car catalogs plus Haefele Hardware Technology.

IF SCOTT COULD HAVE ONLY ONE COLLECTOR CAR

Porsche 550 Spyder

FAVORITE AUTHORS

John Krakower, Vince Flynn, Nelson DeMille, Michael Connelly

HOW TO FIND SCOTT

You can find Scott at Benchmark Motoring

Watch a great video of Scott on YouTube.

23: Scott Whitehead

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