Scott took a different path. He grew up with parents that were big in education. But Scott didn’t get along with education. He left college in the middle of his sophomore year of college and asked to borrow $20k to start a pizza shop. Needless to say, it didn’t happen and he ended up in Washington DC working in the news business and the Reagan administration. But, he was just not an employee and wanted something more. He left DC and started some businesses in printing, restaurant, home services, and some others.
He got involved in a restaurant fast casual chain and had a lot of success brining him into the franchising space. After about 10 years, left to start his consulting business to help people in their journey of entrepreneurship.
You left corporate America to pursue entrepreneurship. What is your advice to people wanting to go out on their own and make the leap?
At the 8 min mark, Scott talks about the 2 types of entrepreneurs, the Visionary and Process entrepreneur.
Let’s talk about franchising. Why does franchising make sense and why doesn’t it for people?
Take us through your process and steps to help people understand what they want…
How do you help people to best understand their why?
“Franchises aren’t sold, they are awarded,” explain that….
Which verticals of franchises are trending the best right now and why?
What is the benefit of using a franchise consultant like you vs. working directly with the franchisor?
Can people negotiate with franchises?
Anything else we should know?
What are some of the most important lessons and principles you’ve learned in your entrepreneur journey?
Anything you’ve learned on how to build support systems as a solopreneur?
Best advice for an entrepreneur just starting out?
Best Quote: :Franchises aren’t sold, they are awarded..."
Scott's Misfit 3:
Having strong values is very important to be successful in life and business.
Be true to yourself and do not let ego get in the way.
Have fun. Life is short and goes by fast. Enjoy it!
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Hello Misfit Nation! Welcome to another edition of "Lessons for Hannah!" Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I urge you to as it gives some more background and tells the amazing story of how Hannah came to be in our lives.
Lessons for Hannah are short, very useful, and sometimes comical lessons, that I want to share with you and give to Hannah to help in your lives. Because I want Hannah to have these for her life, I’m going to speak as though I am talking directly to her. These episodes are a lot of fun and if you think there is a lesson that we should include in these episodes, please don’t hesitate to send it over to us at support@misfitentrepreneur.com. We’d love to share it.
This week’s Lesson for Hannah
Hannah,
This Lessons for Hannah will not be a long one, but it is very important for the times we are in and for your future. There is something that I have found that holds true time and time again. Sometimes it takes a little while for it to take hold or sink it, but in the end, it holds true. And that is, Reality always wins.
Let me explain. There are certain things that will hold true and be consistent no matter what. No matter what people say. No matter what experts say. No matter how much they are said not to be true – they will win out. Reality always wins.
For example, gravity will always be gravity. No matter what anyone says, you are not a bird and cannot fly. If you jump off a building, gravity will win and you will not. A more controversial topic these days is gender. There are two genders in the laws of nature, male and female. It is reality. People can claim there are 100 different ones, but people are either born male or female in nature and that is reality. Now, do I support their right given to them by the Constitution to say they are a gender other than male or female? Absolutely. It doesn’t make it true, but they have the right to say these things and believe them about themselves.
Other examples include the laws of economics – supply and demand. If something is in short supply and has demand, the price for it will go up. If something is oversupplied and everyone has it, the demand will be less and it will come down in price. Many times, the laws of economics get out of balance due to manipulation or short-term anomalies, but in the end, the laws win out. We saw this during the pandemic with a number of goods and services. Masks came into high demand and initially got expensive until more supply came on the market and then prices came down. Now masks are super everywhere and super cheap because there is a ton of supply and not as much demand.
In the end, reality always wins out. There are universal laws of nature, nature’s God, economics, physics, and host of other things that cannot be broken.
Many people do not want to face reality because they may not like what they find. They will have to face things that are true, that they may not want to admit are true about themselves, their life, and/or deal with. But one of the biggest secrets to success and life is to face reality head on and accept it for what it is. Respect it. Learn to understand it and use it to your advantage. Once you accept that there are some things that are bound by the laws of this world and universe and reality will win out, you will find some amazing things happen for you. For example, I have been trading markets for over 20 years and I used to think I could beat reality in the markets and the laws of economics would not always hold true. For example, markets may have a big run higher, and when they do, people will think they can just keep going up and sometimes it seems like they will never stop, but they do, and they fall back down. Ask anyone who thought Bitcoin would never stop going higher in 2021. Conversely, when markets fall a decent way, they typically turn around and go higher. They can only go so far until they have gone too far. I have made it a habit to work hard to understand this so that I can use it to my advantage, but I had to learn some heard lessons losing money over the years before it truly understood and now I use the lessons learned to help me make money every month in the markets. I faced reality and decided to use it to my advantage.
Hannah, you will face a lot of different realties in your lifetime, don’t try and deny them or shy away from them. Instead embrace them and look for how you can use them to build wisdom and help you in your life.
I love you,
Dad
Best Quote: There are certain things that will hold true and be consistent no matter what. No matter what people say. No matter what experts say. No matter how much they are said not to be true – they will win out. Reality always wins.
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Deepak Ohri. Deepak grew up in a modest, a one-room flat in a lower middle-class area of New Delhi. Most would not have thought that he would grow up to be one of the most successful innovators in the luxury hotel industry founding Lebua Hotels and Resorts, creating Luxury Atelier Maison Happiness and the president of the World Foundation of Happiness.
Along his journey, he has been recognized as the Top 100 Most Powerful People in global hospitality, been sought after for his thought leadership by everyone from Bloomberg to CNBC and Forbes as well as regularly being a featured speaker at Harvard Business School, MIT, and Columbia to name a few.
But through it all, he never forgot his humble roots and recently penned the best-selling book, A Bridge Not too Far, Where Creativity Meets Innovation, which shares his best principles and lessons for success and wisdom he has learned on his journey.
Deepak did not know where he would end up. He grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood and got a glimpse of what the upper class had. He asked his parents what he needed to do to get where those people where. He started dreaming with “his eyes open” and never forgot his roots. He took his challenges as a way to learn and grow.
Luxury to him was a Coca Cola and since the first time he had it, it put him on the path to find the luxuries and enjoy life and be happy.
How did you get into the hospitality space?
At the 11 min mark, Deepak shares a few important things.
What is the true meaning of luxury?
At the 17 min mark, Deepak talks about luxury marketing and what it is.
At the 21 min mark, Deepak tells the story of how he got one of his restaurants to be a main part of the movie, The Hangover 2.
You wrote “A Bridge Not Too Far.” Why did you name it that?
You state that all of your successes are built on failure, explain that.
What are the key principles that you live by in life and business?
How do you ensure a business can succeed?
What has surprised you most on your entrepreneur journey?
Time is more powerful than God? Explain that.
Best Quote: A time well spent is a time well earned.
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Sharon Grossman. Sharon Grossman is a psychologist, success coach, and keynote speaker who’s an expert in Emotional Intelligence. She’s also the author of the best-selling book, the 7E Solution to Burnout and hosts the podcast, Decode Your Burnout.
She’s helped hundreds of high performing entrepreneurs learn to be more product and avoid or even recover from burnout. Through her simple and effective methodology she teaches how to have a competitive advantage that wins in business, minimizes stress, and helps you experience life on your terms because winning is non-negotiable.
Burnout and taking on too much affects most entrepreneurs at some point in their journey and I’ve been looking for an expert to come on and help us in learning to recognize it, better manage it, and if possible avoid while still making it happen for our businesses – so I was excited to get Sharon on.
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Sharon is a clinically trained psychologist who practiced therapy for 20 years. She noticed a common theme with clients being highly stressed and started to do more research on burnout which is chronic stress. She listened to her clients with a different ear recognizing burnout. And in sharing this with them, it would create “aha moments” helping them to understand their challenges.
When we understand what we are experienced in life, it helps to diagnose it to help us solve challenges in front of us.
At the 6 min mark, Sharon tells a story about when she was grad student and hearing a speaker talking about solo practitioners burning out in the field. When she go into her own business, she remembered the talk and vowed not to be a statistic, so she set up her business around the life she wanted to have.
“You have to think about what you need in order to sustain yourself.” It is about mindset and believing it is important enough to make it happen when it comes to stopping burnout.
How does someone psychologically break out of their bad habits and “comfort” with the state of burnout that they live in?
At the 15 min market, Sharon and I have a discussion on our conditioning and subconscious.
What should we know about burnout? What are the signs?
3 Different Burnout Profiles. What are they? (Sharon give great detail, so it is good to listen)
Once we realize which of the types we are, what do we do about it?
In the end, you must change what you believe to truly make meaningful changes to help yourself. You wrote the 7-E Solution to Burnout. What are the 7 E’s?
Best Quote: You must change what you believe to truly make meaningful changes to help yourself.
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jay Haleem Washington. Jay went from working for $8.00 an hour at the Hampton Inn to earning 6 figures as a Commercial Photographer in just a few years. He was able to accomplish all this while being a convicted felon. While working for $8.00 an hour he developed his mantra #IWon’tStarve, which was the catalyst for him to leave his job after only one year. he has become pardoned, and now is a best-selling author 4 times over and motivational speaker.
Over his career, he’s been able to work with the following international brands, Nike, Save The Children Foundation, NFL, Amtrak, and The WNBA. He focuses on strategic development of public sector business, management and administration of client contracts, and client protection via compliance oversight, resulting in growth through government contracting.
But, it’s not so much what Jay does that was the reason I asked him to come on the show as much as it was his message of “I won’t Starve” and how he persisted through to success.
Jay says it was a long journey. He was raised in a crazy home in New Jersey with people on drugs, etc. He was raised by his grandmother and was on the streets early on in life. He got into a lot of trouble but was also a great student. He was smart but using it for the wrong things. He graduated with honors from college, but also committed a white-collar crime that was felony trying to make money in college. After graduating, he was unable to get a job because of his record, so entrepreneurship was the answer.
He started a successful cleaning business and did well, but during the 2008 recession, his wife lost her job on Capitol Hill, and he sold the business moving back down south to focus on raising their kids. He took an $8 job to have something, but new he could do much better and less than a year later started his commercial photography business. An in a short time the business climbed into 6-figures and then grew tremendously as he got into doing government contract work. He then started helping other minority businesses get approved for contracts and has now helped/consulted for over 600 helping them get contracts. He then went on to write his books, start speaking, etc.
What are some of the success principles you’ve learned to succeed in business?
Talk to us about being persistent and what you learned about keeping going to succeed…
Tell us about I Won’t Starve. What does it mean?
You have a workshop called UWon’t Starve based on 5 principles, take us through them…
Talk to us more about how to create great partnerships…
What are some of the most consistent challenges you see entrepreneurs have and how do you help them overcome them?
Any other advice from your journey?
Best Quote: The platform you leap from is more important that the platform you land on...
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jess Stewart. Jess was raised by a marine corps pilot on a cattle ranch where she learned the keys to running an entrepreneurial company; grit, hard work, and no complaining. Using her experience, years later, she grew up to create a massive medical billing company from her kitchen table that grew internationally. She sold the company for a 20x multiple allowing her to secure her financial freedom.
She now devotes her time to sharing what she’s learned with other entrepreneur and coaching companies to success. She was recently highlighted in Kevin Harrington’s book, Cracking the Rich Code.
I’ve asked her on to share how with no experience she built her company and to share how others can follow her footsteps as well her biggest lessons learned during her journey.
Jess was raised on a cattle ranch and left when she was 18 to play Volleyball in college. She graduated and became a schoolteacher. But when she moved to a new town with her husband, she found there were no open teaching positions. So, she decided to start a business – a medical billing company out of her house. She didn’t know anything about medical billing, but she was good at solving problems, so she went to work learning. She grew for the first few years in her house, then opened her first office and things took off over the next 10 years growing nationally, then internationally until she sold the business.
At the 5 min minute mark, Jess explains why she chose to go into the medical billing space.
What are some of the best lessons you learned growing up on a cattle ranch that helped you succeed as an entrepreneur?
Take us through the journey of how you took your business from your kitchen table to international and ultimately a 20x exit.
At the 16 min mark, Jess talks about how she got to a point where she was tapped out and how to build a team and what she went through to do so.
At the 28 min mark, Jess talks about how being ahead of the times put them in perfect position to be the solution when government mandates to go electronic came along.
At the 40 min mark, Jess and I discuss what it takes for entrepreneurs to endure and make things happen and how Jess how to deal with burnout and find an operating system for the business.
Best Quote: Don’t just get it done, get it done right.
Jess's Misfit 3:
Walk your own path and enjoy the journey.
Don’t hesitate. Follow your gut.
Never stop seeking mastery in education. Stay humble.
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Hello Misfit Nation! Welcome to another edition of "Lessons for Hannah!" Many years ago, I introduced a new format that alongside our regular episodes called “Lessons for Hannah.” Hannah is my daughter and one of the main inspirations for the Misfit Entrepreneur. I wanted to have a place where she could go and learn from her daddy and his Misfit friends throughout her life….even after I am gone. If you haven’t listened to the first episode of "Lessons for Hannah," I urge you to as it gives some more background and tells the amazing story of how Hannah came to be in our lives.
Lessons for Hannah are short, very useful, and sometimes comical lessons, that I want to share with you and give to Hannah to help in your lives. Because I want Hannah to have these for her life, I’m going to speak as though I am talking directly to her. These episodes are a lot of fun and if you think there is a lesson that we should include in these episodes, please don’t hesitate to send it over to us at support@misfitentrepreneur.com. We’d love to share it.
This week’s Lesson for Hannah
Hannah,
It’s fitting that I start out the New Year with a Lessons for Hannah episode. It truly is amazing how fast time flies. You’ll be turning 11 years old in 2023 and heading off the 5th grade in the fall. It has been incredible to watch you grow and become the amazing daughter that you are. In this episode, I wanted to give you some of what I call “Dadisms.” These are little nuggets of life wisdom that I hope you remember and put to work for you throughout your life. You’ve heard me say some of these many, many times and hopefully they have stuck with you.
In this episode, I want to share 11 of my favorite “Dadisms” with you. Here they are.
1. How you do anything is how you do everything.
This one has become more and more important to me as I have aged. Your habits and ways of doing things affect all areas of your life. When you don’t give your best effort in one area, it affects other areas. And many times when you do something at a level that isn’t your best, you end up having to do it again or multiple times. I am not talking about pride with this as much as I talking about the discipline to do things well in all aspects of your life. In committing to do so, you will find yourself playing at a higher level.
2. The most important time to do something is when you don’t want to do it.
This one goes with the last in that the times when we are most at risk for sacrifice doing our best, are those times when we don’t want to something. Maybe we are tired, worn out, emotionally drained, etc. We know we need to do something but find an excuse not to or put it off. These are the times we need to push though and do it. A great example since we are at the beginning of the year, is when someone wants to lose weight. They get all excited and for a short time, maybe a couple weeks, they go to the gym. But anyone who has worked out for a while knows, that after the first few weeks in January, many of those new people at the gym are no longer there. Why? Because when they didn’t see results after just a couple weeks, they got discouraged, and even though they knew they needed to keep at it to see real results, they found excuses not to keep going and nothing changes for them. You see, for those people, the most important time to keep going is when they hit that first wall after a few weeks. If they can push through that and keep at it, they will more than likely stick with it and see real results and also build the habit that sticks.
3. The best things require great effort and time to achieve because they are meaningful.
This one builds on the last two. The things really worth doing and that have meaning in life take great effort and time to achieve. For example, building a habit of taking care of your health and regular exercise. All the work you did for several years to get your blackbelt was worth it and you now have skills you will use the rest of your life.
4. No dead raccoons.
And while we are talking about doing things right and taking the time, etc. I will remind of you of my no dead raccoons story. The moral of the story is that when you see something that needs done, don’t wait, do it and take care of it. Otherwise, it could end up messy for you.
5. What you focus on expands in your life and what you believe becomes your reality.
This is one of my favorites because it is wisdom that has literally been passed down throughout human history even from the bible where it states “What you gaze upon you become.” It is very simple what you put your time into will become dominant in your life and what you believe about yourself and your reality will be just that. If you are negative about yourself and think only bad things happen to you, guess what will happen – bad things because that is what you are focused on and what you believe. Conversely if believe you can overcome adversity and are focused on doing great, meaningful things, guess what will happen? You will find and achieve them. (Car example)
6. God, family, country in that order.
This one is straight forward. Your chances of being alive at 1 in 4 trillion, praise God for this gift daily. Your family will always be there for you through everything, treat them with respect, love, and never take them for granted. And lastly, country. You are fortunate to live in the greatest country in the history of the world because it was the first to put freedom ahead of power. Learn it’s history and understand the fundamental principles that created it and embody them as you go through life.
7. Cherish every day. This life is a gift and goes by fast. Give thanks every day when you wake up.
We never know when we will be gone. Life is a blink of an eye in the grand scheme of things. Every day is a gift to cherish and make the most of. Don’t waste your days.
8. Choose your friends carefully. You will have many friends in your life, but only few real ones.
This is important because friends can have a great impact on your life. You will have many friends at different times in your life, but only a few will truly last and only a few will truly be there for you and you for them through the ups and downs of life. Choose them carefully.
9. Be careful not to prejudge others.
Along with choosing your friends carefully, also be careful not to prejudge others. I’ve learned this the hard way in life in that when I was younger I used to make a judgement about someone without really knowing them. Many times, I was proven wrong and finally got the message. Seek to know and understand others before forming an opinion on them. Keep an open mind.
10. Speak the truth and don’t be afraid.
In today’s world, speaking the truth is harder than it used to be. People are scorned, mocked, even physically threatened for speaking and sticking to the truth. And there is only one truth when it comes to things – not your truth or someone else’s. The truth is an absolute, so it is important to be sure you can back it up with evidence when you state it. If you can do that, then do not be afraid to speak it and stand by it.
11. Choose right over easy.
In today’s world where people to have everything instantly, it is hard not to take the easy way on many things. But taking the easy way does not mean it is the right way. Choose to do things the right way. This probably goes with the first Dadism of how you do anything is how you do everything, but it is a choice to do things right. Every day we go through a series of choices in our lives, do your best to chose wisely and choose right over easy.
Hannah, you know I could probably put a hundred of these in this episode and in future episodes I will give more, but it’s best not to eat the elephant all at once, but one bite at a time (ha, there’s another one). I hope you can learn from these and use them in your life to have them help guide you.
I love you,
Dad
Best Quote: I hope you can learn from these "Dadisms" and use them in your life to have them help guide you.
Misfit 3:
Use the "Dadisms" to help you in your life.
Do your best to learn from those around you and gain wisdom, instead of learning the "hard way."
Remember, you have a 1 in 4 Trillion chance of being alive. Cherish this gift every day.
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Misfit Nation! Welcome to the Misfit Entrepreneur 2022 year in review where each year I attempt to boil down all of the incredible, useful information, strategies, and tips that our guests have given on the show into less than one hour for you…with a few surprises thrown in. Now, it’s impossible for me to go over every single best piece of advice and that is why I urge you to take some time and go through the Misfit Archives to see which episodes resonate most with you, but in doing this episode, my goal is to spur ideas – to give you a lightning strike that propels you down a path of action to better improve yourself, your life, and your business or career in 2023!
That’s why I do this show – to not only provide a treasure trove of some of the best information to succeed in life and business for my daughter, Hannah, for when she grows up, but to give you a place where you know you can come each and every week to get inspired and find real, tried and tested tips, secrets, and strategies to succeed in all areas of life, and to share different perspectives from some of the highest performing entrepreneurs in the world with you. I truly believe that one great episode can change someone’s life and that’s what we set out to do each and every week.
But, before I begin I want to tell you something. I want to say “Thank YOU.” Thank you for listening. Thank you for your support of the show and thank you for sharing our message. Without you and the amazing feedback members of this audience give me every week, it would not be half of what it is. Because of you, this show has reached hundreds of thousands of people in over 150 countries. I am truly humbled and in awe at what we’ve done together and I am excited about having an even bigger impact with your help in 2023. So, from the bottom of my heart, Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Jordan Schindler. Jordan is changing the game and leading and inventing a whole new category of clothing, Healthware. He is the founder and CEO of Nufabrix, the #1 fastest growing company in the region as named by Charlotte Business Journal, the Deloitte Fast 500 #2 Fastest Growing Pharmaceutical Company in North America, and INC. 5000 #50 Fastest Growing Company in America. If that’s not enough, Jordan was also a 2021 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
I love seeing entrepreneurs break through and create entirely new markets, true blue oceans and that is what Jordan is doing with Healthware. I’m excited for him to share his journey and lessons he’s learned on how to build a whole new market and succeed.
Jordan has been an entrepreneur since he was a kid doing all kinds of things in Tucson, Arizona. He took a trip with his parents to China where he came across an MP3 player market and convinced his parents to let him buy 10 and bring them back to sell on eBay. This turned into a passion project in early High School.
He went to school in Seattle and after working around the area moved to North Carolina founding Nufabrix.
Tell us about the product and what you are doing with it and how you are creating new markets…
How do you get medication or supplements into the fabrics?
You grew tremendously during the pandemic, what happened to cause this grow and how have you kept it going?
What lessons did you take from the experience?
At the 17 min mark, we have a discussion about how we found ways to succeed in our businesses during the pandemic.
What’s your advice to go from idea to action and execution?
At the 29 min mark, we talk about Stoicism and focusing on only what we can control.
Talk to us about raising money and what is like to keep up with the growth…
Anything you learned from securing investors that others should know?
Best advice for an entrepreneur just starting out?
Best Quote: “Next man up.” You never know when you can fill a need and your ability to meet a need quickly is where you can outcompete.
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This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Derek Lidow. Derek has had a unique entrepreneurial journey in that he was CEO of a large publicly traded semiconductor company, a founder and CEO of an innovative and valuable startup, and now as a teacher and scholar of entrepreneurship and innovation. Derek is a professor of the practice at the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education at Princeton University. He’s literally lived 3 very different entrepreneurial lives.
On top of all that he is the author multiple best-sellers including Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises, Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies, and THE ENTREPRENEURS: The Relentless Quest for Value.
Derek is one of those guys, I could talk about every side of entrepreneurship with and we do just that.
Derek thought he was going to be a scientist. During graduate school he found that it wasn’t for him. He finished his PhD, but then shocked everyone and went into the business world. He found success as a semi-conductor executive during the golden age of the industry. He contributed a lot to the industry and ultimately proved how to create great solutions saving the world billions in gigawatts in the power space. He was ultimately made CEO of a large global company and led it to be the leader in it’s vertical. After 5 years, he got the itch to start his own company. He retired from the corporate world and started a company from scratch. He built a data aggregation and visualization solution for the supply chain and with his previous experience was able to create a massive enterprise. The company kept finding success until a another company came along and had to buy them paying top dollar. Two weeks later he later he was recruited by Princeton to help create their entrepreneurial curriculum and teach.
For the last 10 years he has taught and immersed himself into studying entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship is more of innate state for human beings, but so many stray from embracing it – why do you think that is?
At the 14 min mark, Derek and I have a good discussion of whether everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur or not.
We further discuss how everyone is selling something, but don’t see it like selling unless it is in a business context. But, everyone is in sales of some kind.
We also discuss the real challenge for people tapping into the entrepreneurial gene is the willingness to take risk.
You’ve said that we are focused on the wrong aspect of helping and regulating entrepreneurs. What does that mean?
At the 24 min mark, we talk about the FTX scandal and how entrepreneurs would be better to manage it than Govt.
Derek uses an example of Vanderbilt to illustrate how entrepreneurs are better at keeping things in check with each other.
From your study or entrepreneurs and the history of entrepreneurship, what are some of the lessons you’ve taken that people should know and understand?
What is your most important message from your latest book, the Relentless Quest for Value?
You dedicated the book to Arel and Tiel. Who are they?
2-3 of the best lessons you personally learned on your own entrepreneur journey?
Best Quote: Know yourself so you can understand what you are capable of and where to ask for help.
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