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1) Edible Arrangements. Who would've thought the idea to cut up fruit into flower shapes and deliver them in a bouquet would work? No one...except for Tariq Farid who turned it into a 500 million $ business 2) Glitch...the game Stewart Butterfield created. IT failed. But what succeeded was the internal messaging system his team built in order to develop Glitch. That system became SLACK and the rest is history

Thank you! 1) most similar? Jamie Siminoff of Ring 2) I'd sell natural eczema cream (my wife has a great recipe!) 3) hope it doesn't sound arrogant but I really do ask all the questions (in general) that I want to ask...interviews are much longer than what is actually aired on podcast

We really work hard to screen for kindness. Obviously not every founder is perfect. that's impossible...but in general...of the 250+ founders we've had on the show...we really do a lot of homework ahead of time to make sure we are showcasing the BEST of entrepreneurship and not the worst

1) keep your day job 2) work your side hustle at night and on weekends (research, research research, talk to people, call random folks, write a plan etc) 3) start it NOW. This is a LOW point. It will force u to be resourceful and scrappy. And if you can build the foundation for a business in the middle of an economic crisis...you will build the kind of resilience every business dreams of...because if you can make it through this in tact...you will be able to handle anything

like a lot of people...I wanted to contribute something to the world in my own small way...I think a lot of people want to do that as well. It doesn't have to be huge...it can be making a contribution to someone's life that is meaningful. And so for me...making a contribution was to become a journalist...to tell stories of peoples lives that would (hopefully) build empathy in the minds of those who listened to those stories. I never had a grand plan for my career except one rule: I decided early on that SUCCESS for me did not mean money or fame or prestige. It meant having an interesting life with interesting experiences and encounters and conversations.