Download Episode Here Let's go back to the good old days when Best.Podcast.Ever. was in its infancy and we had the whole future ahead of us. This week, we have decided to remaster and rebroadcast an interview with one of our favorite guests, Mr. Jeff Hoffman, author of Scale: Seven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back, a co-founder of priceline.com, motivational speaker, Grammy award winner, and serial entrepreneur. But that's not all... Jeff also tells us about working for the State Department as a mentor to young entrepreneurs, and what it was like being a part of the third largest IPO in history. In this interview (recorded on the original studio equipment in 2016), Jeff shared inspiring stories from around the world of innovation and entrepreneurship, and discussed the traits that make a business successful, as well as the value of entrepreneurship. Visit his website at jeffhoffman.com and follow Jeff on twitter @SpeakerJeff. Links referenced in this episode include:

• Jeff's TED Talk (The Power of Wonder at TEDxWallStreet) can be found at https://youtu.be/dcV4RXC-V94

[caption id="attachment_52" align="aligncenter" width="225"] One of our first BPE selfies![/caption] SHOW NOTES * 1:03 The second episode of BPE (or the third); How Molly met Jeff and what really matters to him * 5:12 Who is Jeff Hoffman? The growth of Priceline * 9:25 How to breed entrepreneurs * 13:00 The next generation of entrepreneurs around the world and the role of the internet * 27:23 The birth of airport kiosks and what happens when you get off the couch * 31:45 Finding the best employees * 42:40 What happens when you're blinded by brilliance * 45:50 Portrait of an amazing mother * 54:00 Overcoming limitations with optimism * 1:02:55 How to predict the future (or how not to)