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Entrepreneur (http://Priceline.com , http://uBid.com , ColorJar), Experienced CEO, Worldwide Motivational Speaker, Board Advisor, Film and Music Producer – Jeff Hoffman
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Why Jeff never really cares about the “exit strategy” and why if you do you’re already losing. The one big secret you can learn from Sam Walton that helped him create the largest retail chain in the world. Why getting a fast “No!” is actually one of the best things that can happen to you. How to pull yourself back up when you get repeated kicks in the nuts… and everyone around you thinks your ideas suck! The real difference between “going big” and just “doing enough”.
Jeff’s Website:
JeffHoffman.com
Follow Jeff on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Thanks so much for listening!
Transcript: Download
Jaime Masters: Welcome to Eventual Millionaire. I am Jaime Masters, and you have no idea how excited I am to have Jeff Hoffman on the show. Now, Jeff has been a part of amazing companies like Priceline.com, uBid.com, most recently ColorJar.com, along with a huge bio of film producer and all this other stuff.
And what I found so amazing when I met him personally, a few months ago, is he spoke on stage, captivated the audience, and then went out in the audience and talked to absolutely everyone, which is kind of unheard of for speakers.
So, thank you so much for coming on. I know I’m talking to you like you’re not here, but I really appreciate you coming on the show. Thanks so much for coming on today.
Jeff Hoffman: You bet. Thank you for having me.
Jaime Masters: It’s rare, unfortunately, to see speakers actually sitting in the audience. And then also – you had a crowd around you, and you took the time to actually be with everyone, whereas all the other speakers were bouncing around, and flying on planes, and not going to anything. So, why do you do that?
Jeff Hoffman: It’s two reasons. Thank you for even noticing that. One of them is because that’s the commitment I made to giving back, by mentoring. So you can’t just – when you’re giving back, you don’t just do it when it’s easy and convenient. Right? You do what you have to do when the opportunity presents itself. But the other way – the other reason – honestly, is that that’s how I learned, as well.
You don’t learn something by standing on stage then immediately hopping in a limo to the airport and going home. You learn something by interacting with people and finding out – like the conversations you and I had there in Austin. Finding out what people are focused on, worried about, learning about. So, it helps me build my knowledge base and it helps me keep my commitment to trying to give back.
Jaime Masters: So, you don’t feel like you know everything? Or, I mean, know – I’m saying this facetiously, right, but you’ve probably, I’m sure, done this over, and over, and over, and asked people questions, and mentored people. You don’t feel like you sort of know already what’s going on?
Jeff Hoffman: Well, no, because there’s always something new. For example, not that many years ago, we would have never predicted that we would use our phone for everything but phone calls. Right?
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Entrepreneur (http://Priceline.com , http://uBid.com , ColorJar), Experienced CEO, Worldwide Motivational Speaker, Board Advisor, Film and Music Producer – Jeff Hoffman
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Why Jeff never really cares about the “exit strategy” and why if you do you’re already losing. The one big secret you can learn from Sam Walton that helped him create the largest retail chain in the world. Why getting a fast “No!” is actually one of the best things that can happen to you. How to pull yourself back up when you get repeated kicks in the nuts… and everyone around you thinks your ideas suck! The real difference between “going big” and just “doing enough”.
Jeff’s Website:
JeffHoffman.com
Follow Jeff on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Thanks so much for listening!
Transcript: Download
Jaime Masters: Welcome to Eventual Millionaire. I am Jaime Masters, and you have no idea how excited I am to have Jeff Hoffman on the show. Now, Jeff has been a part of amazing companies like Priceline.com, uBid.com, most recently ColorJar.com, along with a huge bio of film producer and all this other stuff.
And what I found so amazing when I met him personally, a few months ago, is he spoke on stage, captivated the audience, and then went out in the audience and talked to absolutely everyone, which is kind of unheard of for speakers.
So, thank you so much for coming on. I know I’m talking to you like you’re not here, but I really appreciate you coming on the show. Thanks so much for coming on today.
Jeff Hoffman: You bet. Thank you for having me.
Jaime Masters: It’s rare, unfortunately, to see speakers actually sitting in the audience. And then also – you had a crowd around you, and you took the time to actually be with everyone, whereas all the other speakers were bouncing around, and flying on planes, and not going to anything. So, why do you do that?
Jeff Hoffman: It’s two reasons. Thank you for even noticing that. One of them is because that’s the commitment I made to giving back, by mentoring. So you can’t just – when you’re giving back, you don’t just do it when it’s easy and convenient. Right? You do what you have to do when the opportunity presents itself. But the other way – the other reason – honestly, is that that’s how I learned, as well.
You don’t learn something by standing on stage then immediately hopping in a limo to the airport and going home. You learn something by interacting with people and finding out – like the conversations you and I had there in Austin. Finding out what people are focused on, worried about, learning about. So, it helps me build my knowledge base and it helps me keep my commitment to trying to give back.
Jaime Masters: So, you don’t feel like you know everything? Or, I mean, know – I’m saying this facetiously, right, but you’ve probably, I’m sure, done this over, and over, and over, and asked people questions, and mentored people. You don’t feel like you sort of know already what’s going on?
Jeff Hoffman: Well, no, because there’s always something new. For example, not that many years ago, we would have never predicted that we would use our phone for everything but phone calls. Right?