“Put Yourself In Front Of Success” [clip]
One of the most inspiring people I had on Mixergy is the entrepreneur/investor Jon Staenberg. You’ll see why in this clip. If you prefer reading, the (short) transcript is below. And you should watch the full program here.
The clip
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The transcript
Put yourself in front of success.
I never was the smartest guy in the room. I never was the one that had the big vision and executed perfectly. I just made sure I knew the people who could do those things, or that I was part of the crowd doing those things.
I think its just funny that may be people don’t do that.
You know, I love people who come and say, “I really have passion about this, I want to start this company.” One of my first questions is “So, have you connected with others who have done that? People who have had success?”
I am not suggesting that this is the only way, but when I moved to Seattle, the first thing I did is I set up monthly coffee dates with successful entrepreneurs in Seattle that I didn’t know. And one of my very first ones with Howard Schultz. I said, “Howard you don’t know me but I would love to buy you a cup of coffee and talk to you for half an hour because I love what you’re doing.”
And he thought, “This is weird. No one’s ever done that. Okay.” Howard and I today are friends. I mean, he’s a true inspiration for me.
So I just got to tell you, get in front of success.
