How Jesse Itzler gets his foot into every door (and figures out the rest later)
Have you ever met one of these entrepreneurs, the kind of people who, through charisma, confidence, and hutzpah build companies out of nowhere? I feel like the more I read about today’s guest, the more he is that kind of entrepreneur. He just seems to talk his way into building these incredible companies.
I invited him here to talk about how he did it. He is the founder of Alphabet City Sports Records, a record company that he founded and sold. He’s also the founder of Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company, which he sold to a Berkshire Hathaway company, NetJets.
He also founded ZICO Coconut Water, which Coca Cola acquired. And something that’s really interesting–he hired a Navy SEAL to come and train him for a month and he wrote a book about it, which I’ve got right here, “Living with a SEAL.” I invited him to talk about all those things.
Jesse Itzler is the founder of Alphabet City Sports Records, a record company that he founded and sold. He’s also the founder of Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company, which he sold to a Berkshire Hathaway company, NetJets.
Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com. It is home of the ambitious upstart and the place where I invite proven entrepreneurs to talk about how they built their businesses.
Have you ever met one of these entrepreneurs, the kind of people who, through charisma, confidence, through hutzpah just kind of rise companies out of nowhere? I feel like the more I’ve read about today’s guest, the most he is that kind of person. He just seems to talk his way into building these incredible companies.
I invited him here to talk about how he did it. He is the founder of Alphabet City Sports Records, a record company that he founded and sold, the founder of Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company, which he sold to a Berkshire Hathaway company, NetJets. He also founded this drink right here, ZICO Coconut Water, which Coca Cola acquired. And something that’s really...
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