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The James Altucher Show

314 - Sara Blakely [Anniversary Episode]: How to Get a Billion Dollar Idea

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Sara Blakely is a self-made billionaire. She's the founder and creator of Spanx. I interviewed her exactly a year ago. But all of her advice (learned directly from DOING) is still impacting me today. I had to re-listen. And I hope you do, too.   I wrote an article "What I Learned From Spanx Founder Sara Blakely." Sometimes I re-read it to remind myself of everything she taught me. Some people are inspirations for life. Sara is one of those people. Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.   Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.3

I call called Neiman Marcus so I called them on the phone and I said I'm Sarah, I invented

0:20.6

a product, give me 10 minutes of your time and I'll fly to Dallas and you know she just

0:26.4

kind of said well if you're willing to fly here I'll give you 10 minutes but in those

0:29.7

30 seconds that I had with her the first thing I said was I'm Sarah I invented a product

0:34.6

that is going to change the way all of your customers wear clothes and they won't be

0:39.2

able to live without this.

0:41.2

You know and she's like what?

0:42.7

What is this?

0:43.7

And then what happened is I show up and she's like first of all impeccably dressed.

0:47.8

This woman is like Neiman Marcus headquarters in Dallas.

0:50.3

Please go pen, match her belt, match her shoes.

0:53.2

I'm sort of disheveled five minutes into it.

0:55.5

I'm totally losing her.

0:56.8

I mean and that's when I just stopped in Leendon and said you know what you need to come

1:00.8

to the bathroom with me.

1:02.5

And she was like what?

1:03.5

Excuse me.

1:04.5

I'm like please I know it's a weird request but when you come to the bathroom with me I'm

1:08.1

going to show you what my product can do.

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