Blue Collar Worker to CEO Part One
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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This weekend we're joined by the CEO of 1-800-Flowers, Jim McCann, as we discuss the story behind his successful company.
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| 1:00.9 | The Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. This is the program that takes the mystery out of your financial life and every so often we like to bring you some interviews that we conduct in other places, sometimes their video |
| 1:14.6 | interviews. Today and tomorrow we're going to bring you the story of Jim McCann, he's the |
| 1:19.7 | founder of 1-800 Flowers. We conducted this interview at the Compound Studios, |
| 1:26.0 | so that is our YouTube show, Jill on Money, |
| 1:27.9 | powered by the Compound. |
| 1:29.1 | Today, we are talking about Jim McCann's backstory. |
| 1:33.2 | Tell me a little bit about your background. |
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