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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Dan Fleyshman, Founder of Elevator Studios on Becoming a Milestone For Others

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode from Season Two episode of Office Hours features super serial entrepreneur Dan Fleyshman, Founder of Elevator Studios, sharing his insights on how to set an example for other business leaders to follow and surpass. On this episode of Office Hours, Fleyshman and host David Meltzer chat about how to build a community that creates a massive impact and why you should treat business like a video game. Fleyshman, who was the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history, also discusses some of the most valuable lessons he’s learned from his greatest failures. — Office Hours features billionaires, millionaires, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes and entertainers to talk about success, failure, and everything in between. Other guests from Season 2 include: Daymond John from Shark Tank, entrepreneur and best-selling author Ed Mylett, US Olympic beach volleyball legend Kerri Walsh Jennings, chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck, New York Times best-selling author, researcher, lecturer, and corporate consultant Dr Joe Dispenza, "The Iceman" Wim Hof, and Grant Cardone, CEO of Cardone Enterprises, Cardone Capital, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author of The 10X Rule. Stream Season 2 of Office Hours now on Apple TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Next up, we've got Dan Flaschman, founder of Elevator Studios.

0:06.0

Welcome back to Office Hours, and we've had a lot of legends on here, but this guy,

0:11.0

he's a legend because he's an old soul.

0:14.0

I can't imagine what he accomplished in his past lives to put him in a position

0:18.0

to be so successful at the early age of 19.

0:21.0

I've known Dan Flaschman for almost his entire working career

0:26.0

and there's probably not one entrepreneur in the world that I'm more proud of

0:31.0

and proud to have here on Office Hours, sitting across from me as Dan Flaschman.

0:35.0

My favorite thing about Danny so humble is he's giving to everybody

0:39.0

these backpacks full to the homeless, to the needy.

0:43.0

He was dressed like a homeless man.

0:46.0

Someone actually on the team once gave him a backpack.

0:51.0

Because he's so humble, he didn't need to show off

0:54.0

and you're probably one of the most successful young entrepreneurs that I knew.

0:58.0

Where did that come from?

0:59.0

As much as your money oriented, you love to make money,

1:03.0

but more important to you always has been elevating others through the syndicate,

1:07.0

through the pitch nights, through all the elevator things that you're the ultimate elevator.

1:12.0

I like to make money for the game.

1:14.0

If you notice, I haven't had a car in seven years,

1:17.0

I've had the same watch for 12 years, I don't buy stuff.

1:20.0

So the money I'm making is literally just to invest.

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