E204: Barbara Corcoran: Turning $1,000 to $1 Billion!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

As the original Shark of all 13 seasons of the Shark Tank, Barbara Corcoran has never stopped swimming or hustling. Ever since 1973 when she borrowed $1000 to start her own real estate firm, Barbara’s relentless drive and spirit turned The Corcoran Group into $6 billion dollar business.

Coming from a poor neighbourhood and the second of ten children, Barbara always knew how to scrap and stand out from the crowd. She also knew how to use any setbacks as fuel for success, whether that was being labelled the ‘dumb’ D grade dyslexic student to being bitterly betrayed by her boyfriend.

In this candid conversation, Barbara shares her hard won no nonsense lessons in life and business, revealing how she had no other option but to become an entrepreneur and use everything at her disposal to reach the top.

Topics:

How did your childhood shape you?
School & dyslexia
Do you need a shrink?
What did you learn from your 22 jobs?
Becoming the biggest residential estate firm
Work culture
Your boyfriend running off with your PA
Leadership & firing negative people
As a shark tank investor, what advice would you give me?
Your husband & out earning him
Last guest’s question

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What I would love to do is call something to my office on Friday.
0:03.6	I love firing people on Friday.
0:05.6	Barbara Gorgrodden!
0:07.1	My next guest is one of the biggest names in Wheeler State,
0:10.6	a successful entrepreneur and star of the hit TV show.
0:13.6	Now the female Titan is getting some heat.
0:15.6	The Miner Woman cries who are giving away your power.
0:19.1	Barbara is definitely over the top.
0:21.1	If I wasn't dyslexic and I didn't have a hard time in school,
0:24.4	I don't think I would have been successful.
0:26.2	I think I had 22 jobs before I started my own business.
0:29.6	Every person I meet is in real estate in New York.
0:31.5	So how do you become the best?
0:33.0	I was competing with the old boys' network and they were asleep at the wheel.
0:36.8	Nobody was thinking of new ideas in real estate.
0:39.2	I would think of the greatest bullshit to create publicity.
0:42.7	Did I manipulate them?
0:44.2	I played my cards.
0:45.9	Everything I've done in my life has been one long attempt
0:49.2	to show the world that I'm not stupid.
0:51.7	Remone Simone.
0:53.0	He was my boyfriend at the time and he offered to loan me a thousand dollars
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