Ep. 102 - Part 1 with Mark Ford: The Man Who Built 100 Businesses

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James Altucher

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🗓️ 31 March 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Today, we have a very special show for you. I recently hopped on a plane and headed to Palm Beach, Florida, where I recorded this two-part show from this gentleman's waterfront mansion. The man is a true legend in the field of entrepreneurship and...

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altitor Show on the Stansbury Radio Network.
0:11.2	So, Mark, thanks, Mark Ford.
0:22.8	Thanks so much for joining me on the James Altitor Show.
0:25.6	Thank you so for inviting me.
0:27.0	I got to tell you like I told you before it's for us.
0:28.8	I'm concerned you're a celebrity on a big span of the US and I'm thrilled to have you here in Delray Beach.
0:33.8	No, I think people have to know what you've done.
0:37.4	How many businesses have you either started or been involved in?
0:40.3	I don't know, but certainly it's in the hundreds.
0:43.1	In the hundreds.
0:44.1	Okay, so the average, let's say investor expects an 85% failure rate.
0:50.2	What do you think your failure rate is in all these businesses?
0:53.2	You know what, it's hard to tell.
0:54.2	You know that you're an investor because you've started many of these businesses.
0:56.4	Right.
0:57.4	Two problems in the answer in question.
0:59.2	One is that I'm 64 years old, so it'll all be in retrospect.
1:02.6	And you know in retrospect, the division gets cleaned up as you go.
1:07.4	The other is that I'm Irish.
1:08.4	So my feeling is that 85% are more correct, but the truth is I have no idea.
1:12.6	I'll say this.
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