Ep. 49 - Kevin Harrington: The Greatest Salesman Ever

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2014

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Have you ever found yourself suckered into an infomercial... maybe even thinking, "Why didn't I come up with that?"What if you could have? What if you could turn any idea you had into a million-dollar idea?That is exactly what our guest today is known for. He is the inventor of the infomercial and was one of the original sharks on "Shark Tank."Millions of products have been become household names thanks to his insightful vision and creative sales techniques.Today, Kevin Harrington, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time joins The James Altucher Show to talk about how you can create success from almost anything.Being able to spot a problem or recognizing when a product or service could be improved is the first step to becoming an entrepreneur.More than likely, you are already full of great ideas and don't even know it.Here, you will learn to embrace new ideas... because you never know when that million dollar one will surface. ------------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.
0:06.5	This is the James Alteter Show on the Stansbury Radio Network.
0:10.6	Kevin Harrington, I know I probably don't need to introduce you but I'm just going to
0:22.2	kind of lay out some of the highlights and why I'm so excited you're on the show.
0:26.4	It's been on Shark Tank 140 times.
0:30.2	You're the king of the infomercials.
0:34.6	How many infomercials have you produced or directed in your life?
0:38.0	Well, it's over 500.
0:39.2	It's probably closer to 700 nowadays.
0:42.4	Then a lot.
0:44.4	They had a lot of fun doing that many.
0:47.4	I mean, you've done Tony Little.
0:50.3	Everybody in the country is seeing at least one of your infomercials and I don't even
0:53.3	watch.
0:54.3	We have a lay and somehow I've watched a thousand Tony Little infomercials.
1:00.7	And you get to knives.
1:02.0	What are some of the more well known ones?
1:04.2	Well, Jack Lillane, Juicer, Tony Little, there's one running right now called the new wave.
1:11.2	Often it's been huge.
1:12.8	It's done over 500 million.
1:14.3	Of course, we did George Foreman.
1:16.7	We did the fishing lure called the Flying Lure, the Metacus Golf Club.
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