EX-CEO of BLOCKBUSTER REVEALS WHAT REALLY WENT WRONG! (Jim Keyes)
Lightweights Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Former CEO of Blockbuster and 7/11, Jim Keyes joins the Lightweights Podcast hosted by Joe Vulpis discussing the highs and lows of Blockbuster during his time as CEO. Revealing the Google partnership, shutting down the company, his rise in the business world, what he brought at 7/11, managing nearly 1 million employees, and finding the line of work and home life balance.
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| 0:50.2 | dry lightweight audience today we have a very special guest. |
| 0:53.8 | We are going to be learning so much about business, entrepreneurial ship, and everything in between. |
| 0:59.2 | We have the former CEO of Blockbuster and 7-Eleven, Jim Keys. |
| 1:04.0 | Joe, thank you for having me. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm so excited that you're here. |
| 1:10.0 | Blockbuster was such a monumental piece of pop culture and history and everyone grew up going there and you were the CEO of the company |
| 1:17.3 | I was it was a privilege I got to tell you to lead to |
| 1:21.4 | iconic companies like 7-Eleven and Blockbuster. |
| 1:24.7 | Man, got some stories. |
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