Hakeem Valles: Retired NFL Tight End and Real Estate Investor | #ThePlaybook 161

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Hakeem Valles, retired NFL tight end and real estate investor, sheds light on: [4:49] How he started a lucrative phone repair business while in college [8:27] The impact of his first mentor and what he taught him about being willing to “eat dirt” [13:49] How he leveraged his position as an NFL player to network with local real estate investors [16:28] Why a terrifying missionary trip to Haiti changed his outlook on life and business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook I have
0:02.8	hakem Vallez retired NFL player real estate investment
0:06.8	strategists and public speaker and we get into the importance of being
0:11.8	willing to eat dirt.
0:14.8	Also, he has one of the most terrifying stories I've ever heard.
0:19.4	Join us for all of this and more on The Playbook.
0:23.4	This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities,
0:29.7	and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions
0:36.4	on the field and in the boardroom.
0:39.3	I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.
0:44.0	This is Dave Melter with Entrepreneurs The Playbook
0:47.0	and I am so excited about this entrepreneurial journey here
0:50.0	because I have
0:53.3	hakem Vallez and hopefully I pronounce it quite elite.
0:54.1	Most of you know him as being an NFL star
0:56.7	playing in Arizona, great football player,
0:59.9	but you know that's not good enough for the playbook man we've had you know Hall of
1:04.0	Famers on here you are a Hall of Famer of entrepreneurs and I have to get into your
1:08.7	story because I'm so excited I love when it's in your blood.
1:13.2	I believe that there's a quantum memory
1:14.8	you inherit, you know, an entrepreneurial spirit.
1:17.7	When did your entrepreneurial journey start?
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