This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.

Mark Laurie, the president and CEO of Walmart, US Ecommerce and founder and CEO of Jet.com.

And he's a serial entrepreneur.

Mark was appointed in 2016 to lead Walmart's Ecom when his company Jet.com was acquired.

In this role, he accelerates Walmart's Ecommerce growth and customer reach leading Walmart.com and Jet.com.

Mark was named in wise entrepreneur of the year and fortunes smartest people in technology. Welcome Mark.

We're we're feeling solid.

First of all, you look great. Are you racing Jerry Rice again? I don't know why you look so handsome.

No, no, you're not seeing down here in other COVID-19 is for real.

Yeah, the COVID-19 has completely outpaced the freshman 15 for most of my friends and family.

Mark, thank you for being on. Obviously, we had a very long session on my podcast.

So I know a lot of people in the audience have gotten that context.

But I also know a lot of people listen to marketing for now that have no clue about my podcast.

So three minutes on your entrepreneurial journey context.

The 180 second 240 second version of kid selling baseball cards to where you are now at Walmart.

Yeah, when I was four years old, I people asked what I wanted to be the teacher and I wrote this thing up that said I want to be a farmer because they grow stuff from nothing and crayon.

And my mom kept it and that basically sums up, you know, everything.

You know, I love creating stuff from nothing. I did every entrepreneurial business you could think about as a kid, mowing lawns, weeds, newspapers, recycle, wash cars.

By the way, that's pulling weeds in New Jersey, not selling weed as a kid, right? I just want to make sure everybody heard you.

Exactly.

So you're from Jersey, so anything's possible.

And then you know, went to college and there wasn't really the startup scene.

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