Entrepreneur on Fire 769.

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What's shake in Fire Nation? John Bleed-Dumas here and I am fired up to bring you our

feature guest today. Jeff Hayes. Jeff, are you prepared to ignite?

I am. Oh yes. Jeff was a serial entrepreneur in a filmmaker who's been shortlisted for an Academy

Award for his film on Native soil. He's completed eight consecutive crowdfunding campaigns.

It has been featured in Forbes as a crowdfunding expert. Jeff, I've given Fire Nation just

little insight. Share more about you personally that expand upon the best.

I am 56 years old. I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've started tons of companies. I've had huge successes

and I've also had stunning failures. I got to tell you my greatest value has come from the failures.

It's not anything I would wish on anybody but it's certainly where the vast majority of my

experiences come from. I started making films 20 years ago and about three years ago started

doing that almost exclusively. I've always kind of gone back to that in between entrepreneurial

ventures but we're really starting to get a handle on a niche in the market and this crowdfunding

piece is really an astounding tool not just for filmmakers but for entrepreneurs.

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