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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Lessons from a $100 Million Loss

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode features an engaging live Q&A session from Web Summit's Ask Me Anything panel. I discuss my progression from a technology enthusiast to a prominent figure in sports marketing and a respected business coach, focusing on my personal story of becoming a multimillionaire at a young age and facing a significant $100 million financial setback. The session highlights the importance of cultivating good habits and the crucial role of surrender in overcoming challenges. I emphasize seeking help, strategies for effective prioritization, and balancing passion, fun, and success. Additionally, I address choosing the right business partner, managing work-life balance in demanding situations, and merging fun with professional success.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. How are we all doing today? Welcome, welcome to day one of Websomat

0:07.8

here in unusually foggy Lisbon. I'm sure we're all happy to be outside or

0:12.3

inside away from that weather.

0:14.0

You are joining the Q&A stage here as you can tell.

0:17.0

This is our only stage where we allow you, the audience, to ask your questions directly to our speakers.

0:23.2

So our first one today needs no introduction, but I'll give him one anyway.

0:27.8

It is David Melzer, who is a legendary sports executive who formerly served as CEO of the well-known Lee Steinberg Sports Agency

0:36.4

which some of you may know as the inspiration for Jerry McGuire.

0:40.0

He's also a world-renowned business coach and winner of the Variety magazine Sports

0:44.5

Humanitarian of the Year Award as well as the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

0:49.5

So without further ado, please put your hands together for David Melzer

0:53.7

and ask him to show me the money.

0:59.5

How's it going?

1:01.5

Hello, I like to see it, take a seat.

1:03.7

So David, let's kick things off.

1:06.8

For anyone who doesn't know you in the audience,

1:08.8

you, why don't you just give us a quick summary

1:11.7

about who you are, your successes, and what you've done to get here on stage today?

1:15.6

You know a lot of people talk about their successes.

1:18.1

I, as I got older, more focused on my failures.

1:21.3

But I started in technology, ended up Samsung's CEO of their cell

1:27.7

division.

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