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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Mastering Time and Opportunity

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I answer questions on building real partnerships without locking yourself into rigid agreements that fall apart when circumstances change. I break down how to align skills, timing, and risk tolerance so you can make smarter decisions without regret. I also share how understanding perceived value versus your true bottom line can shift every negotiation in your favor. From quick five-minute calls to filtering where your time actually goes, I explain how to create systems that help more people while staying efficient. I also get into alignment, daily practices, and how knowing what to do now and next eliminates overwhelm and keeps momentum steady.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Who has the first question?

0:00.7

I've got, I've got one.

0:01.6

Yeah, please.

0:02.6

At the, you know, your, your business is focused at the intersection of sports, business, and media. Mm-hmm. And, you know, as you're building that out and you're looking for long-term strategic partnerships, what are some things that you look out for so that you're not just getting some early wins, but you're actually developing some, some infrastructure there. and what's the timing and the sequencing like

0:20.8

and kind of announcing too soon

0:22.3

not to sabotage your efforts.

0:24.4

Yeah. some infrastructure there. And what's the timing and the sequencing like

0:20.9

and kind of announcing too soon not to sabotage your efforts?

0:24.4

Yeah, so it depends on what stage you're at.

0:26.9

So when you get to a position where I'm in,

0:29.6

I have so many options, opportunities, and touches a favor.

0:32.9

My job is to evaluate either the distribution internally in my businesses or externally to the network

0:40.8

of people that I have an overlap agreement with. If anybody would like an overlap agreement,

0:44.8

I'll send it to you. It's a memorialization of how we'd like to help each other. It's just a non-binding

0:50.1

memorialization, but what it does is it's a conduit to collaboration, not a binding agreement

0:55.9

of separation and litigation.

0:57.9

And so what most people do is they create a referral agreement says, you're going to pay me

1:01.4

10%, I'm going to pay you 10%, and then time and motion and value changes, and I can't pay you

1:06.5

to 10%.

1:07.5

So then I hide from you, and then you hate me and I hate myself because circumstances change

1:13.4

is not my intention. So by creating a document that reflects verbal, written, implied agreement

1:19.2

and make it non-binding. So I go ahead to make a referral to you, but it ends up you, it was a friend

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