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My $300 Million Mistake: Insider Secrets Revealed | David Packouz DSH #739

Digital Social Hour

Sean Kelly

Self-improvement, Education

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for an electrifying journey into the world of high-stakes government contracting with "My $300 Million Mistake: Insider Secrets Revealed" on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 💥🎙️ Join us as we dive deep into the fascinating life of David Packouz, the real-life inspiration behind the movie War Dogs. Discover how a chance encounter with his childhood friend led to a whirlwind of arms dealing, fortune, and controversy. From navigating government contracts to surviving house arrest, David's story is packed with twists, turns, and invaluable lessons. This episode is a goldmine of insider secrets that you won't want to miss! 🎬✨ Tune in now and don't miss out on David's captivating tale of ambition, betrayal, and redemption. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Join the conversation and explore the thrilling world of arms dealing and innovation. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Efraim's Journey into Arms Dealing 05:00 - LinkedIn Ad Credit Offer 06:20 - David's Path to Arms Dealing 10:45 - Chinese Ammunition Insights 13:00 - The Mysterious Box 17:10 - The Business Offer 19:55 - Departure from AEY 21:00 - FBI Raids on AEY 25:50 - NY Times Article & Political Scandal 30:28 - Fate of David’s Partner, Efraim Diveroli 35:45 - David's Financial Recovery from Efraim 36:48 - War Dogs Academy Overview 38:42 - Singular Sound & Instafloss Discussion APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: Jenna@DigitalSocialHour.com GUEST: David Packouz https://www.instagram.com/davidpackouz/ https://instafloss.com/ http://davidpackouz.com/ SPONSORS: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/social Deposyt Payment Processing: https://www.deposyt.com/seankelly LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

People who don't know me, the movie War Dogs was based on some events in my life.

0:06.6

Jonah Hill plays my former partner, I'm DeVaroli.

0:09.5

The way I got into it, this was back in like 2006, 2006, yeah. I knew that from like when we were kids.

0:18.2

I bump into him and he asked me like what I was doing these days and teenage boys they either get obsessed with

0:23.7

guitars, cars, sports or guns right? So I was a guitar guy I'm a musician but he was a

0:29.6

gun guy he got obsessed with guns.

0:38.0

All right guys we are in LA got David Pack out here today. We're talking war dogs we're talking arm dealing and we're talking what you're up to now.

0:42.0

Yeah, thank you.

0:43.0

Quite the story, man.

0:44.0

Thank you, thank you for having me.

0:45.0

Yeah, I know normally your shows are three hours, but we'll have to be a little quick today.

0:48.0

Could you give people watching this that don't know your story to quit recap?

0:51.0

Yeah, so for people who don't know me the movie War Dogs was based on

0:57.1

some events in my life. I'm in the movie I'm played by Miles Teller and Jonah Hill plays my former partner Ephraim DeVorelli.

1:06.0

So the way I got into it, this was back in like 2006, 2006, yeah.

1:16.0

I actually late 2005.

1:19.6

I knew from like when we were kids. We met each other in synagogue.

1:25.0

My family are both our families are Jewish and then we lost contact with each other.

1:30.0

And I was when I was about 22 I was going through I was in college studying chemistry

1:38.8

working part-time as a massage therapist I also was had a few side businesses selling

1:44.9

SD cards on eBay and as well as bed sheets I was importing from Pakistan and

1:50.7

selling to like nursing homes and hospitals and I bump into him and he asked me like what I was doing these days and and he told me that and I told him that you know about the bedsheets and the

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