Why It's Never TOO LATE & How To Sell to Billionaires | Steve Varsano Conquers the Luxury Aviation Market at 55
Disruptors
Rob Moore
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Rob steps into the high-flying world of private jet sales with Steve Varsano, a titan of the industry. Steve reveals the secrets behind selling multi-million dollar aircraft, negotiating with billionaires, and disrupting the market with his innovative showroom. Steve's journey is a masterclass in entrepreneurship, perseverance, and the art of the deal.
REVEALS:
- How he started his business at age 55
- The deal he closed on the day of his divorce.
- How he revolutionised the jet industry
- Why he works 24/7
- How to take your ego out of negotiations
- How to close dead deals
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"No matter how many times you think a deal is dead, it's not always dead, right? Okay, and you got to keep on going back. You have to figure out take your ego out of it."
"If you want to be successful in business, there's no balance. I mean, you really have to give up some of your home, you know, benefits in order to get ahead."
"Listen, if you want to be a disruptor. You’re not cruising, you're not working 9 to 5, you know, you have to come up with an idea that is a disruption, that, you know, you want to break the mode."
"Don't give up. I mean, that's It's easy to say. It's really easy to say. But just don't take no for an answer. Don't give up. Don't care what people say."
"Are you ever able to switch off? Do you do anything outside of work?"
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| 0:00.0 | Steve, what's the most expensive jet you've ever sold? |
| 0:05.0 | Ah, that was a Boeing business jet because it was actually green, meaning that the airplane came in a metal can. |
| 0:13.0 | That's how you get it from the factory. And the completion on top of that. Between the two, the price was about $97 million. For one jet? |
| 0:21.6 | One jet, yeah. |
| 0:22.6 | And what was your share in that? |
| 0:24.6 | It was pretty good, actually. |
| 0:27.6 | And I closed it on the day. |
| 0:29.6 | I finalized my divorce, so it was even more happy day. |
| 0:33.6 | Oh! |
| 0:34.6 | So, yeah, that was the biggest, the highest priced airplane I've ever sold. |
| 0:42.2 | Wow. |
| 0:42.7 | And in your career, how many jets would you say you've sold? |
| 0:46.3 | You know, I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I really don't even count anymore. |
| 0:51.2 | It's probably close to maybe 500. And now it's, you know, |
| 1:00.1 | we don't really say how many airplanes we sell each year, but, you know, we sell in the |
| 1:05.5 | upper end of the market. So the airplanes are basically broken up into small, mid-size, |
| 1:10.5 | super mid-size, large cabin, |
| 1:12.6 | ultra-long range, and then VIP airliner, which we're in here. |
| 1:15.6 | So I don't really deal with the small and mid-sized jets. |
| 1:18.6 | We deal with what they call super mid-up. |
| 1:21.6 | And so we're not really looking at how many airplanes we could sell. |
| 1:25.6 | It's really the value and how much we can make |
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