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What Are You Waiting For? Breakthroughs Start Where Fear Ends!" In this episode, I'm thrilled to sit down with Jesse Itzler, an unstoppable entrepreneur, ultra-endurance athlete, and master of unconventional experiences. Jesse's journey is built on facing down fear, embracing challenges, and doing what most people would never attempt. From creating Marquis Jet and selling it to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, to venturing into the unknown time and time again, Jesse's story is proof that success is found on the other side of risk. Jesse dives into the art of tackling “the wall” — that point where fear, doubt, and hesitation threaten to stop you. He talks about how he built a mindset that not only pushes through but thrives in uncertainty. When he realized he wanted to experience private jet travel but couldn't afford it, Jesse and his partner went straight to NetJets with nothing but a vision and unshakeable conviction. Against the odds, they secured a deal with Buffett's team, setting the foundation for what became a game-changing business. We also get into why Jesse believes routine kills creativity and how he designs his life around extraordinary experiences. He shares his practice of "Kevin's Rule," a commitment to creating meaningful experiences every two months. Jesse has made it his mission to build a “life resume” filled with unforgettable moments and deep connections. Key Takeaways: Face the Fear Wall: Success often waits on the other side of your greatest fears. Innovate Without Limits: Breaking from tradition can be a competitive advantage. Build Your Life Resume: Pursue experiences that enrich your life and create unforgettable memories. Be Irreplaceable: In every role—parent, partner, or professional—make yourself invaluable. Time is Scarce, Act Accordingly: Treat each moment like it's priceless, because it is. This episode is packed with strategies to turn ambition into action. Jesse's journey reminds us that life is too short to play it safe. Start building the life you want—one bold step at a time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Matt and Jen discuss overcoming fears and starting new ventures. They share their experiences and the story of Jesse Itzler, who founded Marquis Jet with no aviation experience. Itzler's success stemmed from seeing opportunities and breaking tasks into manageable steps, despite initial obstacles like needing FAA approval and raising $5 million. They emphasize visualizing goals and focusing on opportunities rather than fears. They also encourage you to take the first step and maintain consistency, believing that fortune favors the bold. Listen In!Thank you for listening to this episode of Ignite Your Impact!As referenced in the show you can visit our website at phenixmethod.comJoin our Private Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/phenixmethodbodyandlifestyletransformations for lifestyle transformation hacks that the pros use.OR if you are ready to go all in on yourself catch us on Instagram at @Jenrhodesofficial or @mattrhodes355

In this episode Codie sits down with Jesse Itzler, millionaire entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of companies like Zico Coconut Water and Marquis Jet. They dive into his unique mindset, business journeys, failures, and the habits that define his legendary life. Jesse shares his approach to entrepreneurship, living an adventure-filled life, and why building businesses with purpose matters more than ever. Record and edit your videos: https://creators.riverside.fm/Codie and use code CODIE for 15% off any individual plan. It's saved me so much time, and we all know time is money. 00:00:00 - START 00:02:58 - Unique Marketing Tactics 00:03:34 - Overcoming the Fear of Embarrassment 00:04:38 - First Experience with Breakdancing 00:06:30 - Booed Off Stage 00:08:18 - Managing 50 Cent 00:13:09 - Lessons from Business Failures 00:16:56 - Creating Winning Products 00:18:48 - Leadership Style 00:22:09 - Passion and Resilience 00:24:12 - Major Business Hits and Misses 00:30:56 - Living Life Without Regrets 00:35:08 - Emotional Toll of Business Failures 00:40:00 - Importance of Relationships 00:43:02 - The Power of Equity 00:44:09 - Mentoring Future Millionaires 00:47:10 - Investing in Personal Growth 00:49:30 - Instilling Confidence in Others 00:50:04 - Parenting Philosophy 00:55:30 - The Importance of Experience Over Money 00:57:00 - Building Confidence Through Challenges 00:58:45 - The Role of Gratitude in Life 01:00:05 - The Legacy of Experiences 01:02:30 - Closing Thoughts on Life's Journey 01:04:15 - Jesse's Upcoming Projects 01:06:00 - Call to Action for Listeners 01:09:30 - Rapid Fire Questions 01:12:15 - The Impact of Community and Relationships 01:15:00 - Final Reflections on Entrepreneurship 01:20:10 - OUTRO

sit down with one of the owners of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Jesse Itzler. Jesse is a successful serial entrepreneur, having founded Marquis Jet, which he sold to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, and being a partner of ZICO coconut water, which was sold to Coca Cola. He is also a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and former rapper. Jesse looks to share the ins and outs of how he has had so much success in business, and in life. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN 01:12 - What Jesse learned from living with a Navy Seal, and monks. 03:58 - What a “Life Resume” is and how to build it. 10:49 - Why you need re-evaluate how you think about time. 20:16 - How to get the most out of your life. 24:59 - Why patience is so key to success. And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. Recommended Book: Living with the Monks by Jesse Itzler. Recommended Book: Living with a SEAL by Jesse Itzler. Recommended Book: Can't Hurt Me by David Goggin. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: Toyota Monarch Money Airbnb Yahoo! Finance Fundrise Range Rover Public NerdWallet NetSuite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Welcome to part two of In Search of Excellence episode with the amazing Jesse Itzler.Jesse is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold five companies including Marquis Jet and ZICO Coconut Water. He is an Emmy Award winner, a former rapper and former manager of Run DMC, a globally recognized keynote speaker, and a part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team.He's also a passionate endurance athlete who has run more than 35,000 miles over the last 25 years, including 50+ marathons. Jessie is also the author of two awesome best-selling books, Living with the Seals 31 days training with the toughest man on the planet and Living with the monks: What turning off my phone taught me about happiness, gratitude and focus. Time stamps:02:59 The Coconut water business- As a runner researched hydration and nutrition- Discovered coconut water- Partnered with a ZICO company- Sold the company to Coca Cola 2 years later04:55 Money as a goal and motivator- What is more important is the quality of your product or service- Passion and enthusiasm are also important- Experiences and proving yourself09:08 The fear of failure- His son decided to play baseball- The story of his son failing at the game- Participant vs. spectator in life11:22 Lessons learned from Navy SEAL David Goggins- Always been attracted to people who weren't like-minded- Met David Goggins and invited him to stay with his family- Interested in the habits of highly successful people- Jesse thinks of himself as of an observation expert15:50 The power of the spoken word- Speaking words gives them power- It's important to talk things into existence- Remember Tomorrow mantra- Think about how a decision impacts your tomorrow20:04 The value of a written letter- The energy is a lot different- Jesse still writes letters- Randall's stance on handwriting notes23:16 The importance of extreme preparation and planning- It was very important when Jesse was younger- Also, the ability to pivot- Jesse is a planner- Already planned his 2024- Kevin's rule28:03 Saying “No” and finding time for your family- in his 20s, Jesse was always saying “Yes”- Later in life, learned to say “No”- It's important how you say “No”31:01 Fill in the blanks for excellence- The biggest lesson I've learned in my life is    - Marry the right person- My number one professional goal is    - Create more time to do the things I love to do- My number one personal goal is    - Stay healthy- And moreResources Mentioned:Type in EXCELLENCE15 for 15% off The Big A## Calendar! Sponsors:Sandee | Bliss: BeachesWant to Connect? Reach out to us online!Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

Welcome to another episode of In Search of Excellence! My guest today is the amazing Jesse Itzler.Jesse is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold five companies, including Marquis Jet and Zico Coconut Water. He is an Emmy Award winner, a former rapper and former manager of Run DMC, a globally recognized keynote speaker, and a part-owner of the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team.He's also a passionate endurance athlete who has run more than 35,000 miles over the last 25 years, including 50+ marathons. Jessie is also the author of two awesome best-selling books, Living with the Seals 31 Days: Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet and Living with the Monks: What Turning off My Phone Taught Me About Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus. Time stamps:01:54 The influence of Jesse's parents- They showed up for everything- They let him explore- They didn't over-schedule him- Didn't teach him about hard work, he watched them doing it04:12 How much is his personality a part of his success?- He has problems with memorizing things- He is great at storytelling- His personality was essential for his success05:58 The entrepreneurial gene- Jesse's grandfather was born in poverty in Russia- He immigrated to America and came with nothing- Jesse's grandfather and father worked very hard- Jesse grew up middle-class07:42 Should kids go to college?- Jesse went to everything and was exposed to knowledge and people- His mom encouraged him to be curious and take every opportunity- He was aware of the time and urgency12:50 The start of Jesse's career – getting a foot at the door- Jesse's record deal – go to every door until someone says yes- He got a deal from a record label called Delicious Vinyl- It's essential to get a foot at the door and get into the system 16:47 The ridiculous offer and believing in yourself- Started the music business doing commercial jingles- He lived on his friend's couches- Someone offered him $10,000 for 10% of his future earnings- Can you? vs. Will you?20:32 The advice to young entrepreneurs- Some businesses require capital- Selling out equity to employees, friends, and family- Under-promising and keeping things simple is a better strategy- Take advice, go through the pros and cons, and think through the worst-case scenario24:39 How to bounce back from a failure?- Sold his business for $1 million- Tried many different things and failed- Extremely enthusiastic about trying fun things and projects- Sold celery and carrot sticks and loved it even without the profit- In business, three strikes and you're not out 29:30 Is there a time to stop trying?- Jesse kept going despite failures- He never stopped- The tolerance of embarrassment- Never got embarrassed by his failures31:51 The value of relationships- Wanted to start a private jet company but didn't have jets- Met with the president of the largest private jet company in the world – Net Jets- Got the deal and built a $5 billion companyResources Mentioned:Type in EXCELLENCE15 for 15% off The Big A## Calendar! Sponsors:Sandee | Bliss: BeachesWant to Connect? Reach out to us online!Website | Instagram | LinkedIn

Today, we take a look into the mindset and habits of successful entrepreneurs and mastering the art of organization for success, topics that today's guest has totally mastered. Jesse Itzler has an impressive background with a bachelor's degree from American University and a further degree in justice, law, and society. His resume as an entrepreneur is also quite impressive, co-founding Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company, which was later sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Beyond this, he's partnered with Zico coconut water, selling it to The Coca-Cola Company, and has ventured into the music industry, co-writing Billboard Top 100 hits and co-founding Alphabet City Sports Records. Jesse is also an acclaimed triathlete and author, with his book, Living with a Seal, becoming a New York Times bestseller.As we step into the early days of 2024, this episode is all about providing you with clear, direct methods to upgrade your life across various facets—work, fitness, and personal development. Tune in as I compare and contrast my organizational methods with Jesse's, the goal being to introduce you to strategies that resonate with you and align with your personality. You'll gain insights into how Jesse efficiently prioritizes his calendar and the skills needed to outperform competition when you're starting out in business. We also explore habits and tools for staying physically and mentally young, our favorite biohacks, my personal excitement in the field of longevity, and ways to structure your life for maximum return on investment, both in terms of monetary success and happiness. While our methods differ in some areas, our objective is the same: to live a life with minimal regrets, whether you reach 80 or 180 years old. Join us as we discuss the habits of successful entrepreneurs—both from our experience and learning from others at the top of their game—and discover practical ways to implement these lessons into your life.(00:00:20) The Secret to Jesse's Success in Business & Triathlons(00:05:10) How Jesse Organizes His Life & Implements New Habits(00:22:49) Structuring Support Systems & Early Hires(00:32:41) Lessons From Living With a Seal & Monks(00:48:19) What Biohacks Dave Is Most Excited About(00:54:21) How To Organize Your Time Efficiently(01:01:54) The Mindset & Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs(01:10:34) The Recipe for a Fulfilling Life(01:18:46) Dave's Top Tools for LongevityResourcesDave Asprey's NEW Book ‘Smarter Not Harder' is out now: https://daveasprey.com/books Website: jesseitzler.comInstagram: @jesseitzlerTikTok: @jesseitzlerYouTube: Jesse ItzlerLinkedin: Jesse ItzlerThe Human Upgrade is produced by Crate Media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today episode is the first installment of my new Classics Series where I share some of the most thought provoking and mind expanding episodes from the past 7 years. This episode is one of our most downloaded episode with Jesse Itzler and it originally aired back in 2019.  Jesse Itzler is someone who absolutely attacks life and wants to get the most out of it. We dive into how he's trying to build his life resume, how to deal with pressure and push yourself further and how he approaches designing his life.  He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets.  Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team.  He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.   Checkout my books, Masterpiece in Progress: A Daily Guide to a Life Well Crafted & Insights of the Ages: Quotes for a Life Well Crafted!  Order HERE Find out more – MasterPieceInProgressBook.com Inside the pages of Masterpiece in Progress, you'll find 365 motivational passages, one for each day of the year, carefully designed to challenge, inspire, and create personal and professional evolution in your life. But that's not all! In Masterpiece in Progress, readers will find: 365 motivational passages: Daily insights to challenge, inspire, and instigate personal and professional evolution. Timeless wisdom: Life lessons that serve as the foundational stones for a future sculpted by dreams, authenticity, and unwavering passion. Practical tools & insights: A treasure trove of strategies tailored to awaken the dormant potential that rests within every individual. Masterpiece in Progress is more than a book; it's your daily companion in the art of living magnificently. Are you ready to begin crafting your masterpiece? The journey starts now. I've poured everything I have into this book, with the aim of making it your go-to resource in the art of living a magnificent life. Checkout what people are saying about the book: “Intensely positive and upbeat, Sean DeLaney crafts a master class in personal development. This book is about the art of AMPing up your life.” – Frank Slootman, CEO, Snowflake and author of Amp It Up “The brilliance of Masterpiece in Progress is its ability to impact us all and in all aspects of our lives, whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur, author, aspiring executive, parent, friend, coach or mentor. Sean's insights light your path as he delves deep, providing not just inspiration but tangible tools to help you craft the life you envision. A masterclass in self-growth and a must read.” – Scott O'Neil, CEO, Merlin Entertainments and former CEO of Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils “Operating in some of the world's most challenging environments, I've seen firsthand the importance of grit, resilience, and relentless pursuit of excellence. Masterpiece in Progress embodies these principles, offering a roadmap to all who aim to conquer their personal and professional battles.”— Michael Burns, US Navy SEAL (Retired), Bronze Star Medal with Valor “Sean's beautiful, thoughtful writing reminds you what's important and calls your attention to a perspective that lifts your spirit each day. Highly recommended.” – Derek Sivers, author, sive.rs Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

Prepare to be inspired! Our latest webcast guests, Marc Hodulich and Jesse Itzler, are the Co-Founders of 29029, the Everest Challenge, an endurance hiking event that challenges participants to climb 29,029 feet – the height of Mt. Everest – in 36 hours. Marc is an entrepreneur, management consultant, and endurance athlete, and Jesse co-founded Marquis Jet and Zico coconut water, is part owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, Living with a SEAL. They joined Willy to discuss the inspiration behind 29029, the community that has developed around it, what makes their partnership so successful, their athletic and entrepreneurial ventures, and much more. Watch or listen to the replay.    If you have any comments or questions, please reach out to your main Walker & Dunlop point of contact. We are all available to answer questions and provide assistance. Additionally, if you have topics you would like covered during one of our future webcasts, we would be happy to take your suggestions.   

In this special episode of Money Mondays, we dive deep into the secrets of wealth-building with entrepreneur extraordinaire, Jesse Itzler. Join us as Jesse shares his proven formula for making more money in your 40s and 50s. Discover his unconventional journey and unique perspective on money, risk, and family... Jesse Itzler, a multifaceted entrepreneur, author, and motivational powerhouse, defies convention at every turn. Known for his limitless pursuit of life experiences, he co-founded Marquis Jet, a private jet card company, and has played a pivotal role in numerous successful startups, including Zico Coconut Water. Jesse's relentless drive extends to endurance challenges. He once famously invited a Navy SEAL to live with him for a month, chronicling the experience in his best-selling book, "Living with a SEAL." An accomplished author, Jesse has penned several books, offering insights on leadership, success, and personal growth. Like this episode? Watch more like it

Today, I'm joined by Jesse Itzler, serial entrepreneur, NYT bestselling author, and co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks. Jesse's success crosses industries, with past exits including Zico Coconut Water, Alphabet City Sports Records, and Marquis Jet.  Now, he's leveraging his love of endurance sports to scale his two latest ventures, apparel line All Day Running Co. and event company 29029 — both highlighting physical challenge as a force for transformation. In this episode, Jesse discusses prioritizing health, forging community, and sharing his experiences with others. Plus, we discuss how his own values have evolved over time. In this episode, you'll learn: Jesse's reflections on founding, running, and selling five companies How a lifelong focus on health and wellness has kept him energized What motivated him to start his running and endurance event businesses Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Jesse's Website: https://jesseitzler.com/ Jesse's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler/?hl=en All Day Run Co Website: https://www.alldayrunningco.com/ Running Man Festival: https://www.alldayrunningco.com/pages/runningman 29029 Website: https://29029everesting.com/ - The Fitt Insider podcast is brought to you by Jack Taylor, our exclusive PR partner. More than just PR, they're creative storytellers and brand builders who actually understand the health and wellness industry. Learn more and get in touch at https://fitt.co/jacktaylor Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:15) Jesse's background as a serial entrepreneur  (02:35) Being an entrepreneur and maintaining a healthy lifestyle (04:16) Achieving success without sacrificing health (08:22) Modern accessibility to health and wellness information (09:33) Identify what healthy habits work for you (11:40) Jesse's diverse set of experiences (17:23) Your unique experience is your expertise (19:16) Maintaining motivation after achieving success (20:54) Jesse's mission to build community and outdoor events (26:52) Community building (30:24) Jesse's hiring approach as his life progresses (34:09) Future road map (36:43) Conclusion  

Episode 504: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Jesse Itzler (https://twitter.com/jesseitzler) about how he turned $118 into massive businesses including Marquis Jet and ZICO coconut water. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. Want MFM Merch? Check out our store here. Want to see the best clips from MFM? Subscribe to our clips channel here. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com/ Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/ • Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant • Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing • Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/ • Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/ — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:30) $10K for 10% of your life (7:30) Can vs Will (13:30) Going from Jingles to Jets (17:30) Jesse's underdog mentality (23:00) Marquis Jet: The craziest origin story of all time (32:30) How Marquis Jets worked (36:30) Getting celebrities as first customers (43:00) Zico: Finding profitable super niches (50:00) Business Idea 1: Private travel experience for commercial travelers (54:00) Business Idea 2: Pickles! (58:00) Business Idea 3: Quickies-Ready-made 8oz Drinks (1:02:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Money (1:08:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Relationships: Compliment, Congratulate, and Console (1:08:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Defining a Year — Links: • Jesse Itzler's website - https://jesseitzler.com/  • New York Knicks theme song "Go NY Go" - https://tinyurl.com/9yfach3r • Living with a Seal - https://tinyurl.com/wdjkj2je • Marquis Jet - https://www.marquisjetset.com/ • All Day Running Co. - https://www.alldayrunningco.com/ • Big A## Calendar - https://tinyurl.com/22ujummp • ZICO - https://zico.com/ • Sara Blakely - https://tinyurl.com/6ye642w4 • SPANX - https://spanx.com/ Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. — Other episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto • #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Not too long ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Marquis Jet, aka the Joker, actor Nick Creegan.Just a little interview from the final year of StarFest Denver.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

Not too long ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Marquis Jet, aka the Joker, actor Nick Creegan.Just a little interview from the final year of StarFest Denver.You can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.

http://aboutJorge.com - Welcome to Expect Success at georgebalek.com!Now, in addition to listening to our podcast, you can also view the video format on youtube at: http://georgetube.comSubscribe to my YouTube: http://georgebalek.com/youtube It REALLY helps. Here is My Podcast Page:  http://buzzsprout.com/112740Jesse Itzler is an American entrepreneur, author, and rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world. He's a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.Today Jesse shares a crazy story and the valuable lesson it taught him. Listen to Jesse. For more about Jesse Itzler, simply search youtube. And be sure to visit his website jesseitzler.com. Jesse's famous audio-book Living With A SEAL can be found at his website and/or amazon.com. I'll leave a link in the show notes. Living With A SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet  https://amzn.to/3B8WzzK  As the late great Jim Rohn use to say, you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Today you have been hanging out with Jesse Itzler. Keep up the momentum and subscribe to our newsletter so you never miss another episode.Newsletter:  http://georgebalek.com/newsletterIf you enjoyed this episode please share it on social media and send it to someone that could use extra motivation in their life. Do you have any thoughts or comments? Please visit: http://GeorgeBalek.comPlease take 60 seconds to  leave an HONEST review for the Expect Success Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely important for me to make this show better. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/george-baleks-podcast/id1261439218Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes so that you get updates and new episodes downloaded to your phone automatically. Subscribe via iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/ydb4qgxtSubscribe via Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147988&refid=stpr Subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed) http://www.buzzsprout.com/112740.rssWant to find out more about how I make a full-time internet income from home and how you can too. Visit: http://aboutJorge.comFollow me on Facebook: http://georgebalek.com/facebook Follow me on Twitter: http://georgebalek.com/twitter Subscribe to me on YouTube: http://georgebalek.com/youtube

IN THIS EPISODE, Tim sits down with Jesse Itzler to discuss how his unwavering mindset and his INSANE sense of urgency have helped him build an incredible life resume filled with unbelievable adventures and accomplishments that most see as impossible. You will learn.. The Most Friends Wins Principle One Idea Away from Changing Your Life Incredible Power of Mindset Success Formula for Goal Achievement How to Beat Time - TAKE ACTION! Your Life Resume as Motivation Achieve Massive Results in Small Steps Create Newness and Playing Life on Offense WHO IS JESSE ITZLER Jesse is an American entrepreneur, author, and rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group, and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. BROUGHT TO YOU BY PERFORMANCE EXPERTS: Mortgage Coaching for the Professional Who Wants a Great Business & Better Life CELEBRITY HOME LOANS: Where Everyone Gets Treated Like a Star®

For full show notes, resources mentioned, and transcripts go to: www.drmindypelz.com/ep129/ To enroll in Dr. Mindy's Fasting membership go to: resetacademy.drmindypelz.com This episode is all about the best mindset information on health and fasting. JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food, or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. Please see our medical disclaimer.

About the Book: Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy SEAL in the New York Times and #1 LA Times bestseller Living With a Seal, now with two bonus chapters. Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler will try almost anything. His life is about being bold and risky. So when Jesse felt himself drifting on autopilot, he hired a rather unconventional trainer to live with him for a month-an accomplished Navy SEAL widely considered to be "the toughest man on the planet"! Living With a Seal is like a buddy movie if it starred the Fresh Prince of Bel- Air. . .and Rambo. Jesse is about as easy-going as you can get. SEAL is. . . not. Jesse and SEAL's escapades soon produce a great friendship, and Jesse gains much more than muscle. At turns hilarious and inspiring, Living With a Seal ultimately shows you the benefits of stepping out of your comfort zone. About the Author: JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. About SEAL (David Goggins) David Goggins is a Retired Navy SEAL and is the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training (including two Hell Weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Enlisted Honor Man) and Air Force Tactical Air Controller training. PUSHING THE LIMIT An accomplished endurance athlete, Goggins has completed over 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons, setting new course records and regularly placing in the top five. He once held the Guinness World Record for pull-ups completing 4,030 in 17 hours, and he's a sought after public speaker. Over the years, he's shared his story with hundreds of thousands of students across the country, numerous professional sports teams, and the staff at Fortune 500 companies.

Want to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn? Secure your spot in the September cohort here. Seating is limited! In this episode, Matt recaps and provides actionable takeaways from Jesse Itzler's talk at the 2022 IPPA Spring Summit. Jesse Itzler is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He crushed it at the conference and provided plenty of actionable items which Matt shares here. Even if you were at the event, you won't want to miss it. Subscribe Now! Apple | Google | Spotify Enjoying the show? *Are you enjoying Payrollin'? Please subscribe and rate us five stars on your player of choice. It helps us continue to improve. *Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://anchor.fm/payrollin/message *Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer and earn free Guhroo swag here: https://refer.fm/payrollingrowingapayrollbusinessthatmatters --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/payrollin/message

Welcome back, Arkhamites! It was a busy week here at Arkham with the visit of one Mr. Marquis Jet, king of the insane. We know he's a dangerous killer and all, but he did make some points. Or at least we think he did, we might have been a little distracted with all the gay action going on with our favourite vigilante lovebirds. Hot. Curious to see what we had to say about #Wildmoore, the #Joker lair and Alice's epiphany? Join us in a new episode of Arkham Archives. Don't forget to visit us @arkham_archives on Instagram and Twitter. We're available on every main podcast platform and Youtube. For any further enquiries, contact us via our email: arkhamarchives.podcast@gmail.com.

JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves (and managed!) Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box.” In fact, he doesn't even have a box. As one of the world's top rated live speakers, Jesse is the author of the New York Times bestselling book “Living With a Seal” as well as the hit “Living With The Monks.” He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Warren Buffett's NetJets; Zico Coconut Water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company; and 29029 which he and his team sold to iFit. ‍ Jesse has had a very unconventional journey as an entrepreneur. With no traditional background in any of the companies he's built, he's created success through fostering relationships, trusting his gut and thinking outside of the box. He's lived on a monastery with monks, ran several 100-mile races, and trained with Wim Hof in the art of cold therapy and breath work. He started Build Your Life Resume® as a way to share his best practices in business, wellness and mindset, as well as his approach to living life to the fullest with as many people as possible. ‍ He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

We welcome actor Nick Creegan to this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast. Actor Nick Creegan is a rising talent, starring in season 3 of CW's 'Batwoman' as Marquis Jet who will be corrupted into a unique twist on DC Universe's infamous Joker villain. Upon the season's return on January 12, 2022, Creegan will be the first Black actor to portray the Joker character. Host: Ryanne Music by: Sammus Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

Nick Creegan recently joined host Elias in the cave! You can catch Nick as Marquis Jet 'The Joker' on CW's 'Batwoman'. He is best known for his major recurring role on NBC's hit Law and Order spin-off, Organized Crime as Richie Wheatley; the son of Mob boss Richard Wheatley played by Dylan McDermott. Photo credit: Megan Toriglia   You can watch this interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/1xHb7NNmwps You can find Nick on Instagram and Twitter Have a question? Email us  themccpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Social Media for the latest show updates  www.twitter.com/themccpodcast www.instagram.com/themccpodcast www.facebook.com/themancavechroniclespodcast www.themccpodcast.com     

Kenny Dichter is the Founder and CEO of Wheels Up. Wheels Up (NYSE: UP) is a membership based private aviation program that charges users per flight hours without any spending requirements or time commitments. Previous to Wheels Up, Kenny founded Marquis Jet, the first fractional card aviation program. He sold Maquis to NetJets in 2007. Aside from Private Aviation, Dichter also founded Tequila Avión. Listen to how Kenny made his big dreams a reality in this week's episode.

Jesse brings OUTSTANDING ENERGY to today's interview and this is an interview you do NOT want to miss. Wow! Jesse Itzler is an American entrepreneur, author, and rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

About the Podcast The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.  Today's special guest is Mathew Evins, Chairman and Co-Founder of EVINS Communications     About Our Guest Mathew Evins is the Chairman and Co-Founder of EVINS Communications, an award-winning brand marketing communications and public relations firm specializing in the premium, prestige and luxury sectors.  The Agency encompasses four practice areas; Brand Essence & Content Curation; Digital & Social Insights & Implementation; Food, Spirits & Wine; Lifestyle; and Travel & Hospitality.  EVINS Communications has an established reputation for providing consummate business strategic counsel, as well as for transforming brand potential into brand performance.  The Agency utilizes business, market and digital analytics and insights to create strategies and programs that engender exponential brand benefit and quantifiable business value.  Well known for its exceptional creativity, strategies and tactics, the Agency utilizes compelling brand activations, immersive content and experiential programming, event embedding and brand placement, media and influencer engagement, thought leadership and authority positioning, strategic brand collaborations and partnerships, to catalyze and enhance brand resonance, brand engagement and brand advocacy.  EVINS Communications provides clients with a demonstrable and exponential return on investment and builds enduring client partnerships, with an average tenure of more than eight years and several in excess of two decades.  Since its founding in 1987, EVINS has played an invaluable role in the development and growth of such icons, innovators and pioneers as American Express Centurion and Platinum, Barney's New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Bomber Ski, Cakebread Cellars, Chaumet, Colgin Cellars, CORE Club, Courvoisier Cognac, Departures Magazine, Duxiana, Ebel Watches, Exclusive Resorts, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Half Moon Resort, Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani, Inspirato, Jet Linx Aviation, Leica Camera, Louis Jadot Wines, Maker's Mark Bourbon, Marquis Jet, Neiman Marcus, Ocean Reef Club, Park Hyatt, National Limousine Association, Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Rosewood Hotel & Resorts, SmartWater, South Sea Pearl Consortium, Swarovski, Tequila Avion, The Knickerbocker Hotel, The Lanesborough, The Lowell, Tourneau, Trinchero Family Estates, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, Valentino, Vera Wang and Wheels Up, amongst many others. Prior to founding EVINS Communications, Mr. Evins previously served as CEO of Pain Therapeutics Corporation, a healthcare services and technology innovator, beforehand as President of Cardiff Consultants, a business and financial strategic consultancy and formerly as Vice President of Vector Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas exploration business.  While an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received a B.A. degree, Mr. Evins created and co-published “The Talisman Report,” which became the world's leading investment advisory newsletter for the three years of its publication.  While attending the University of Pennsylvania, and for more than six years beforehand, Mr. Evins served on the staff of Cornell Medical Center, initially as a Surgical Research Associate in the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory and, subsequently, as Associate Director of the Rogosin Organ Retrieval & Preservation Laboratory.  Mr. Evins is one of the most respected authorities and thought leaders in luxury and luxury hospitality, has lectured at the Cornell Hotel School and NYU's Graduate School of Business, and has authored numerous articles on luxury and lu...

About the Podcast The Stevens Group has been presenting the PR Masters Series Podcast for almost two years now.  This series is part of the ongoing partnership between The Stevens Group and CommPRO to bring to PR, digital/interactive and marketing communications agencies the wisdom of those who have reached the top of the PR profession.  Today's special guest is Mathew Evins, Chairman and Co-Founder of EVINS Communications     About Our Guest Mathew Evins is the Chairman and Co-Founder of EVINS Communications, an award-winning brand marketing communications and public relations firm specializing in the premium, prestige and luxury sectors.  The Agency encompasses four practice areas; Brand Essence & Content Curation; Digital & Social Insights & Implementation; Food, Spirits & Wine; Lifestyle; and Travel & Hospitality.  EVINS Communications has an established reputation for providing consummate business strategic counsel, as well as for transforming brand potential into brand performance.  The Agency utilizes business, market and digital analytics and insights to create strategies and programs that engender exponential brand benefit and quantifiable business value.  Well known for its exceptional creativity, strategies and tactics, the Agency utilizes compelling brand activations, immersive content and experiential programming, event embedding and brand placement, media and influencer engagement, thought leadership and authority positioning, strategic brand collaborations and partnerships, to catalyze and enhance brand resonance, brand engagement and brand advocacy.  EVINS Communications provides clients with a demonstrable and exponential return on investment and builds enduring client partnerships, with an average tenure of more than eight years and several in excess of two decades.  Since its founding in 1987, EVINS has played an invaluable role in the development and growth of such icons, innovators and pioneers as American Express Centurion and Platinum, Barney's New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Bomber Ski, Cakebread Cellars, Chaumet, Colgin Cellars, CORE Club, Courvoisier Cognac, Departures Magazine, Duxiana, Ebel Watches, Exclusive Resorts, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Half Moon Resort, Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani, Inspirato, Jet Linx Aviation, Leica Camera, Louis Jadot Wines, Maker's Mark Bourbon, Marquis Jet, Neiman Marcus, Ocean Reef Club, Park Hyatt, National Limousine Association, Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Rosewood Hotel & Resorts, SmartWater, South Sea Pearl Consortium, Swarovski, Tequila Avion, The Knickerbocker Hotel, The Lanesborough, The Lowell, Tourneau, Trinchero Family Estates, Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, Valentino, Vera Wang and Wheels Up, amongst many others. Prior to founding EVINS Communications, Mr. Evins previously served as CEO of Pain Therapeutics Corporation, a healthcare services and technology innovator, beforehand as President of Cardiff Consultants, a business and financial strategic consultancy and formerly as Vice President of Vector Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas exploration business.  While an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received a B.A. degree, Mr. Evins created and co-published “The Talisman Report,” which became the world's leading investment advisory newsletter for the three years of its publication.  While attending the University of Pennsylvania, and for more than six years beforehand, Mr. Evins served on the staff of Cornell Medical Center, initially as a Surgical Research Associate in the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory and, subsequently, as Associate Director of the Rogosin Organ Retrieval & Preservation Laboratory.  Mr. Evins is one of the most respected authorities and thought leaders in luxury and luxury hospitality, has lectured at the Cornell Hotel School and NYU's Graduate School of Business, and has authored numerous articles on luxury and luxury hospitality.  Mr.

When Jesse Itzler was first starting Marquis Jet, one of his salespeople turned to him and said, "This is hard. All of my customer's are pushing back on me." Itzler looked at the young salesperson and said, "Of course it's hard. What took you so long to realize it? Your job as a salesperson is to present and it's your customer's job to push back." Why are we so shocked when a customer pushes back on us and tells us NO? Did you think sales was going to be easy? If it were easy, you would've never gotten hired. If it all made sense beforehand, there'd be no need for you as a salesperson. It's supposed to be hard, because your offer pushes back on everything the customer thought and knew. Thank God they have you because you'll see it through. It's your job to lean into hard. It's your job to stay with them even when they push back and because you stayed with them and helped them see other options, you'll earn a level of satisfaction and success that most can only dream of. All because it was HARD. Thank you to Inky Johnson and Jesse Itzler for today's context. Subscribe and hear the full interview here.

Jeremy Parker ~ CEO of Swag.com ~ High-Performance Entrepreneurship ~   Jeremy Parker is the co-founder & CEO of Swag.com. Swag has been ranked #218 on Inc Magazine's Top 5000 List. They are a top eCommerce platform for purchasing promotional materials offering a wide variety of customizable branded content.  Swag warehouses products until customers would like to have them delivered to remote clients and employees, en masse or individually. Jeremy and the Swag team have created some amazing results over the past few years. They did $365k in business year one, $1.1M year two, $7M in sales year three, and $15.5M this past year. They have grown 2000% over three years, creating partnerships with thousands of companies including TikTok, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify.       Jeremy himself is a serial entrepreneur having created multiple successful organizations over the course of his entrepreneurial career. Jeremy went on to start multiple companies with his brother David and notable partner Jesse Itzler, Co-Founder of Marquis Jet, and owner of Atlanta Hawks. His first company Tippt, an e-commerce platform that distributes unique promotion codes through social media went on to be acquired by a publicly traded company. Jeremy himself was named one of Crain's NY 40 Under 40, and one of my favorite traits about him is his passion for spreading positivity & kindness in business while infusing awareness into how we consume.     03:17 Who is Jeremy Parker? 08:58 Getting the Swag.com Domain 12:02 Jeremy's Entrepreneurial Journey 16:23 How Filmmaking Inspired Jeremy 19:00 Creating Partnerships w/ Famous Youtubers 24:21 Swag.com Business Model 28:42 Warehousing Product 37:00 Creating Partnerships w/ Tik Tok, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix & Spotify 45:00 Swag.com 2021 Vision 47:26 How Jeremy Picks Business Winners 50:37 Spreading Positivity & Kindness 53:37 Where to Find Jeremy Parker     Contact Info:   https://swag.com/ Subscribe to the Podcast:   Website:  https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/jeremy-parker   Apple Podcasts:  http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethod   Google Podcasts:  http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethodGooglePodcasts   Spotify:  http://bit.ly/SpotifyTheBusinessMethod  

Learn about REAL Success at https://www.bradlea.com/realsuccess Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets.    In this episode, Brad and Jesse break it down surrounding one’s drive, persistence, relationship with self and how important your attention to wellness is. Listen in for several bombs dropped!   00:00 Intro 01:49 Jesse’s running game 03:52 How can someone emulate Jesse’s drive 07:50 Bomb One: Find the balance to be happy 10:26 If you do not follow Jesse do it now! @jesseitzler 17:16 Jesse’s first demo was his voicemail 20:17 Bomb Two: We are all one referral, introduction, and relationship away from our lives changing 23:36 Get Jesse’s books including “Living with a Seal” 24:00 Billion Dollar Show Idea: “Surviving Itzler” 30:41 Jesse is 300 years old according to his capacity 32:00 Lagging and Leading Indicators 34:40 Goal Setting 35:07 Bomb Three: “More isn’t better, better is better.” - Jesse Itzler 39:00 What Jesse does every year 40:08 Bomb Four: What is the ONE really big goal for the year associates with business, wellness, family, and personal - the four main buckets 40:56 What is Jesse’s BIG ASS CALENDAR CLUB? 42:26 Bomb Five: Learn how to schedule your life before your work 46:50 Bomb Six: “You don’t understand your relationship with time unless you understand the guarantees.” - Jesse Itzler 47:30 Bomb Seven: Do you know what you even want the money you’re working for, for? 48:30 Bomb Eight: Money should be used as a tool and not to impress people 53:52 The importance of your LIFE RESUME 56:22 The Three C’s : Compliment, Congratulate, and Console 58:16 Bomb Nine: The three c’s allow you to build a relationship which ultimately HELPS you 01:01:00 Take Brad and Jesse’s advice 01:02:49 How Jesse met Sarah 01:07:57 The book that Jesse recommends : Fit for Life, A New Beginning 01:11:04 The only way you get in touch with your intuition is having your alone time 01:14:00 Fear of Failure

Authentic entrepreneurs can see the future coming and create solutions to problems we didn't know existed that make people's lives and society better.Jeremy Parker co-founded Swag.com to be the best place to buy quality promotional products that people actually want to keep. Where they have curated and streamline the entire buying and distribution experience.Growing the company in 2019 from selling $7M to eight figures in 2020. working with the likes of; TikTok, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify. When the pandemic hit, they had the resilience and agility to adapt to their approach to selling branded facemasks. For every 100 bought, they donated 10 to people in need. Jeremy graduated from Boston University in 2007, majoring in film production. A Jr. in college, his feature-length documentary won the Audience Award at the 2006 Vail Film Festival. He then started a creative Promotional Product Division under MV Sport. Afterward, He began a company with his brother David and Jesse Itzler, Co-Founder of Marquis Jet, investor and partner in Zico Coconut Water, and owner of Atlanta Hawks.Swag.com – Create & Distribute High-Quality Custom Promotional ProductsWeb: Unknown Origins - Unlocking Your Creative PotentialTwitter: Unknown Origins (@UnknownOrigins9) / TwitterInstagram: Unknown Origins (@unknownoriginsuo77) Music composed by Iain MutchUnknown Origins. All rights reserved © copyright 2021

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He’s a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely   Get the BYLR Radio app here. Get the most out of 2021 with Jesse’s Big Ass Calendar Club and follow him on Instagram. Join the Crazy Money Listeners Group here. Rate and review Crazy Money here. About Crazy Money: Unlike traditional personal finance shows, Crazy Money is not about how to make a million bucks, how to beat the market, or how to save money by switching cable providers. It is about deciding what role we want money to play in our lives and how we can use it to be our best selves. Topics covered include: Philosophy, Happiness, Contentment, Meaning, dreams, purpose, Success, Rat Race, Society, mental health, Buddhism, Stoicism, the hedonic treadmill, morality, Mid-Life Crisis, Business, Work, Careers, Authors, Books, Consumerism, Values, capitalism, economics, investing, saving, spending, personal finance, charity, philanthropy, altruism, affluence, wealth, wealth management, culture, society. Status. Are you really still reading?

Peter Feigin brings more than two decades of dynamic corporate leadership to Milwaukee's sports and entertainment scene. His talents, hard work, and dedication are the driving force behind the transformational vision for not only the Milwaukee Bucks and the new world-class Fiserv Forum, but for the city of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. Since taking over as president of the team in October of 2014, Peter has completely reimagined, rebuilt, and reenergized the team's business operations, resulting in substantial increases in attendance, ticket revenue, merchandise revenue, partnership sales, and TV viewership. He has assembled a top-flight management team and has nurtured a corporate culture marked by accountability, collaboration, and fun. The Bucks were named one of Milwaukee's best places to work in 2015-2019 and Peter's inspired leadership was recognized when he was named the Milwaukee BizTimes 2015 CEO of the Year. Prior to joining the Bucks, Peter served as the Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, a major international entertainment company, where he managed global business units and handled branding and business development. Before working at Deluxe, Peter was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Marquis Jet Partners Inc./NetJets, the world's leading private aviation company. Peter was integral in Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets acquisition of Marquis Jet in 2010 and played a central role in the integration of the two companies. After transitioning post-merger to the same responsibilities at NetJets, he led the company to significant revenue growth. From 1998 to 2004, Peter worked for the New York Knicks in a variety of roles culminating in his position as Vice President of Marketing. Under Peter's leadership, profits, season subscriptions, and suite revenues increased significantly. From 1993 to 1998, he held sales and marketing positions with Six Flags Theme Parks, which was then a Time Warner company.

In this episode, we sit down with the one and only, Jesse Itzler! He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. Jesse speaks on how to get the most out of your own life both professionally and personally by building your life resume. Join us as we explore lessons from Jesse's experiences and learn how you can apply them in your own life. Like this episode? Check out JM&A Insider for more content like this.

How do we use our relationship with time to get curious about what we want next? Why does enthusiasm matter and how is it connected to curiosity? And does experience really matter, or is it expertise that wins? All of this and a whole lot more with the bold Jesse Itzler.  Jesse Itzler is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal and Living with the Monks, and cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He is also the co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks and married to Spanx founder, Sara Blakely.  On this episode, Jesse and Dr. L get curious about enthusiasm, experience, and expertise. They unravel the importance of setting goals and understanding how time can creates a motivating sense of urgency for going out into the world to get stuff done. Jesse is an incredible storyteller and master of trying new things. So let's get curious with Jesse Itzler.  TIME STAMPS: 2:34 - Our relationship to time and why it matters.  7:30 - Operating from a position of enthusiasm. 8:15 - Building your life resume.  9:45 - The cross-section of curiosity and enthusiasm.  11:11 - The difference between expertise and experience. 16:37 - The importance of showing up.  19:46 - The compounding impact of uncomfortable experiences.  23:45 - Pain + Patience = Success. 25:45 - Human Declaration Quiz. 29:00 - Closing Curiosities.  For More on Jesse Itzler: website: www.jesseitzler.com instagram: www.instagram.com/jesseitzler twitter: www.twitter.com/jesseitzler For More on Dr. L: website: www.drlarapence.com instagram: www.instagram.com/drlarapence twitter: www.twitter.com/drlarapence

Why wouldn’t someone like free swag? That’s not a rhetorical question. In fact, Jeremy Parker has been trying to answer that question since he co-founded Swag.com in 2016. Jeremy knew that swag and other promotional items were becoming key marketing tools, and he saw an opportunity to build a business that brought those items straight to the people who needed them. On this episode of Up Next in Commerce, Jeremy takes us behind the scenes of what it was like building Swag.com, including how he went from 3,000 organic site visitors in a month to more than 40,000 organic visitors. The journey to that success was paved with many hiccups, including the difficulty that comes with building an ecommerce platform from scratch, and trying to land their first big-name customer by walking around that company’s campus until they found a buyer.  But today, Swag.com can handle unlimited orders, and that first customer was a little company called Facebook. How did it happen? Learn that and more on this episode.  Main Takeaways: The Snowball Effect — Attracting customers is always easier when you have a proven track record that you can point to. Therefore, it is critical to land key accounts in the early days that can be referenced in future sales conversations. Because when you can point to one successful company that works with you, other companies will follow suit.  What To Know About SEO — Good SEO doesn’t happen by accident. Even though you might have great products and a thriving customer base, organic growth doesn’t happen unless you’re paying attention to your content strategy and making the necessary little tweaks that will bump you up in the search results. If You Build It, They Will Come — When deciding on your product offerings, you have to get inside your customers’ heads and build up an inventory of things that people actually want. Sometimes that means you have to get your hands dirty, do some testing and try things that don’t scale before finally settling on the right blend of offerings. For an in-depth look at this episode, check out the full transcript below. Quotes have been edited for clarity and length. --- Up Next in Commerce is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Respond quickly to changing customer needs with flexible Ecommerce connected to marketing, sales, and service. Deliver intelligent commerce experiences your customers can trust, across every channel. Together, we’re ready for what’s next in commerce. Learn more at salesforce.com/commerce --- Transcript: Stephanie: Welcome back to Up Next in Commerce. I'm your host, Stephanie Postles co-founder of mission.org. Today on the show we have Jeremy Parker, the co-founder and CEO at Swag.com. Jeremy, how's it going? Jeremy: Hey, thanks so much for having me. Stephanie: I'm excited to talk all things swag. You saw my shirt hoodie. I was ready for you this morning. I have everything branded mission. Jeremy: Every everyone needs a little schtickle of swag in their life. Stephanie: I agree. What is the first piece of swag that you remember? Jeremy: Oh, wow. For myself, I've been going to a ridiculous number of trade shows and events over the years. Honestly the earliest swagger member was stuff that I ended up throwing away and that's one that gave me one of the ideas for Swag.com and we wanted to make sure we only offer products that people actually want to keep. That was my main mission from the very beginning. Stephanie: Yeah, same here. I remember getting a bunch of stuff and throwing it away, but I remember being so excited it was back I think in 2010, it was like my first finance conference and I got like a Koozie. I was so excited because it was like the first thing that I'd ever gotten for free maybe and finances a little bit. Sticklers is about giving stuff away for free. And I look back and laugh now because I would go and collect all this stuff and it would ultimately end up being nothing that I really used. Jeremy: 100%. From the very beginning of our business, we were thinking of swag as an amazing marketing tool if it's used right, so obviously that's a big caveat. And when you think of just marketing in general and you have TV commercials and everyone's trained to now fast forward through commercials and you get a magazine, you flip through the ads, or you put your ad blocker on your computer. If you give somebody really high quality swag, they say, “Thank you.” It's really a powerful tool if it's done really right. And it has to be something that people are actually going to want to use. We don't really like to push the flashiest thing or the new hottest thing. It's all about what are people that actually use every day and get those impressions of. Stephanie: Yeah. I love that. Before we dive way too deep into Swag.com, I want to hear a little bit about your background because I see you've done a lot of things in your previous life. And I wanted to kind of hear what your journey was like before founding Swag.com. Jeremy: Sure. I was a documentary filmmaker actually in college, that's why I went to school for. I actually never wanted to be a filmmaker when I went to Boston University. And I looked at the curriculum and I really wanted it to be in high school my whole … Before college life I always wanted to be a marketing guy. I was always into branding and commercials and how to tell stories through marketing. When I went to school and I looked at the syllabus of film and marketing, they really were the exact same thing, except for film taught me how to make videos. And this is right at the onset of like YouTube. I thought that would become valuable. I became like probably the first filmmaker at BU history that never actually wanted to be a filmmaker. Jeremy: But as I was in school for those four years, I ended up making a feature length documentary that ended up winning the audience award at the Vail Film Festival. And I was [inaudible] and I walked down and the brunch the next day after the award ceremony and half the room are these major celebrities and half the room are these struggling filmmakers. And I did kind of an internal gut check of, am I good enough? Is this what I want to do with my life? And it wasn't, so right after I won this award, when people primarily feel like on a high, they're like, “Oh, I'm going to become the biggest filmmaker,” my thought was, “What else am I going to do? What's my plan? What's really my plan? What am I good at?” Jeremy: And when I graduated college, I didn't know what I was good at. I had no real experience in business or anything, but I thought maybe I should start something and just learn what I'm good at, what I enjoyed. I started a t-shirt company right out of college when I was 21, 22. And really I thought t-shirt sounds so simple, but really you're learning manufacturing, PR, marketing, building an Ecommerce experience, all the different aspects of business, fulfillment, all these different things. And I tried to figure out what I was really good at. Jeremy: And over the last 10 years, I've done a lot of different things. I started the company with my brother and Jesse Itzler. Jesse is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, private jet company. He sold ZICO Coconut Water to Coca-Cola. He's one of the owners of Atlanta Hawks. I started a company with him where we partnered up with different celebrity influencers and we owned their celebrity rights to Twitter and Facebook feeds before people knew how valuable it was. This was nine years ago or so. Jeremy: So [inaudible] a lot of celebrities, buying their rights. That company ultimately got bought by a publicly traded company. I then went on to start a social networking app that ultimately failed. Never start a social networking app, I'll tell you that. Extremely difficult. Stephanie: Semi-hard. Jeremy: Yeah, it's semi-hard to do. And we built an app called Vouch. That basically was about like Oprah's favorite things democratize for everybody. You could vouch for your favorite movie and book and charity and anything you'd want to vouch for and people who follow you really get to know what you like. Really kind of making the like button with its own platform. We ended up having 100,000 plus users. We had tons of influences. It just never materialized. And after doing that for three years, I realized that the next business I want to start, it needs to be something where we made money from day one, I could give a service and a product and I started Swag.com. Jeremy: So, it's been almost five years at this point with Swag. We were just named the 218 fastest growing company on the Inc. 5000. We have 5,000 companies from Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, Spotify buying on our site and we spent a really big portion of that building is automated experience for purchasing swag. And now it's about, now how do you handle the distribution of swag? It's more than just making it easy to buy. How do you get into the hands of people? And especially now with this pandemic, that's really the most important thing. Stephanie: Yeah, I was just going to touch on that. I know everyone's probably wondering with everything going on, where conferences are being obviously canceled and not coming back for a while. How are you guys handling that? Because I'm that the swag industry right now is down overall. What are you guys doing right now to not be part of that downward spiral? Jeremy: Yeah, that's a 100% true. They just came up with numbers. ASI, which is like the big organization for promotional products, just came out to number that over 92% of companies in our industry are down approximately 50% in Q2 this year versus last year. So, it's really bad. And then obviously it makes sense on the surface where you have our core buyer was like the HR manager buying for onboarding of new hires. That was one of our big purchases and no one's hiring right now. That business goes away. And then you have the marketing teams buying for trade shows and there's no trade shows happening, so that business goes away. Jeremy: Then you have the office manager buying for internal office and company culture, and no one's in the office right now. You have all these different buyers that really are not buying swag for the normal, the typical reasons to buy swag. So like everyone in our industry, we were very nervous like what's going to happen. And what we've been able to do is take this platform, our swag distribution platform, which is what we're really pushing and what we're really excited about. We'd been building this really amazing platform over the last two years, specifically for marketing managers. That was the initial idea of it. Allowing marketing managers to easily be able to buy swag and then send swag to the remote customers or to best leads to close sales. Jeremy: That was their initial intention. But obviously with this pandemic and everyone's working remotely, it's transitioned to office managers and HR managers really buying swag in bulk and sending it to the remote employees addresses to keep the company culture thriving, even when no one's in the office, so much so that not only are we not one of the 92%, that's downloading over 50% our Q2 this year was more than our Q2 of last year and July was almost double our last year July. And it was our best month ever and August is even better than that. We're really growing frankly in a crazy time for everyone. Stephanie: That's amazing. Now, I'm thinking about it. I ordered swag for our team maybe two years ago and the process, it was crazy. It was so much back and forth of like, “Here's your quote. Oh, you want to more of this? Okay. Here's your new quote? Here's what the design might look like.” It was just a lot. And then of course the big box came to me and then I had to maybe ship things out individually or wait until I saw people in-person if I was being a little cheap. What does it look like now I'm thinking about reordering hoodies and shirts for our team members? But of course I would have to individually maybe shift them out again or are you guys different? What is your process look like that's so different than others? Jeremy: Really simple. On our site, we have very curated selection of products. You're not going to be overwhelmed with too many options. Say the top 25 mugs, you find a mug you could use our filtering tools, really easy to search by color or price point or your type of brands. You find the product you upload your logo. Our system will detect how many colors are in your logo, in the nearest Pantone match. We're making sure we're printing, Coca-Cola red and not Staples red. Once the logo is uploaded, you can maneuver the rounds, you can mark everything up. You select on your quantity price adjuster in real time and checkout. It literally takes less than three minutes to buy swag. There's no back and forth. You can also use our instant quote tool, if you wanted to quote things out before you want to go through the design process on our site, you can upload your different variables, the quantity that you're looking for, how many print locations, the number of colors in the print. It takes two seconds and you're coordinating things out. Jeremy: So, there's no back and forth emails, there's no phone calls, there's no presentation decks. It's none of it. It's really completely automated streamlined. And then when you're going through the checkout flow, obviously you can input your own address, so we'll ship everything to your office. Or if you want us to handle all the distribution for you, there's a pink button on that shipping page that says, one is to hold your swag and inventory easily distributed, [inaudible 00:09:29]. You click on the button, you follow the onboarding and then we hold all of your swag in this online Swag closet if you will, where you can manage all of your inventory in real time. If you're ever running low in stock, we'll send you smart notifications to restock. If you want to send 1,000 different locations, you upload a CSV file we'll calculate the shipping costs in real time, based on the product you selected, where they're going. Jeremy: Once you pay for that, we grab those products off the shelf and we're shipping it all over the world for you. We really streamlined the entire experience. We take it a step further if you wanted it, some companies want this, some companies don't, but we have a whole ability to create different inventory closets for location or for a department. You can have a marketing closet versus a sales closet, versus your London office or New York office. Different people should get access to it. There's different permission settings, approval flows, et cetera. You could really break it down by department, by location and we're doing this with a lot of global main companies all over the world. Also, a lot of small startups who just want to use our service as a way to distribute swag. Stephanie: I was looking through your site and I saw products there that I haven't seen in other swag companies. And I wanted to talk a little bit about how you guys go about picking your products because all of them seemed high quality where oftentimes, I'll go through it and I'll find 50 different shirts on a custom t-shirt company website. And I'm like, “Oh my gosh, actually let me look through all the reviews. Let me see if they're good. Okay. 95% of them are all bad. They all have bad reviews, bad fits, whatever.” How do you go about making sure that you only have high quality stuff there that people will actually want? Jeremy: That's a great question. And that was the challenge. And it's an ongoing challenge, always. From the very beginning, me and my co-founder, each invested $25,000 of our own money. That was our first startup budget. What be used primarily for that was buying samples. We went out and we went to different trade, shows all over the country and we bought samples from tons of different suppliers. And we saw exactly what customers typically see when they buy from sites. A lot of this stuff was really poor quality, would end up in the trash and we would never feel comfortable selling it. We were really kind of laser focused on only offering a curated selection of products that we would actually want to keep ourselves. It's a lot of testing, it's constant testing. Jeremy: How we kind of look at the whole process is we want to have the best of what's out there. It could be the relatively inexpensive, or it could be premium. It doesn't really matter we have to have stuff in all price points. We don't want it to be known as the premium quality supplier. We want to be known as the quality supplier. We have a lot of products there high-end brands, Public Rec, Rowan, Top Wood Designs, Patagonia, different products like that. We also have no name products that you had never heard of, but they're really, really quality. We have a product sourcing team that's constantly contacting a lot of direct to consumer type of products and brands that are not traditionally found in the promotional product space and going after them as well, because we want to be known as the company that has products that no other company in our space offers. Jeremy: What we've been seeing is that a lot of companies that are okay featuring their stuff on our site or are happy to feature their stuff on our site like Bellroy Backpacks, they've never done it in other promotional product sites because the other sites, feel schlocky or throw away or cheap in some way. And we are really, really not that. We're really trying to focus on quality products, stuff that people would be proud to show off, stuff that when you get it, you're going to want to wear it every single day because that's really the only real reason why Swag is a true benefit is that people actually want to use it. Stephanie: Yeah. So, now that you can't go to trade shows and try things out, and are you still going through that process when it comes to finding new products, like just ordering things that you think are great and trying them out, or is it different than what it used to be? Jeremy: No, it's exactly that. It's less expensive in some ways and more expensive in other ways. We want to make sure we have the right products that we're constantly spending a ton on samples. And now at this point in the business also, we're almost five years in and we're somewhat known in our industry. We're the fastest growing company in the promotional product space. A lot of different, great suppliers and direct to consumer brands have heard of us, so they're willing to send us free samples. We don't necessarily have to pay for it anymore. But we're just constantly sourcing more products and taking some products that maybe were cool last year, but we don't think they're going to be good this year and replacing it with new stuff. Jeremy: We don't want to keep just adding and adding and adding because it then makes it very complicated for customers to make a decision. So, we're constantly, always looking at our site and saying, “Is this the right blend and mix of products?” And we're always never happy. We're always constantly trying to improve it. Stephanie: Very cool. I'm guessing there's also a bit of like a data element where you can probably look into the data and see what people are either enjoying. Do you do reviews? Do you use customer feedback to also influence the products that you choose? Jeremy: Yeah. 100%, yeah. After everyone places an order, we always have a survey that automatically goes on the time of delivery, very basic. It's like one question like, “How satisfied were you?” So we can get our ranking and see how people like the products and how they turned out. If we ever get any sort of bad or not 100% amazing feedback about a product, we'll look into it and maybe there's something wrong, maybe the print quality wasn't great for that order or maybe the product itself wasn't as great as what we thought and we'll just remove from our site. We're constantly listening to our customers, understanding do we have the right products at all times? Because that's very important for us. We need to have that. Jeremy: We're constantly testing more and more products. And obviously we're learning what people are adding to their cart. How many products are being … What products together go? We sometimes find that if somebody buys a tote bag, they're going to buy other products that could fit into that tote, like smaller products. Or if they buy a backpack, other types of products are usually bought with backpacks. We're constantly looking at data and trying to make sure we have the right mix of products that go with each other, so we can start positioning certain products. When you buy a backpack, the products that are featured as you might also like actually make sense. So, not just what we think, but what the data is telling us. Stephanie: I love that. Along with maybe getting personalized recommendations, depending on the product they chose, are you also personalizing the experience based on maybe what company is looking around? If a LinkedIn's looking versus Google, maybe you know that Google always buys hoodies where LinkedIn buys coffee mugs. I don't know. Are you personalizing it based on who's actually browsing? Jeremy: At this point, we're not. And we've been constantly thinking about that. The challenge is that there's so many different buyers within companies. Even if we worked, let's say with LinkedIn, which we do or Google, which we do, there's so many different divisions within Google that are completely different. We're selling to the HR team or the marketing team or the sales team or office manager, or just somebody who's buying it for their local team. Everyone's looking for different things. We've done for Google complete stuff, obviously the normal stuff of notebooks and t-shirts and sweatshirts, backpacks and water bottles. But we've also done custom Allbirds Sneakers. It's hard to kind of match up always and all the buyers are necessarily not always the same. Jeremy: So, it's constantly changing, but as we're growing as our processes and we're able to handle a lot more orders and we're analyzing more data, I think that will be a shift in the future of really making the experience as personal as possible and that might be not making it personal at all based on companies or that might be going the opposite way and making it super, super personal. We're kind of learning what's the right mix at this point. Stephanie: So, to talk a little bit about maybe the backend, the tech stack, it seems like there's a lot going on behind the scenes. I first wanted to start with, I saw that you were quoted saying the platform's able to handle unlimited orders in a day. And I was wondering, is that because you guys are leveraging cloud infrastructure or have you built some kind of scaling methodology? What does that look like behind the scenes to allow you to have unlimited orders? Jeremy: Yes. We do work with AWS, which for the cloud obviously makes things a little bit easier, but our entire platform is fully custom. Every single aspect of our site is custom. We're not using any other services. Obviously we're using like Intercom live chat. We're not going to be building our own chat, but the entire platform itself and all of our pricing is very complicated. That's why there's not a lot of companies in the space that could do what we do because it's fully dynamic. Every price tasting consideration, the quantity that you're looking to buy, how many print locations, the number of colors in the print, all these different variables that have to be in play. And now if we have 3,000 products on our site and 200 core products, they all have different pricing structures, they all have different under base charges, they all have different kinds of printing methods from screen printing, embroidery, laser engraving, all of these come with different complications. Jeremy: So, we really had to build our site from this place from the very beginning we couldn't just take an out of the box solution. And frankly I would have loved to take an Ad Box solution for this because it's been taking me five years to build [inaudible] building. We have a 15-person tech team and we're growing, we keep developing more and more and more because it's important. And we want to always stay one step ahead. At this point, like yesterday we did north of a 100,000 in sales all through our Ecommerce site. Things we could really scale and that same day. The day before we did 50,000 in sales and then hopefully today we do more than a 100,000 sales. Every day could literally be completely different and it's completely the same automation. Somebody could buy 5,000 notebooks or they could buy 50 notebooks or 15 notebooks or 20,000 notebooks. And it takes the same processing ability, same exact time for checkout. Stephanie: Very cool. Yeah, that's great. When you're thinking about back in the day, starting out with a custom website versus maybe pulling something like using a platform that is already out there, how did you go about deciding that you wanted something custom and then what did that process look like? What were some of maybe the mishaps or failures along the way where you're like, “Oh, if you guys are trying to build something custom make sure you don't do this or that you avoid this.” What kind of learnings did you get from doing a custom? Jeremy: Actually the truth of the matter was in the very beginning of the business, we went all in on Shopify. And we went all in say, “You know what? Why are we building our own Ecommerce experience when somebody else could do it significantly better than us or is worked through all the kinks?” The challenges, when we start to really build a Shopify, we realize how complicated our specific industry is in terms of pricing. And there's no really easy way. There's no Ad Box solution that could really do it. We spent literally two and a half months building the Shopify store only to then realize, which was a big mistake on our part, that the pricing was not able to be done. Jeremy: We had to really scrap it and start from scratch. And we realized it's going to take us a lot longer to get where we want to be, but we're still not where we want to be, but it makes the most sense. It's really the only way to streamline it as much as we want to streamline it. Now, the typical process of promotional products, as you mentioned before, it's a lot about phone calls. It's back and forth, this quote versus that quote. You change one little element, the whole quote changes. We didn't want to deal with that. We wanted customers to be able to do it themselves, no talking to anybody. If you don't want it, obviously if you want to call us, we love to hear from you, but you don't have to. You could do every single thing yourself and we want it to make that effortless. Jeremy: You want to hold things in inventory, click on the button and now it's all in inventory. You want to distribute swag, upload this and it ships out. Every single thing on our site, we wanted to make it as easy as possible and historically, and traditionally it's not been easy at all. And it makes sense because of how custom the product offering is. Stephanie: If you would have, maybe on day one started out with like, here's the kind of things that we're most interested in. Did you know that you wanted this custom pricing option and did you go and kind of look at different platforms to see if they could do that? Or did you just jump right in? Jeremy: Yeah. From the very beginning, honestly, we spent a year before we built any platform. Our initial idea was we don't really know the platform to build, we knew that the industry needed to be shaken up a little bit. We knew how old and fragmented the industry was, but frankly, I think most entrepreneurs could agree. You honestly know what the right answer is. Most people don't, they think they do, they don't. From the very beginning, our idea was let's just learn as much as possible. Let's reach out to as many office managers, HR managers, people that we know within industries by swag. And let's ask them what they like and hate about the current buying experience that they're having. And we would show up at meetings and we would literally say, “What sites you buy from?” And they would give us some site names and we would look over their shoulder really. Jeremy: This is what we did for the first year. We spoke to over 200 different office managers, HR-related buyers. And some ended up buying became customers of ours for many years and some moved on to other things, but just to see how they purchase swag was a big tell for us, really what the process was. Looking at their email back and forth 40, 50 emails with a rep just didn't make any sense to us. We kept kind of thinking. That was kind of the first six months of our business. The second six months of our business, the remainder of the year was about, “Well, let's do it the old school way. Let's just launch a landing page. Let's go out there. Let's be a traveling salesman and try to sell some stuff.” And we really learned how painful it is. It's like it takes forever to quote, there's a lot of manual labor. Jeremy: Every single thing that was painful for us, we then figured out a solution to automate it. And we kept just chipping away at it. Stephanie: That's so important. I think it's Paul Graham who said do things that don't scale. And that's how you actually learn, like what's working, what's not working and what to build going forward. That's really smart. Jeremy: Exactly right. And that's the same thing with even getting our customers. Now, I haven't made a sales call in four years, but in the beginning I was doing everything. Me and that co-founder, Josh, we would show up at offices and try to sell. And we sold to Facebook as one of our first customers. First customer, really actually. We had a friend who worked at Facebook, got us in the door. We ended up walking around Facebook's office in New York just speaking to whoever we could to see somebody who would buy swag. Ultimately ended up selling them a couple of t-shirts, like 100 or 200 t-shirts. We barely broke even on it. I think we made like 5% margin, like barely anything, but didn't matter to us. It was just about getting that Facebook logo. I remember two days later we showed up at WeWork in New York and WeWork asked us who else we work with? And we said Facebook. Jeremy: They assumed we probably had thousands of others because we had Swag.com brand and Facebook, but really it was just Facebook. And we got, WeWork and we continued that cycle to get that really five core blue chip companies. It was doing the really unscalable things like showing up, showing the products in-person, making the sale, really learning the process as much as possible, and then automating the experience and making that whole buying experience effortless. Now, people don't need to speak to anyone if you don't want to, that's really what our main goal was. Stephanie: That's great. Yeah. I think we've had a couple people on the show. Who've talked about just finding that first customer that you can kind of leverage as the brand name and then just pointing to them and be like, “Yeah, they work with us. Like you should too.” So I think that's a good lesson for a lot of companies starting up. If you find that one brand name and you can reference them, it'll probably help with all future sales. Jeremy: 100%. It's all about social proof, at least what we have learned, it's everything. People are not going to work with you if they don't feel confident. To build up the confidence, obviously you have to have a great platform, but that doesn't happen overnight. That takes time. You have to have a great brand and a great design, make people feel confident, but other ways are who else you've worked with? A lot of our shirts and what's big reason why we've been able to scale with very little money is a lot of our t-shirts and apparel has a Swag.com in your label. We do our own products. Jeremy: When people [inaudible] t-shirts that's 5,000 people knowing about Swag.com. They see the t-shirts, they see the quality, they feel how great it is, they see the print, they have the instant social proof that Facebook uses them or Google uses them, whoever is getting the product and they see Swag.com and it drives a ton of traffic to us. That only really works if the products are great as well. Obviously people are getting really poor quality and everything's says, “Swag.com,” no one will use us. It'd be opposite [inaudible 00:25:52]. Every single thing really has to work hand-to-hand Stephanie: Yeah, that's a really. Jeremy: Yeah. We were thinking about it initially because I wear jeans a lot. I was thinking like I buy one pair of jeans for like three years. It's kind of looks cooler, the more you wear jeans, it gets more faded. But with Swag.com or swag in general, people buy stuff for a specific reason. You're buying it to give it away and then you need more stuff. If they're buying it to give it away, we have to make the experience of giving away products that other people actually want and see. And then that new person, that person who just bought that 5,000 t-shirts now they need more stuff for the next event. It's a completely different kind of business. And we just try to figure out, we have to make sure that our logo is everywhere that it can be, obviously within reason. Stephanie: I love that. Let's talk a little bit about the backend when it comes to warehousing your inventory. How does it work behind the scenes? If you're able to allow someone to essentially have their cart saved and then say, “Okay, ship this to one person in California and then ship this to one person in Florida.” What does the backend look like to make those logistics work? Jeremy: Yeah. Upfront in terms of the actual buying swag and bulk, we have integrations with different kind of the best vendors in each industry. So, like the best one for drink wear, best one water bottles and obviously we have a big selection of product. When somebody buys 1,000 mugs or something on our site, it's automatically connects to our supplier network that produces the highest quality mug with their logo and then drop ships it directly to the customer's office or wherever. But if they're holding stuff in inventory, it ships into our 3PL. We have four strategic locations all throughout the US and we're adding more locations in Canada and Europe right now to make it cheaper for global distribution. Once the products are in our fulfillment center, then they log into the, my inventory portal and they see all of their inventory in real time. Jeremy: So, if you're ever running low in stock, we'll send you smart notifications to restock. They can easily upload their CSV file. We'll calculate the shipping costs in real time. They pay for it. We grab it off the shelves and we're shipping it to 1,000 different locations. We also have this feature called the Swag Giveaway. Oftentimes, especially now, people don't necessarily know where their remote employees are living. Say you went to a trade show. God willing the world opens up, we have trade shows again, and people go to your booth and they give you their email address. You'll know what t-shirt size they are. You'll know where they live, but you still might want to engage with them. We built the Swag Giveaway feature, where you can create a fully recipient branded landing page. Let's imagine Google just uploads their logo and their colors. Jeremy: And they could easily blast out to a CSV file of just having the person's first name and email, that recipient will click on the link. It will be branded with Google, they'll select their t-shirt size or they'll select their mug, or water bottle, they'll be able to choose which product they want. Input their address, submit. It all speaks to our system. And now we have the address that we can distribute. We're building all of these tools to allow people to distribute if they're shipping to one address, thousands of addresses, or even if they don't have the recipients addresses, but easy way to capture that and also distribute. Stephanie: Wow, that's a lot going on behind the scenes. Jeremy: Yeah. Stephanie: How are you thinking about the front end part of the website because to me when you're ordering swag or something where you really want to see the details of like, is that embroidery right, are the colors right and also just like making sure that you have people who are converting and not just sitting on maybe their design or their shopping cart? How are you moving people along through the website and what kind of best practices have you seen when setting up the front end user interface? Jeremy: Good question. It's probably the most challenging thing for our business because it is custom and everyone is somewhat concerned about, is this going to come out perfect, is it could be the right logo color, is it going to be the right positioning. What we've learned is obviously we built our patent technologies is one of the first things we built to detect the number of colors and the nearest panto match in your logo when you're uploading it. So, to make people feel really safe, they're going to get their exact color. Now, obviously it can never be 100% because web colors are not the same as Pantone colors that are used for printing and t-shirts, but it really gets to the closest match. And if you want, and if you know your Pantone, which a lot of companies do, it allows them to easily input their exact Pantone, so it overrides everything and it makes it really easy. Jeremy: Obviously they can maneuver their logo, they can mock it up. And what we say is, after you place your order, we're always going to create for them a virtual production mock-up to approve before we ever start to print. We'll never go into production until they give us the green light. Really customers should feel super safe that even if they upload their logo and they're not sure is this straight or is this exactly the right position. It doesn't really matter. We're always going to create that mock-up and they can make as many revisions as they want before we start with the print. That makes it really easy. And in terms of our distribution, obviously they can always just add this stuff to inventory and just easily distribute. The process on the front end, we try to make it really effortless and streamlined. Jeremy: It's taken us four years. We're constantly adding more and more features to make that experience better. We're launching a feature very soon called the Company Art Folder. Imagine you bought something and 20 other people in your company buys different things. It should lump all of your artwork together as a company art folder, so you never have to really hunt down the designer to make sure you have the right file or is this the right logo, is this the approved logo for swag? You can always, when you're uploading your logos, select the pre-approved designs that have been used and purchased by other people in your company, so you feel more safe. Or unlike my orders page, let's say Jennifer on your team is out sick one day, you can log into your account, you'll see all of your orders and then there's another tab that says company orders. You see everyone else in your company what they purchased, so you could easily reorder what somebody else ordered and easily subtract and make sure you're using the exact same artwork. Jeremy: We're trying to build this platform as effortless on the front end to make it really, really streamlined. And in terms of getting people through the funnel, what we've seen is our platform really does work well. I think that the more simple features that really solve a problem. And as you mentioned before, Paul said, “Do things unscalable before you scale it.” Every single thing we do, it has to be super painful for us, for us to spend time developing a solution for it. Once it's overwhelmingly painful, then we build the solution to make it easy. Jeremy: Then obviously we see their abandoned carts. We can track everyone's abandoned carts. And then we have our SDRs calling all these abandoned carts within like 10 minutes of the time that they'd been in to make sure that there's no experience that's wrong. Sometimes people say, “The shipping is too high.” Or, “It doesn't seem I can get in my in hand date.” There's certain things that we could actually help out and maneuver possible. And if it's not possible, we'll let the customer know it's not possible. But getting in front of them right when they're thinking about, are they going to purchase or not and they might have issues, that's really, I think we found the most important thing for us. Stephanie: Yeah. That's really smart. Have you seen people pick up their phone right away or have you experimented with texting instead? Jeremy: We haven't done texting and I've been researching some companies and I think it's actually a really good idea. We've seen a lot of people if they're actively looking on our site or they've just left in 10 minutes, they're likely to pick up their phone. Even when people fill out a form on our site and we have a lot of … Obviously our core business up until this point was Ecommerce experience adding it to distribution, but we have a whole ‘nother business where people could buy swag boxes in bulk, giving a really great unboxing experience for new hires or engaging with your best clients. That's fully custom branded boxes inside the boxes, as custom notebook and water bottle and pen and custom note card, crinkle paper. We've allowed people to custom build those boxes effortlessly through our site. Jeremy: All you have to do is upload your logo, the same process as buying and adding to your cart, you click on the button that says, “Build a box,” and it lumps, all those products together as a box listing. It makes the entire experience super simple. And we've seen with those bigger box orders. A lot of times it might be like a two to three week sales cycle. When Ecommerce could be like they land on a site and they check out that same day, boxes, they're fairly larger sizes. Typically, they're usually using our distribution platform for distributing because no one has room in their office for boxes or wants to boxing up themselves. So, they actively use our distribution platform for that. And that cycle takes a little longer. Getting on the phone with them, really talking through the challenges or what their issues are and what their questions are, we find is really, really important. Stephanie: Yeah. That's really great. Oftentimes when you're talking or this can happen, when you're talking to a customer, they don't always tell you exactly what they need. One example you gave there was, you want to be able to go into a library where your logos are there, which is huge. I remember ordering swag back in the day at other companies and it was always kind of a review and escalation process of like, “Is this the most recent logo? Are these the right colors? Is this our team logo?” Okay. How would you find out something like that that maybe a customer wouldn't know to tell you, but it would just make it easier if they did have that there? How do you go about getting in your customer's head? Jeremy: Yeah. I think it's just like just being their teammate. We like to think of in all of our customer success likes to think of it, is that we're an extension of your brand. Obviously if you're buying swag on our site, it has to really be the quality, but it's only going to be quality and only what you like, if the logo is right, the positioning is right, it's exactly what you want. Especially dealing with bigger orders, we like to jump on a call with customers, have a conversation, try to understand what the use case for their swag is, what their budget is, what their timeline is who the audience is. And we like to suggest ideas and obviously customers can go on the site and not talk to us if they want to talk to us and use our filtering tools and our search tools and just our browsable experience and find what they want. Jeremy: But if they want our help, we want to be there to help them. I think it's just constantly trying to understand, the reason for them buying swag and with the use cases. And then we constantly offer different suggested items that we know that we work with that other companies in the similar space have worked with. And we give other solutions for them to kind of play with. And I think it just gives a great experience where they could do their own kind of sourcing and they can also use us as a guiding tool to find them exactly what they're looking for. Stephanie: When you're thinking about getting new customers, what kind of acquisition channels are you using or finding success in right now to get these large companies using you guys? Jeremy: Yeah. I like to think about marketing and it's not always going to be the same traction channel is always going to work. Now, from the very beginning, we were doing a lot more Google ads because we wanted to get paid back fairly quickly and we've realized early on, at least for our business prospecting on Facebook is a little more challenging when you're dealing with B2B buyers. But for Google, when is looking specifically for swag it's quite challenging [inaudible] Google, obviously it's very expensive. In the beginning it maybe makes sense to do Google just to get those early wins and get the credibility. But then maybe you kind of shift away from Google and you do some more SEO. SEO for us has been tremendously successful. We started really diving deep into SEO about 18 months ago, just to put things in perspective. Jeremy: Last January, we had about 3,000 organic visitors to our site, in 2019 January. January of 2020, we had North of 20,000 organic visitors. And last month we had nearly 40,000 organic visitors. Really growing the base in terms of organic, putting out tons of content, always it's content that maybe has stuff to do with swag buyer like buying swag or maybe just has to do with the audience, HR managers, the best HR solution tools. Doesn't necessarily have to be about swag, but it's a valid topic related to the buyer. And then ultimately when the buyer comes on our site, reads about it and then is going to Facebook or Google or any of their other properties, we can re-target them. That's been a really great driving force for us, but also partnerships. Jeremy: There's a lot of different companies in our space that don't necessarily sell swag. They sell other products to the office manager or other products to the HR manager, that we could really parlay and work on. We could promote them to our audience. They could promote us to their audience. We've been trying a lot of different things, affiliate marketing, a lot of different stuff, but usually it's always the one or two kind of traction channels that are the most beneficial at that time. And right now it's SEO [inaudible] hands down has been the best driver of customers for us. Stephanie: Okay. I want to dive into that a bit then, because I hear people are always talking about SEO. There's so many SEO agency, they'll do all this SEO stuff for you. I think there's like tons of bar jokes, maybe not bar jokes. Maybe just be regular jokes about SEO agencies and consultants and stuff. I want to dive into, what are you guys actually doing when it comes to your SEO strategy because it sounds like it's been successful? How are you finding out what topics to write about? What are you seeing work? Give me all the nitty-gritty on what you all are doing behind the scenes. Jeremy: Yeah. I think from the very beginning with SEO, it was about making our site compatible and making it work for Google traffic. Our site, at the very beginning … I'm a branding person. My background is in branding and user experience design for the customer. There's a lot of things that are behind the scenes that Google looks at, that the customers don't even realize. And frankly, it doesn't even mean anything to the customers. I had to learn that. I didn't know anything about that. Frankly, I'm fairly new to SEO. We started really 18 months ago and I realized our organic rankings should be a lot higher based on our brand, based on these experience. We're getting a quality product out there and it should be getting a lot more traffic. The first step was just analyzing our site and realizing, “Well, how do I make the site faster?” Jeremy: Or, “How do I make the site make more sense in terms of Google?” So for example, on every single product page, 18 months ago, we had no other associated products below the fold. Now, most people don't necessarily look at those below the product the fold because they're trying to upload their logo, mock-up things. There's a lot of stuff for them to do on the product builder page to add to cart. But you need to add those other products below the fold, so that in terms of Google, they see that that product listing is connected to four other products or so, right. There's all these small kind of tweaks or theoretically, you want to keep adding and making your site feel refreshed. You're not going to be refreshing your homepage every single two weeks. It doesn't happen. Jeremy: You're not going to be redesigning your product builder page every two weeks or your browsable experience every two weeks. What you can do, is you can maybe put like a blog post in your footer, make it like the latest blog posts. Every time you update your blog, every day or every two days, your site is getting refresh constantly. There's all these kinds of small kind of tweak things that you could do in terms of overall site. And then it's about kind of pinpointing the content that you really want to go after and saying, “Well, who is our buyer?” So, really understanding who your customer is and trying to write really good content, not just like throw away stuff, really good content with great subject lines that get people to read something and learn something, get real value out of it that might not be about swag related, but has to do with swag adjacent, if you will. Jeremy: If someone's looking for office holiday party ideas. They might not be looking for swag, but maybe we could get swag in there somehow. Or best ways to engage your remote employees or something like that. Or what healthy snack food to have in the office, literally has nothing to do with swag, but the person who is looking for that is ultimately going to be looking for swag. And we don't necessarily need to convert them today, at this point, we could convert them a month from now. When they are looking for swag, just be on the top of mind, re-target them and ultimately convert them. Just putting out consistency. I think in general, whether it's SEO or whether it's being a startup founder or whether it's anything you do in life, I think it's just really all about consistency and just trying to have more good days than bad days. Jeremy: Constantly just trying to keep pushing as hard as you can because at the end of the day, you're going to get to a much better place if you're consistent with it, you keep pushing forward and no small setbacks really affect you. Stephanie: Yeah. I completely agree. Are you all doing the content creation and things like that in-house still? Or have you hired that out? At what point would you say like, “Oh, it's about time to hire this out,” to have someone else work on it instead of maybe an entrepreneur doing it all themselves? Jeremy: So, initially it was all me writing the content, then it became use some freelancers and now it's becoming, now we have the resources we're hiring actually this week, a full-time writer for our own team to be writing content and doing all of the stuff that we want to do. I think in everything, it always starts with the founders. Me and my co-founder, I think we've done really ridiculous, crazy things over the last four years to get to where we are. We've driven u-hauls 11 hours making deliveries at 11 o'clock at night. Having my family and my grandma, my aunts and uncles rolling t-shirts for three days straight trying to win these big deals and having no resources to do it. You're always kind of founder, CEO and head intern all at the same time. Now, at this point we're able to hire some of those roles that doesn't really make sense for us to be doing at this point or frankly, people who are just a lot better at it than we are. And that's where we're really excited to get to. Stephanie: I love that. I'm sure your grandma thanks you. Poor grandma, she's a real VIP over there, rolling t-shirts. Jeremy: Yeah. She was making fun that she hurt her back and that's why her back is messed up because of the [inaudible 00:43:33]. Stephanie: All because of you, Jeremy. Jeez. That's great. Before we move into a lightning round, is there anything that you wanted to cover today that I missed? Jeremy: No, no, this has been great. Stephanie: Okay, cool. Yeah, it has been a blast. All right. So, let's move onto the lightning round brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Commerce Cloud. This is where I'm going to throw a question your way and you have a minute or less to answer. Are you ready, Jeremy? Jeremy: I'm ready for it. Stephanie: All right. What's up next on your Netflix queue? Jeremy: Oh, cool. I started watching … I was in the Hamptons this weekend. Stephanie: Fancy. Jeremy: I know, very fancy. My mother-in-law's in town and she wanted to go out. [inaudible] and there's all these ads all over the place for million dollar beach house or something. I think I started watching some real estate show. Stephanie: There you go. I saw that also on Netflix. I was watching Selling Sunset, though I need to finish that one first. Jeremy: That's fine. Stephanie: All right. What is the best promotional item you've ever received? And what's the worst one? Jeremy: Well, okay. The worst one is obviously easy. It's all about the schlocky pens that don't write. Stephanie: Oh my gosh, yes. Jeremy: Pop socket, lighter. There's some of these things, stuff when they do the hybrid stuff, it's just kind of ridiculous. Like the highlighter that also acts as a compass. It's like, “No, that's not the right thing.” So, a lot of those. And a lot of people trying to sell me on selling their stuff and it's not good. Stephanie: You're like, “No, this is no.” Jeremy: Yeah. I don't want to be mean to anybody. I just say, “I don't think it's the right fit,” or something like that, but it's not good. And the best stuff I think is honestly anything really you're going to keep it. A really high quality water bottle, something you're going to see every single day it's could be on your desk and you're going to get those impressions. I'm really proud of that, but obviously we've done bicycles for companies. We made fully custom bicycles. A company came to us and they had their whole executive team. They're very into health. They want to do something a little bit different, unique. They have a campus. We create a really cool custom, fully custom logo, colors, everything bicycles. That was a really cool project to work on. And obviously we've done really cool backpacks. We did a backpack for Facebook, which I thought was really cool where the logo was nowhere on the outside. Jeremy: [inaudible] was we wanted to make the product so kind of premium. These are like very nice backpacks, that it didn't like scream Facebook. No one even know about it, except for the people who are wearing it. So, it was black-on-black logo on the inside of the backpack, so like when you open, only the people who are wearing it, see it. That's, I think is very important. I knew this was going to happen because frankly I started getting a sense that socks were going to become very popular. We sell [inaudible] socks and clearly socks is very … No one really sees it, but it's all about the person who's putting on the socks, is wearing it, who were seeing your logo. It starts to feel that kind of connection to your brand and eventually becomes that brand evangelist. It's all about that internal. Stephanie: Yeah, that's awesome. What is a new Ecommerce tool that you're trying out that you're loving right now? Jeremy: New Ecommerce tool? We're using a company called [Tend 00:46:36]. It's very early in it, but you're able to kind of track all the different people who are coming to your site without them inputting real information, which I think is kind of spooky, but kind of cool, just to see who's checking what. Stephanie: Cool. Jeremy: For me, it's kind of the core stuff. It's the Intercom, it's the HubSpot, it's just the marketing automation, streamlining things. And there's two different things, obviously with Intercom, which is our real life customer success. People are always here to help and jumping on the phone call. Then you have the HubSpot, which is really automating the experience. Having both sides for our type of businesses is very important. Stephanie: Great. All right. The last one, a little bit harder. What one thing will have the biggest impact on Ecommerce in the next year? Jeremy: Wow. Stephanie: Yeah. Jeremy: That's a good question. I'm still laser focused on swag. I don't necessarily always think about the broader industry as a whole. I think for swag, I think it's easy. I think it is swag distribution. Everyone's working remotely. I don't see people getting back into the office anytime soon. Even if they do, it's going to be somewhat of a new normal, maybe not every day. People are still going to be able to need to engage with the remote employees or the best customers. And who's going to want to fly across the country, maybe to that trade show. They might want to do things a little more remote and automated. For Swag, that's where we're going and we're going to be automating the distribution of Swag. I think that's our next phase. Jeremy: Or somebody's one year anniversary, send them automatically Swag in the mail. Or somebody's had a baby, send them Happy Mother's Day or Happy Father's Day type of swag in the mail. So, really automating different life activities where you want swag. Stephanie: Awesome. Love it. All right, Jeremy. This has been a blast. Where can people find out more about you and Swag.com? Jeremy: Yeah. You can obviously reach out to me on LinkedIn Jeremy Parker, and obviously come visit us at Swag.com. That's S-W-A-G.com and we would love to work with you on your next order. Stephanie: Awesome. Thanks so much for joining. Jeremy: Thank you so much for having me, guys.

Amanda interviews entrepreneur Jesse Itzler.   Jesse is author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, and co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company.   In this conversation, Jesse and Amanda speak about their passion to educate the masses about whole food nutrition, the hidden sugars that sneak into breakfast cereal foods, and more.   https://jesseitzler.com  https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler/

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Jesse Itzler is the Co-founder of Marquis Jet, Founder of The 100 Mile Group & Minority-Owner of the Atlanta Hawks. Jesse’s here to challenge the conventional wisdom of what it takes to be spontaneous. Surprisingly? Routine. 24-hour running marathons, buying an RV on a whim, climbing to the top of Mt. Washington at 50, the concept of never saying no… Jesse plans his life guaranteeing an adventure instead of just waiting for one to happen. If you’ve been stuck in a rut- in need of something new, or just don’t know how to find time for yourself, this guy’s got 30 years of picking up skill after skill after skill to wake you up and get you motivated for a life of doing what you want to do. Better have a planner handy. A couple of simple scheduling tricks, and see just how wild your life could get.Youtube Link to This EpisodeJesse’s WebsiteJesse’s Instagram

Jesse Itzler is an avid seeker of enlightenment and thinking outside of the box. As an entrepreneur, he has been a part of the creation and development of numerous companies such as Zico, Marquis Jet, and Alphabet City. He is the author of Living with a SEAL and Living with The Monks, two exceptional books on development and spiritual acceptance and growth. His tenacious energy growth and adventure continues to inspire those around him to surpass their mental and physical limits.  In this episode… Silence is golden; often, it is also healing. Taking the time to quiet our minds and our surroundings can open us not only to other aspects of ourselves, but to the realities that we often overlook because of our hectic schedules. Jesse Itzler, founder of The 100 Mile Group, spent 15 days with monks without his family and without the common distractions of the modern times and it granted him an incredible experience. He was able to step back and reevaluate the things and people who were important to him.  Join Ed O'Keefe in this episode of Wake Up Minute as he talks with his friend and mentor, Jesse Itzler, about his time with the monks and how it helped him see his life and everything in it in a different perspective. In this insightful episode, they will be talking about the importance of taking the time for peace and quiet, reevaluating the things that you are spending your time and energy on,the definition of purpose, and the true value of community, happiness, and opportunities. Stay tuned.

Jesse Itzler is the author of Living with The Monks, a book that captures the essence of the 15 days he spent with monks and the lessons he learned during his time at the monastery. Jesse is also an entrepreneur, a musician, an athlete, a husband, and a father to four beautiful children. For the last two decades, he has helped develop numerous companies such as The 100 Mile Group, Marquis Jet, Alphabet City, and Zico, while creating events to help others test and push their physical and mental capacity. In this episode… Time is one of the few things we can't buy. Once yesterday is gone, we have to move on to today, whether we want or not. There is beauty to be found in your life when you are in control of your time, and there is treasure to be found in people who are willing to struggle and grow with you. The amount of trust and encouragement that is built within your community enables every member to grow and flourish, and for Jesse Itzler, the author of Living with the Monks, taking some time out of your life to reevaluate the things and people you have in your life is not just important -- it can be life changing. Join Ed O'Keefe in this episode of Wake Up Minute as he talks with his friend and mentor, Jesse Itzler, as they talk about the importance of time management and creating an environment built on giving and community. Find out what Jesse’s principles are and how he aims to inspire others to pursue their goals. Stay Tuned

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. Learn more about Jesse Itzler: https://jesseitzler.com/ Follow Jesse Itzler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler/?hl=en

Jesse Itzler does not negotiate his goals. He’s the author of the New York Times bestsellers, Living with a Seal and Living with the Monks, the cofounder of Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets, and he also partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. On top of everything else, he’s also an owner of the Atlanta Hawks NBA team! Clearly, Itzler has never shied away from prioritizing personal growth and adventure.  “If you don’t prioritize adventure,” he says, “You get a calendar filled up with responsibilities and appointments.” These days, he’s helping others to prioritize adventure and to “build their life resumes” with his 29209 Everesting events. He and his team literally bring Everest and 29,000 feet of vertical climbing to mountains across the United States. Part “Burning Man,” part “Ironman,” these weekend adventures are all about satisfying that hunger we all have for experience, challenge and growth.  While we all may not aim to literally climb Everest, this episode contains a mountainful of actionable steps that will inspire you to begin fixing the things that may be broken in your life to find the hero within.  Whether it’s the plant-strong food on your plate or your morning movement ritual, learning to start your day with small wins and creating one winning habit or behavior a month not only set a positive tone for the day, but also accelerate your success and happiness.  What can be a better investment than that?   Episode Resources: 29029 Everesting Jesse Itzler Website   Know your numbers!  Plant-Strong has partnered with the nation’s leader in direct-to-consumer lab testing.  For a list of recommended tests and a money-saving bundle, visit our website. Support for this week's episode comes from Wild Earth Dog Food - use promo code: PLANTSTRONG for 40% order Seeking a solution for making the plant-strong lifestyle convenient and inspiring? The Plant-Strong Meal Planner offers 1000s of recipes customized to your preferences, an integrated shopping list and grocery delivery! Our Engine 2 Coaches are on hand to offer support and answer any questions - all for $1.90 a week when you sign up for a year. Visit our Plant-Strong Meal Planner today and use promo code: PLANTSTRONG for $10 off your annual subscription! Esselstyn Family Foundation - Our family foundation is committed to healing the world through the promotion of whole food plant-based nutrition.

http://aboutJorge.com - Welcome to Expect Success at georgebalek.com!Now, in addition to listening to our podcast, you can also view the video format on youtube at: http://georgetube.comSubscribe to my YouTube: http://georgebalek.com/youtube It REALLY helps. Here is My Podcast Page: http://buzzsprout.com/112740Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur, author, and rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Today Jesse is going to talk to us about the Navy Seal 40% rule. It's key to overcoming most mental barriers. Listen to Jesse.For more from Jesse Itzler, simply search youtube and visit his website jesseitzler.com. His bestseller book Living With A SEAL, is available at his website and/or amazon.com. Living With A SEAL: https://amzn.to/38TBw3u As the late great Jim Rohn use to say, you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Today you have been hanging out with Jesse Itzler. Keep up the momentum and subscribe to our newsletter so you never miss another episode. Newsletter: http://georgebalek.com/newsletterIf you enjoyed this episode please share it on social media and send it to someone that could use extra motivation in their life. Do you have any thoughts or comments? Please visit: http://GeorgeBalek.comPlease take 60 seconds to leave an HONEST review for the Expect Success Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely important for me to make this show better. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/george-baleks-podcast/id1261439218Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes so that you get updates and new episodes downloaded to your phone automatically. Subscribe via iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/ydb4qgxtSubscribe via Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=147988&refid=stpr Subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed) http://www.buzzsprout.com/112740.rssWant to find out more about how I make a full-time internet income from home and how you can too. Visit: http://aboutJorge.comStart your blog: http://georgebalek.com/startablog ( Help Included ) Read my blog: http://aboutJorge.com Follow me on Facebook: http://georgebalek.com/facebook Follow me on Twitter: http://georgebalek.com/twitter Subscribe to me on YouTube: http://georgebalek.com/youtubeGears I use to film my videos Movavi Video Editor FREE Download: http://georgebalek.com/movaviCanon EOS M6: https://amzn.to/2XtNfjyFREE StuffThink and Grow Rich FreE-book here:

I have a challenge for you. Take a pencil to paper and map out your past five years on a line graph with peaks being the great experiences and valleys being the lows. I'd be willing to guess you have a deep valley (or two!) every single year, but what about a peak? What about a moment or an experience that you'll cherish as a memory for the rest of your life? Do you have one?Most people who listen to the podcast value experiences over possessions, but are we doing enough to actively craft amazing moments in our lives? I'm not. I'd like to do better. Listen in on this week's show to get ideas.  Listen & Learn:  Why it's important to focus on your life resume, not just your work resume How to create peak moments in life Why natural + hard things can create magic How to live life on your own terms How to rethink your relationship with time  Links & Resources: Jesse's Site 29029 Everest Site About Our Author: Jesse Itzler is the author of the books Living with a Seal and Living with the Monks, co-founder of Marquis Jet, and was involved in the Zico Coconut Water rise to success.  He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning I Love This Game music campaign, as well as the popular New York Knicks anthem Go NY Go. He runs ultra-marathons and has a new venture called 29,029 where you summit a ski mountain again and again until you gain a total elevation equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Lemon Water in the Morning Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes

On today’s show, I am honored to sit down with one of the owners of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, Jesse Itzler. Jesse is a successful serial entrepreneur, having founded Marquis Jet, which he sold to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, and being a partner of ZICO coconut water, which was sold to Coca Cola. He is also a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and former rapper. Jesse looks to share the ins and outs of how he has had so much success in business, and in life.IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:What a “Life Resume” is and how to build itWhat Jesse learned from living with a Navy Seal, and monksWhy you need re-evaluate how you think about timeHow to get the most out of your lifeWhy patience is so key to successAnd much, much more!HELP US OUT!Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! BOOKS AND RESOURCESDownload your free audiobook from Audible Jesse Itzler’s book Living with the MonksJesse Itzler’s book Living with a SEALJia Jiang's book Rejection ProofDavid Goggin’s book Can’t Hurt MeCONNECT WITH JESSEWebsite | Instagram | LinkedIn GET IN TOUCH WITH ROBERT (@robertattip)Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

In this episode of Three of Seven Podcast we speak to Jesse Itzler about his lessons learned while running the Hennepin 100 mile foot race and how those lessons can be applied to life and business. Why do you run Ultra?What were the highs and lows of the Hennepin 100 mile race?How are lessons learned during a ultramarathon applicable to life and business?What is your optimal diet?What mindset techniques does Jesse use to accomplish seemingly insurmountable tasks?What is next for Jesse?What is Camp BYLR?Jesse answers these questions and many more on this action packed episode! "JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company.He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely." Follow Jesse on Instagram @jesseitzlerLearn more about Jesse's mission and Camp BYLR at www.jesseitzler.com 

Every fall, Curaytor puts on an exclusive, clients-only event called Excellence. But sometimes we want to share some of that excellent content with the world. So after their inspiring keynote speeches, we asked two of the sharpest people we've ever met to stick around and be a part of a special live #WaterCooler. Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Marc Davison is the Chief Creative Officer of 1000watt, the real estate industry's foremost creative agency.

My guest this week is Jesse Itzler--an entrepreneur, author, and former rapper as well as the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He and his wife Sara Blakely have four children. And yes it is surprising that even Jesse Itzler has wi-fi issues. Meeting Jesse was a funny experience. He was walking a little slow and explained he had just run 40 miles the day before and was feeling a little sore. 40 Miles!?!?! What?? I feel proud of myself after I do a spin class. Clearly, I was going to need to up my game. The one word that comes to mind when I think about Jesse is EXTREME. He goes after it and by it I mean whatever it is he decides he wants. That is how he became a rapper and how he built so many successful companies. When he decided he was in a funk and his routine wasn’t working for him, he invited a navy seal to move in with him and his family for 30 days and then he wrote a best-selling book about the surreal experience. Jesse Itzler is a one of a kind. He is also incredibly kind and taught me a lot during this episode. Not only do you get to learn from one of the most successful men I have ever met but I also make a big announcement on the podcast today and I am so excited to share it with you! I promise you this one is big and it may even have something to do with my guest!! HINT! And thank you to today's sponsors:Great Courses Plus = Go to TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/CONFIDENCE to access their entire catalog for FREE for the entire month RayCon = Go to BuyRaycon.com/CONFIDENCE to get 20-percent off your order Review this podcast on Apple Podcast using this link and when you DM me the screenshot, I buy you my $299 video course as a thank you! My book Confidence Creator is available now!If you are looking for more tips you can download my free E-book at my website and thank you!DM your questions for the show Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Success isn't accidental. Steve shares how millionaire Jesse Itzler, co-founder of Marquis Jet, and billionaire Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, gained enormous success by following simple and driving principles.

In this episode of the Positive University Podcast, Jon Gordon talks with Jesse Itzler. You'll learn: Why Jesse has only eaten fruit until noon for the past 27 years. What Jesse's journey was like going from distributing demo tapes to being broke and sleeping on 18 couches and eventually founding a private jet company, selling a product to Coca-Cola, and owning the Atlanta Hawks.  Jesse's mindset of personal responsibility and success. Why Jesse believes you need to create your own luck. Why lasting change takes time.  And so much more! You can find Jesse at www.jesseitzler.com  *This episode is marked explicit due to simply a couple instances of profanity used.  About Jesse Itzler: Jesse Itzler eats only fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." He cofounded Marquis Jet, the worlds largest prepaid private jet prepaid flight card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Harhaway/NetJets. Jesse then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he is not running ultra marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. 

Are you building an irrelevant resume?In a market place where everyone from entry level, to CEO are changing Jobs and careers more often than at any previous point in history, we better have a great resume… but are we actually focused on the right things when we build that resume, and how do we know what focus on in order to build the right resume?Well according to our guest on this episode the answer is usually; "NO!"Jesse Itzler says the resume you need to build is; your life resume! Jesse Itzler has one of the most impressive resumes out there. He started the worlds largest private jet company: Marquis Jet became the world’s largest private jet card company with $5B in cumulative sales prior to its acquisition by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He and his partners sold their Zico Coconut water to Coca Cola. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Living With A SEAL and his latest book: Living with the Monks, he has ran 100 miles non stop and his passion for football has him as an owner of the Atlanta Hawks. He's an entrepreneur, bestselling author, motivational speaker, endurance athlete, and former rapper.And if that’s not pressure enough… He’s also a dad of 4 and is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.On this episode we discus:What is a life resume and why we all need oneBuilding a Life Resume vs Traditional ResumeHis time living with Navy Seal David Goggins What he learned about enduranceHis time Living with Monks, what he had do and what he thought he's have to do...that he didn'tWe even talk about breakfast cereal's creator Mr. Kellogg His own 1 day a year ritual, and how you can be part of itCompleting over 100 miles in the Ultra Marathon National Championship4 buckets of life...what's in yours and much moreTo find out more about Jesse Itzler and how to build your life resume: www.JesseItzler.com/bylr Course To find out more about hiring Dov Baron as a speaker or strategist for your organization: http://fullmontyleadership.com/consulting or http://fullmontyleadership.com/speakingRemember you can now also find us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you tune into podcastsAnd on traditional radio stations across the US every Monday and Thursday on: 99.5 FM & 1520 AM Las Vegas102.1 FM & 1640 AM Lancaster, Philadelphia87.9 FM & 810 AM Macon, Gorgia 92.1 FM & 1630 AM Tampa, Florida97.7 The Villages, Florida96.3 FM Boulder ,Colorado90.3 FM Milwaukee, Wisconsin 94.7 FM Pittsburg, Philadelphia87.9 FM Colorado Springs, ColoradoAlso look for us on ROKU TV where there’s 100K subscribers. If you are a regular listener, then a big thank you to you for making us the #1 podcast Globally for Fortune 500 listeners! And with a potential reach of 2.5 to 3 million listeners for every show, we’re honoured and grateful to be cited in INC.com as The #1 Podcast To Make You a Better Leader. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From Jesse's website: JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the two of them have been avid supporters of many charities.  By the end of this episode you will learn: ☑️Specific strategies to IMMEDIATELY enhance your LIFE resume.  ☑️Unorthodox ways to grow your business and influence. ☑️Why eating fruit first thing in the morning can give you more energy. ☑️The ancient Japanese “one day a year” ritual that will benefit you forever. *Questions for the solo podcast email info@whatgotyouthere.com* http://whatgotyouthere.com/ NEW SPONSOR TEN THOUSAND- www.tenthousand.cc/wgyt 20% off with discount code "WGYT"  Pure Spectrum CBD 10% off with discount code “WGYT” https://www.purespectrumcbd.com/?ref=227 GlobeKick 10% off with discount code “WGYT” https://globekick.com/ 15% off Four Sigmatic with discount code "WGYT" http://foursigmatic.com/wgyt   https://jesseitzler.com/ https://twitter.com/the100MileMan https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler/ https://www.facebook.com/jesseitzler1/   https://twitter.com/SeanDeLaney23 https://www.instagram.com/whatgotyoutherepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/whatgotyouthere/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-delaney-00909190/   Intro/Outro music by Justin Great- http://justingreat.com/ Audio Engineer- Brian Lapres 

Jesse’s Wild Idea: To encourage people to achieve massive things in their life and focus on what matters most. Today’s guest eats only fruit until noon. He loves Run-DMC. He wrote the New York Knicks anthem, “Go New York Go,” and he likes to live life out of the box. In his New York Times bestselling book, Living with a Seal, Jesse invited Navy Seal David Goggins to live with him for a month and train him. Years later he wrote Living with Monks, where he lived in a monastery in upstate New York. Both of his books are about learning lessons that others have to teach you, something Jesse is passionate about. Early in his career, Jesse was a rapper and wrote and performed in the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign. Prior to being a best-selling and hilarious author, he co-founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He is also a serious adventurer, running ultramarathons and launched an event a few years ago called 29,029 that brings “Everesting” to individuals around the country. Today, he’s the owner of the Atlanta Hawks, husband to Spanx founder Sara Blakely, and a father of four kids. His latest online course, called “Build Your Life Resume,” is all about encouraging you to get out there and build a life full of experiences, creating memories, achieving big goals and doing more. With an infectious energy about him, Jesse has some great insights about how we spend our time, and how we can use this knowledge to live more fully and be more present with those we love. In our conversation, we talk about goal setting, why you have to give in order to get, how to support your partner, why we all need to get real with time, and how to achieve one massive thing every year. Listen to this episode if:  You like living life on your own terms.  You’re want to set and accomplish big goals. You’ve ever thought of writing a book.  You want to experience some amazing things in your life. For full show notes, including guest links and books mentioned during the episode, visit: http://wildideasworthliving.com/96

Fire, desire, passion and purpose. What are these things and how can we harness them in our lives —and what gets in the way? Today I bring on someone who takes the unconventional path in everything he does, Jesse Itzler. Jesse is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets.  He's an undeniable entrepreneur and visionary who is full of life, fun and passion. And in this episode —he challenged me by asking if I truly understood what fire and desire is. And I loved it :) During this riveting conversation, you’ll discover: How to live outside the typical rules of life The power of differentiation in life and business Why results are about daring to think differently Why routines can be amazing or keep us stuck How to get over the fear of being embarrassed The power of being ourselves in life and business How to negotiate with fear and use it as power How to grow your baseline of grit and persistence Breaking down the misconceptions of purpose How to find a cause or calling worthy of fighting The power of being the underdog in business How to create fire and urgency to fuel change Why most people negotiate their goals down Releasing other people’s expectations for you How Jesse hit the NYT Bestseller after a year “Real innovation and change happens when you step outside of the box.” - Jesse Itzler “If you want to accomplish something big, you have to have fire.” - Jesse Itzler “You have to have an undeniable, unwavering passion to fuel your goal.” - Jesse Itzler THE 1% RULE IS OUT ON AUDIOBOOK! My latest book, The 1% Rule: How to Fall in Love with the Process and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams is now out on Amazon. I’m so excited to finally release this book, and I need your help to push this up the lists as I am proud of what I have created. Head here to grab your copy of The 1% Rule Now! http://a.co/6H8uWlH The 1% Rule was designed to answer three core questions: Why do some people seem to achieve massive success in everything they do, while others can’t even get out of their own way? What separates those who get excited and inspired for a season, a quarter, a month or a week — and those who are consistently on fire? What are the core principles, mindsets, habits, and rituals of those who execute ruthlessly, and those who sit on the sidelines pondering? …through exploring these answers over the last decade the core principles, strategies and proven framework of The 1% Rule were born and are now yours today. LIKED WHAT YOU HEARD? There are countless podcasts out there. If you have ever gotten any value from the Academy... Please take 60-90 seconds to tell the world why. What is it about the Academy that makes you tune in? Head over to iTunes, search for the Academy, click 'write a review' and submit...it would mean the world! Our new website is live! Ensure you don't miss a thing and join us on this platform: https://resistaverageacademy.com/

Jesse Itzler, the co-founder of Marquis Jet, former rapper, and one of the owners of NBA's Atlanta Hawks, joins Dave Will on today's episode of EO 360°. His passion for adventure took him from the recording studio, creating songs for professional sports teams which led him to co-founding with the world's largest prepaid private jet card company. He shares his amazing entrepreneurial journey and how he continuously challenges himself in every aspect of his life. Tune in now!

JESSE ITZLER only eats fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.   Connect with Jesse: Website: https://jesseitzler.com Facebook: @jesseitzler1 Twitter: @the100MileMan Instagram: @jesseitzler   PEAK PERFORMANCE NATION A community dedicated to raising your game to the next level by learning how to Execute at the highest level and eliminating the obstacles that keep you from being the leader you were born to be. Join group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeakPerformanceNation/   SPONSORS & FREE OFFERS Audible - Free Audio Book & 30 Day Trial  Blue Apron -  $30 Off Your First Order   Acuity Scheduling - Stop Wasting Time Setting Up Meetings Peak Accountability - http://www.thorconklin.com/accountability/ Thank you once again for listening Please follow us on: Facebook: Thor Conklin    Twitter: @ThorConklin Website: http://www.thorconklin.com   ThorConklin.com Thor Conklin Media Peak Performers Podcast Peak Performance Nation    #1 Podcast on how to get things done.  Learn from Peak Performers in all areas of life and Business.  Do you know what to do but can't figure out why you are not executing what you already know?   If so, this Podcast will give you the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break through the choke point but to truly become a Peak Performer.   Thor will be sharing his tools and strategies as well as interviewing inspiring Peak Performers that are Entrepreneur's, Professional Athletes, Business leaders, Military, Technology guru's, Health and Fitness masters, Relationships Experts as well as Music & Entertainment superstars.   Mission and Purpose - To engage, educate, entertain and inspire listeners to excel in any area of life through mastering the science of execution and Peak Performance.  You will learn the necessary road map, strategies, tools and psychology to win this game.

Jesse Itzler (IG: @jesseitzler) is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He's married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. In this episode, we discuss: What made Jesse take 15 days away from his family to live with monks What Jesse packed in his suitcase to live at the monastery The book that inspired Jesse’s diet The benefits of eating only fruit until noon Living at the monastery Being disconnected from the outside world What Jesse didn't miss while he was away Take time for the things you love Spending time alone The 3-hour rule Flip your relationship with time Remember tomorrow Operate from gratitude Weave spirituality into your day-to-day life You don’t have to respond immediately Get it out of your head and onto paper Be where your feet are Figure out what works best for you Do it now! Show sponsors: CoreChair

Most of us are stuck in a routine. We do the same thing every morning – whether it's waking up with our families, getting a workout in or heading straight to work – it usually doesn't vary much. Jesse Itzler caught himself in this trap. Itzler cofounded Marquis Jet (which sold to Warren Buffet), helped to pioneer Zico coconut water (which sold to Coca-Cola) and currently owns the Atlanta Hawks. In his spare time, he runs ultramarathons. He is not someone you would categorize as needing to “shake things up” or get more fit. But that's not how he saw it. He knew he needed a change. So, like any normal person, Itzler went down to the local gym and hired a trainer, right? Wrong. Instead, he cold-called a former Navy SEAL – and probably the toughest man alive – David Goggins. He asked Goggins to live with him and his family for 30 days. Wait, what? Itzler wrote about the experience in his book, “Living With A Seal.” I read it so you don't have to. Here are 9 ways that Itzler's decision can help you break through to the next level. “Most of my successes in life have come from learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Like I said, I just want to get better.” - Jesse Itzler Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Sign up for the weekly Millennial Momentum Newsletter. No BS, All hustle

Most of us are stuck in a routine. We do the same thing every morning – whether it’s waking up with our families, getting a workout in or heading straight to work – it usually doesn’t vary much. Jesse Itzler caught himself in this trap. Itzler cofounded Marquis Jet (which sold to Warren Buffet), helped to pioneer Zico coconut water (which sold to Coca-Cola) and currently owns the Atlanta Hawks. In his spare time, he runs ultramarathons. He is not someone you would categorize as needing to “shake things up” or get more fit. But that’s not how he saw it. He knew he needed a change. So, like any normal person, Itzler went down to the local gym and hired a trainer, right? Wrong. Instead, he cold-called a former Navy SEAL – and probably the toughest man alive – David Goggins. He asked Goggins to live with him and his family for 30 days. Wait, what? Itzler wrote about the experience in his book, “Living With A Seal.” I read it so you don’t have to. Here are 9 ways that Itzler’s decision can help you break through to the next level. “Most of my successes in life have come from learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Like I said, I just want to get better.” - Jesse Itzler Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Sign up for the weekly Millennial Momentum Newsletter. No BS, All hustle

Jesse Itzler is a former rapper, an entrepreneur, and the author of New York Times bestseller Living with a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet. It might seem like an odd resume to some, but Jesse doesn't fit in anyone else's box or allow anyone else to write his script – he's here to write the script of his own life.   When Jesse started in the music business, he had no experience and no connections. When he got into private aviation, he had no airplanes.   But that didn't stop him from getting on the Billboard 100 or writing the New York Knicks theme song. That didn't stop him from co-founding Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company, which he has since sold to Berkshire Hataway/NetJets.   Jesse says you shouldn't wait for the right time to try something, and you shouldn't wait until you have enough experience – “Get your foot in the door and figure it out after.”   Jesse took a similar “just do it” approach to writing his books Living with a SEAL and Living with the Monks. The former helped him hone his physical body, by jumping feet first into one of the most intense training regimens on the planet. The latter helped him explore the spiritual side of his life.   It felt like a struggle at first but by the end, “it reinforced that I want to live by putting as many experiences on my plate as I could.”   Want to live life full blast like Jesse? Well, he challenges all of you to put one thing on your calendars that seems so hard that the benefit of the challenge will last the entire year. There should be a challenge or a struggle (not necessarily a physical one) because those are the things that make you feel most alive and offer the most valuable lessons.   --     Resources: Learn more at http://jesseitzler.com/ (jesseitzler.com) Connect with Jesse: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Living With a SEAL: 31 Days Training With the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus by Jesse Itzler   --   We are brought to you by the Lawton Marketing Group, a full-service advertising and design agency serving companies and entrepreneurs at all levels. They are your one-stop shop for all your website, logo, social media, print, app design and reputable management needs.   Visit LawtonMG.com for more info.   -- The Impact Entrepreneur Show is produced by Podcast Masters

“I LEARN BEST BY JUMPING INTO THE UNKNOWN.” There’s one resource in this world we all take for granted: time. We’re only on this planet for a small amount of time, and we tend to build routines in our lives that makes the days roll by. The next thing we know, we look in the mirror and we’re 70. When you look at that face do you want to see a life of missed opportunities or one filled with experiences you are proud of? If you want the latter, you need to make sure you schedule time for you. Take the time to build your life resume, because that’s what makes our lives much more interesting. When you talk about someone, do you talk about how they clock in to work on time everyday at 9 am and work late hours? Or do you talk about the places they’ve been to, and the experiences they’ve had? On this episode of The School of Greatness, I bring you back someone who has decided to build their life’s resume: Jesse Itzler. Importance of taking advantage of time. Routine make life fly by. Make time for yourself - building life resume instead of business resume. Jesse enjoys living life "out of the box." In fact, he doesn't even have a box. The author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, co founded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. He’s also the kind of person that when he wants something he grabs onto the opportunity without delay. He recently decided he needed to detox his mind from electronics and the constant multitasking of today’s world. He ended up living with monks, living in a room as small as a table, and unable to communicate with his family, just to find himself. The lessons he learned most were about the need to make time for yourself and the people around you that you care most about. In the end, that’s where you’ll have the most impact and where your true legacy will come from. Learn more lessons from Jesse’s isolation and time with the monks, on Episode 652. Some Questions I Ask: How was your 15 day digital detox? (8:45) What are you not waiting for? (20:09) If you could go back 20 years, what would you eliminate or add to your life? (21:41) Do you still take 3 hours for yourself every day? (24:44) What do you think you can learn from pain? (29:14) What did the monks teach you about overcoming personal challenges? (32:52) What did the master’s say (about death)? (36:34) Have you and your wife ever struggled with competing with one another? (44:47) Do you ever have a fear that your kids are a little soft? (47:04) What are the things you’ve learned from your time in your monks you didn’t know before? (48:13) In This Episode You Will Learn: When he had the idea to live with monks (10:50) What Jesse didn’t miss during his time away (14:51) How Jesse worked in the music business (17:07) The Kevin Rule (22:28) When Jesse started living this type of life (27:37) The biggest personal challenge he’s faced (30:29) Why death kept coming up in Jesse’s mind (34:40) How he maintains the spark of sexual desire and dynamic of business in his relationship (41:26) The greatest lessons his kids have taught him (45:40) Plus much, much more...

Jesse doesn’t remember anything he learned from college except for ONE lesson. He calls it “the $160,000 lesson.” He almost breezed by it. I had to stop him. “What was the lesson?” It’s a strong lesson. And if I try to write the whole story in this box, it’ll lose it’s power. I wrote about it here. Or you can listen to the podcast now [it’s in the first 2 mins]. It’s worth it. Jesse is one of the most naturally motivating people I’ve ever met. And it’s contagious. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Show Notes: Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus by Jesse Itzler Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler My first interview with Jesse Itzler: Ep.163: 6 Simple Steps to Becoming Self-Made Vanilla Ice (rapper) Marquis Jet (a company Jessie founded, which was then sold to NetJets) Zico coconut water (Jesse’s a partner) My interview with Shane Snow, author of Smartcuts [Ep. 355 - Make The Breakthrough You Need (With These “Smart Cuts”] President Obama Dwight Eisenhower John F Kennedy Lyndon B Johnson Richard Nixon Spanx (invented by Sara Blakely who Jesse is married to and who I got to interview on this podcast: Episode 211: How To Get a Billion Dollar Idea) Philip Roth who wrote “American Pastoral” a Pulitzer Prize winning book Steve Jobs Game of Thrones Monasticism  Silent retreat Thich Nhat Hahn and his monastery which is Buddhist Jesse stayed with Orthodox Christian monks Vipassana (silent retreat) “Fit for Life” by Harvey Diamond and Marilyn Diamond Jesse turned some of the highlights from his book into an animated series. Check it out here Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesse doesn't remember anything he learned from college except for ONE lesson. He calls it "the $160,000 lesson." He almost breezed by it. I had to stop him. "What was the lesson?" It's a strong lesson. And if I try to write the whole story in this box, it'll lose it's power. I wrote about it here. Or you can listen to the podcast now [it's in the first 2 mins]. It's worth it. Jesse is one of the most naturally motivating people I've ever met. And it's contagious.   I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Show Notes: Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus by Jesse Itzler Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler My first interview with Jesse Itzler: Ep.163: 6 Simple Steps to Becoming Self-Made Vanilla Ice (rapper) Marquis Jet (a company Jessie founded, which was then sold to NetJets) Zico coconut water (Jesse's a partner) My interview with Shane Snow, author of Smartcuts [Ep. 355 - Make The Breakthrough You Need (With These "Smart Cuts"] President Obama Dwight Eisenhower John F Kennedy Lyndon B Johnson Richard Nixon Spanx (invented by Sara Blakely who Jesse is married to and who I got to interview on this podcast: Episode 211: How To Get a Billion Dollar Idea) Philip Roth who wrote "American Pastoral" a Pulitzer Prize winning book Steve Jobs Game of Thrones Monasticism  Silent retreat Thich Nhat Hahn and his monastery which is Buddhist Jesse stayed with Orthodox Christian monks Vipassana (silent retreat) "Fit for Life" by Harvey Diamond and Marilyn Diamond Jesse turned some of the highlights from his book into an animated series. Check it out here Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

“I think a lot of people look at ‘happiness' as a decision and I look at it as how I choose to live my life — doing things that make me happy with the people that make me happy.”Jesse ItzlerIt's easy to take risks when your back is against the wall.But it's the rare individual that will continue to push the envelope, face fear and embrace the unknown when that person could choose to live without self-imposed obstacles.Jesse Itzler is one such human.After a barnburner appearance on the podcast back in 2015 (check RRP #197 if you missed it), the man who lives so far “out of the box” that there is no box returns for another stellar exchange that does not disappoint.For those new to the show, this is a guy who fast-talked his way right out of college into a recording contract, ultimately taking his music all the way to MTV, the Billboard 100 and even an Emmy.Jesse then takes a wild entrepreneurial left-turn, creating and ultimately selling big companies like Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company, and Zico Coconut Water, before wooing Spanx founder (and Shark Tank guest host) Sarah Blakely all the way to the altar.Despite his tremendous success as a serial entrepreneur, Jesse started to feel his life stagnate. Desperate to avoid the malaise of risk adversity visited upon many a prosperous peer, he embarks on a hare-brained scheme to invite adventure back into his life by convincing Navy SEAL David Goggins — the most popular episode in the history of this show — to move in with him. David relents on one condition: that Jesse comply with David's every demand, no matter how severe. The insanity that ensues is hilariously chronicled in Living With A SEAL, Jesse's well deserved New York Times bestseller.He eats only fruit before noon. He runs 100 mile races. He raises millions for charity. And when he isn't playing super dad to his four kids (check his Instagram stories for daily dad episodes), he's an in demand motivational speaker (check out his TEDx Talk) who just happens to own the Atlanta Hawks NBA franchise with a few friends. No biggie.So the question is: how does this guy have such an extraordinary life?Jesse boils it down to one singular mission statement:Live life full blast. Never be afraid to fail. And never, ever allow yourself to stagnate.In an effort to cultivate community around this ethos, Jesse recently launched Made of Challenges, a series of totally unique, end-to-end weekend experiences that are one part wellness retreat (complete with glamping tents and world-class speakers), one part next-level athletic challenge. Come August is Made of Denali, which entails jogging, hiking or crawling up a mountain in Utah, taking a gondola down, and repeating nine times until you have climbed 20,310 vertical feet — the equivalent of Mt. Denali, the highest peak in North America.In addition, Jesse has a new book coming out this week. An inward-facing sequel to his Goggins-fueled physical escapades, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Preston and Stig talk to one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks Basketball team, Jesse Itzler. Jesse is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of numerous start-up companies. In particular, Jesse was the founder of Marquis Jet, which was sold to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. During our discussion, Jesse talks to us about his new book, Living With The Monks. In the book, Jesse learns what turning off his phone taught him about happiness, gratitude, and focus. Checkout Jesse's new book on AmazonHere are the links for discounts from our sponsors:Download your free audio book at AudibleGet a free share of stock and free trades at RobinhoodFind the best job candidate at ZiprecruiterKnow when to buy and sell based on statistics and momentum w/ TradeStopsIn this episode, you'll learn:Why you should build your life up around momentsWhat you do when someone offers to buy shares in your future life incomeHow to make room for yourself in your lifeWhat we can learn from monks about the quality of work and true ownership

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk 258: Jesse Itzler - Creating Your LIFE Resume (Living With The Monks) Jesse Itzler is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company.  His latest book is titled, Living With The Monks. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely. The Learning Leader Show "I invest in people... You must look into their eyes before making a decision." Show Notes: Sustaining excellence: Spending time around the 4,000 people who used Marquis Jet, "I always asked them about their habits." You have to create the system that works best for YOU: Attack fear, take risks Get up early in the morning Create daily wins, momentum Be a great connector, build relationships Run -- Create great exercise habits Winning habits, routines, mindset. A system for self For 27 years, Jesse has only eaten fruit before noon Relying on gut instinct... How to build this, make better? Must spend time alone, to think.  Running is where this happens for Jesse (in the car for Sara) Why? Awareness with time... Understand your own mortality A constant drive to build a "life resume" You only get 1 shot to do this thing Hiking Mount Washington -- Helps you feel "super alive... It's addicting." Have you always been this way? "I get bored easily. This has nothing to do with money." Always being urgent to accomplish something Always carving out time for yourself.  Carve at least 1 hour per day. Put parameters around your time YOU are the business plan. "I invest in people... Have you ever looked into his eyes?" "At the end of the day, people drive companies." Why live with the monks? "I did the physical part while living with a SEAL.  I needed to focus on the spiritual part." Lived in a monastery with 8 monks... 4 had been there for 50 years How living with the monks helped him handle "decision fatigue" How it free'd up so much energy "The power of cumulative work" "Always do something hard" It sets the tone for yourself Don't back away from challenges -- Build the grit muscle Do small things every day (clean, make the bed, finish tasks, do the dishes now) "I'm turning 50.  I only have 28 summers left if I'm lucky." The perfect day = Family time Wellness time (running) Business time "Get your heart rate up!" Social Media: Read: Living With The Monks Follow Jesse on Twitter: @the100MileMan Connect with me on LinkedIn Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12 More Learning: Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon Episode 216: Jim Collins -- How To Go From Good To Great Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Milwaukee Bucks President Peter Feigin discusses a bevy of topics related to his National Basketball Association team, which is owned by private equity investors Marc Lasry,  Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan. The former Madison Square Garden executive talks about the financial effect of the team’s new, yet-to-be-named arena, as well as the impact his star player, Giannis Antetokounmpo -- aka the Greek Freak -- has on negotiations with prospective sponsors seeking a global audience. He also talks about the team’s entry in the NBA 2K, a joint esports venture between the NBA and Take-Two Interactive. Feigin was named president of the Bucks in 2014, and was charged with spearheading the growth of the franchise’s business operations. He has worked to build the team’s season ticket base, sponsorship and presided over the effort to build a new $500 million-plus arena. The building is scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. Feigin previously was president and COO of Marquis Jet and helped lead its acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway-controlled NetJets in 1998.

Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur, author, rapper, husband, father of 4, and one of the most passionate and adventurous people you’ll ever encounter. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.  He is also a best-selling author of "Living with a Seal" (and soon to be released "Living with a Monk") where he demonstrates his incredible drive and zest for life. Hear his journey and how through groups and initiatives like #WeDoHardStuff and 29zero29 he's continues to inspire those to achieve incredible accomplishments one step at a time.

One of the most fun and energetic entrepreneurs we interview is Jesse Itzler. Jesse is the owner of the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball team and owner of the 100 Mile Group. Jesse is the founder of Marquis Jet, which was later sold to Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets. In this episode we talk to Jesse about being an entrepreneur and ultra successful business leader.Click here to get full access to our show notes.In this episode, you'll learn:A free and very effective approach to acquiring customersWhy the product always comes before branding in businessWhy sending hand written letters might change your lifeJesse Itzler’s most surprising business lesson from owning the Atlanta HawksHow Jesse has changed Preston and Stig’s worst habit

Jesse Eric Itzler is an entrepreneur, author, and former rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile Group and an owner of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Listen as Jesse shares his secrets for success.

Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur, author, endurance athlete, former rapper, and one of the owners of the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association. Jesse co-founded Marquis Jet and is a partner in Zico Coconut Water. Lance stopped by Jesse’s house in Atlanta to talk: hip-hop dinners, being an NBA owner, living with a Navy Seal, and more.

In this episode, Jack talks with mega-entrepreneur Jesse Itzler who has a list of accomplishments a mile long: He invented the sports music industry, wrote and sang the New York Knicks theme song, “Go New York, Go.” He co-founded the private jet card company Marquis Jet, which was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. He engineered the coconut water craze by partnering with Zico, which they then sold to Coca-Cola. Along with his wife, Spanx founder Sara Blakely Jesse is an owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.If that’s not enough Jesse is also the author of the best-selling book, “Living With a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet“, which chronicles 31 days of extreme fitness training when he hired a Navy Seal to live with him and his family.No one achieves this type of success without a knowing how to push to new levels of “normal”.Jesse is no stranger to pushing himself beyond the bounds of what most people consider mentally or physically possible. He personally believes life should be experienced not simply survived.He has challenged and encouraged thousands of others to refuse to live a life of mere existence. Now Jesse has issued a new challenge not only to himself but to his followers on social media called the “#2017 of Everything” Challenge for Charity as a way to motivate others as well as himself toward a specific goal that being giving up physical comfort for charity.You can learn more and join in the challenge at https://www.facebook.com/groups/jesseitzler/Jesse’s hilarious and inspiring book, “Living With a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet“, is available on amazon.comListen to the full episode here: http://influencersradio.com/jesse-itzler/

In this episode, Jack talks with mega-entrepreneur Jesse Itzler who has a list of accomplishments a mile long: He invented the sports music industry, wrote and sang the New York Knicks theme song, “Go New York, Go.” He co-founded the private jet card company Marquis Jet, which was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. He engineered the coconut water craze by partnering with Zico, which they then sold to Coca-Cola. Along with his wife, Spanx founder Sara Blakely Jesse is an owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.If that’s not enough Jesse is also the author of the best-selling book, “Living With a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet“, which chronicles 31 days of extreme fitness training when he hired a Navy Seal to live with him and his family.No one achieves this type of success without a knowing how to push to new levels of “normal”.Jesse is no stranger to pushing himself beyond the bounds of what most people consider mentally or physically possible. He personally believes life should be experienced not simply survived.He has challenged and encouraged thousands of others to refuse to live a life of mere existence. Now Jesse has issued a new challenge not only to himself but to his followers on social media called the “#2017 of Everything” Challenge for Charity as a way to motivate others as well as himself toward a specific goal that being giving up physical comfort for charity.You can learn more and join in the challenge at https://www.facebook.com/groups/jesseitzler/Jesse’s hilarious and inspiring book, “Living With a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet“, is available on amazon.comListen to the full episode here: http://influencersradio.com/jesse-itzler/

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This is a special Premium audio episode. to the BenGreenfieldFitness show and access this and over 300 additional hidden audios, videos, pdf's and more! only eats fruit until noon, runs hundreds of miles at a time and lives a completely "out of the box" life - while claiming that he does not actually indeed even have a box. Jesse cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then partnered with Zico Coconut Water, which he sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced and sang both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning I Love This Game music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem Go NY Go. Itzler is also the author of the best selling book . When he is not out training for his next 100 mile run or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 4 children live in Atlanta, Georgia. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Jesse met a crazy Navy SEAL at an ultrarunning event -a guy who pushed through the race with kidney failure and broken foot bones while eating crackers and bread... -Jesse's experience attempting to perform 100 pullups as a skinny runner... -The crazy things that ensued when a Navy SEAL crashed in Jesse's living room for 31 days... -Why Jesse ran 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours... -What it means when Jesse says "when you're done you're only 40% done"... -Why Jesse waits until noon to eat anything except fruit...   -And much more... Resources from this episode: - - Do you have questions, comments or feedback for Jesse Itzler or me? Leave your thoughts at  and one of us will reply!

Rabbi Cohen speaks about graduation addresses including those of Mohamed Ali, Robert Kraft and Sheryl Sandberg.  He then interviews Jesse Itzler about his new book-“Living with a Seal.”  Jesse is a co-owner of the NBA Atlanta Hawks and founder of Marquis Jet which he sold to Warren Buffet for a tidy profit. The post #2 – We’re Almost There: Living with Patience, Perseverence & Purpose appeared first on OU Life.

In this episode, Preston and Stig interview the billionaire owner of the Atlanta Hawks, Jesse Itzler. Jesse discusses his experience of living with one of the most extreme athletes in the entire world for 30 days. Additionally, Jesse talks about being successful in business and his sale of Marquis Jet to Warren Buffett.Click here to get full access to our show notes.

Serial entrepreneur and Atlanta Hawks owner Jesse Itzler joins us to share his story of getting out of a rut and why every business owner needs to do the same. Warning, though: Itzler took it to the extreme. The former rapper and co-founder of Marquis Jet invited a Navy SEAL to live with him and his wife for a month so he could train with the toughest man on the planet. So if you feel like you need to break the routine and continue growing, listen in. This one is definitely for you. entreleadership.com/podcast Dave's High-Performance mp3 Download Infusionsoft's Field Guide to CRM

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 3 boys live in Atlanta, Georgia.. Follow Jesse on twitter, instagram and facebook @the100mileman Episode at a Glance In episode 64 of the Doc and Jock Podcast entrepreneur, ultra runner and NBA co- owner Jeese Itzler joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. The guys shoot the shit on a variety of topics including: training, time management, living with a Navy SEAL and why every kid should run a marathon before 18.

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 3 boys live in Atlanta, Georgia.. Follow Jesse on twitter, instagram and facebook @the100mileman Episode at a Glance In episode 64 of the Doc and Jock Podcast entrepreneur, ultra runner and NBA co- owner Jeese Itzler joins the conversation with Doc Danny Matta and Coach Joe Szymanek. The guys shoot the shit on a variety of topics including: training, time management, living with a Navy SEAL and why every kid should run a marathon before 18.

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then partnered with Zico coconut water, which they sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced and sang both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not out training for his next 100 mile run or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 4 children live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jesse Itzler only eats fruit until noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life “out of the box," actually, he doesn't even have a box. He cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then partnered with Zico coconut water, which they sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced and sang both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not out training for his next 100 mile run or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely and the couple and their 4 children live in Atlanta, Georgia.

Imagine this… You're an extremely successful entrepreneur with a string of mega-successes starting and selling amazing companies like Marquis Jet and Zico Coconut water after having success rapping on MTV and starting the “sports music” industry. Now imagine you're married to the self-made female billionaire Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx.Life is good, right? You might even say “comfortable.” This was the life of Jesse Itzler. So why did he invite one of the toughest Navy SEALS alive to live with his family for a month and put him through the most excruciating mental and physical training imaginable?Why is he obsessed with Crushing The Comfort Zone? And what did he discover about the 40% rule? He details it all in his bestselling book Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet and goes into even more detail in this episode.Jesse is a true “entrepreneur's entrepreneur”. He is a genius at identifying and capitalizing on trends and nurturing relationships that can lead to multi-million dollar empires.Learn more about his ways and hear his biggest takeaways as he reveals how his mind works and shares what the comfort zone means to him.Some Topics We Discussed Include:How and why Jesse Itzler decided to live with a SEAL, which became the inspiration for his book.Why limitations are self-imposedWhy doing things you’re uncomfortable with is part of an improvementHow to get your foot through the door and figure out the rest laterWhy maintaining contact with people can build an organic and profitable networkLearn more about Jesse and get the full shownotes at https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/jesseitzler/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How To Rate and Review Us»Join the Bacon Wrapped Business Community today: Bacon Wrapped Business on FacebookBrad Costanzo on FacebookBrad Costanzo on LinkedInBrad Costanzo on YouTubeBrad Costanzo on Twitter

My interview with Jesse Itzler is absolutely awesome! This guy is a trip, he’s hysterical, he’s a business badass and he’s a warrior athlete. He was crazy enough to hire a navy seal and not just any navy seal, a complete and utter bad dude who you’ll learn more about in this interview we have together. If you haven’t read the book, “Living with a seal” you are going to be inspired to do that. A little bit of a background on Jesse; he was a rapper in his early 20s. He’s well known for his popular New York Knicks anthem called “Go New York go New York go!” which I asked him about in the interview.  He co-founded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001 which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with ZICO coconut water which he and his partner sold to the Coca Cola company in 2013. Nowadays you can find Jesse at NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games where he is the owner, and you will hear more about in our interview.  Jesse married the founder of the company called Spanx which all women know about, Sara Blakely. You’re going to be in for a treat while listening to this interview. I was in heaven interviewing this guy! Enjoy! Selected Links from the Episode: 01:15 Living with a SEAL (Book)02:02 Zico Coconut water59:21 Hell on the Hill Show Notes:00:00 - 00:30 Teaser00:30 - 01:20 Intro01:20 - 03:17 Jesse Itzler's Brief Background03:17 - 05:17 Ed Presents Jesse Itzler05:17 - 10:10 Jesse's Living with a SEAL10:10 - 11:19 Race Experience with the SEAL11:19 - 13:31 Jesse's Wife Sara reaction living with a SEAL13:31 - 17:53 SEAL moving in with Jesse17:53 - 19:53 Mental Toughness and Awareness19:53 - 23:31 Pushing the limits, being capable of doing so much more23:31 - 25:02 Workouts25:02 - 28:58 The most fun workouts and Jesse's experience doing the workouts28:58 - 31:51 The SEAL and Kevin Garnett31:51 - 34:57 The Meeting34:57 - 39:26 Skinhead Story39:26 - 41:06 Ed's Friend41:06 - 44:24 David's level of security44:24 - 46:40 Jesse's Advice to David46:40 - 54:11 Jesse's Career, Super Power, and Network54:11 - 57:08 Jesse's Go NY Go57:08 - 58:14 Any influence that Mark Cuban had on Jesse58:14 - 59:15 Atlanta Hawks59:15 - 01:04:42 Hell on The Hill Event and #2016OfEverything01:04:42 - 01:05:45 Ending Remarks01:05:45 - 01:07:14 MD3 Sponsor01:07:14 - 01:08:14 Dormant Sponsor Selected Links from the Episode: 01:15 Living with a SEAL (Book)02:02 Zico Coconut water59:21 Hell on the Hill Show Notes:00:00 - 00:30 Teaser00:30 - 01:20 Intro01:20 - 03:17 Jesse Itzler's Brief Background03:17 - 05:17 Ed Presents Jesse Itzler05:17 - 10:10 Jesse's Living with a SEAL10:10 - 11:19 Race Experience with the SEAL11:19 - 13:31 Jesse's Wife Sara reaction living with a SEAL13:31 - 17:53 SEAL moving in with Jesse17:53 - 19:53 Mental Toughness and Awareness19:53 - 23:31 Pushing the limits, being capable of doing so much more23:31 - 25:02 Workouts25:02 - 28:58 The most fun workouts and Jesse's experience doing the workouts28:58 - 31:51 The SEAL and Kevin Garnett31:51 - 34:57 The Meeting34:57 - 39:26 Skinhead Story39:26 - 41:06 Ed's Friend41:06 - 44:24 David's level of security44:24 - 46:40 Jesse's Advice to David46:40 - 54:11 Jesse's Career, Super Power, and Network54:11 - 57:08 Jesse's Go NY Go57:08 - 58:14 Any influence that Mark Cuban had on Jesse58:14 - 59:15 Atlanta Hawks59:15 - 01:04:42 Hell on The Hill Event and #2016OfEverything01:04:42 - 01:05:45 Ending Remarks01:05:45 - 01:07:14 MD3 Sponsor01:07:14 - 01:08:14 Dormant Sponsor People Mentioned:01:39 Michael Jordan01:40 Knicks01:45 Marquis Jet01:54 Berkshire Hathaway01:55 Warren Buffet02:06 Coca Cola Company02:27 Atlanta Hawks02:40 Spanx02:44 Sara Blakely09:14 David Goggins29:05 Kevin Garnett45:18 American Sniper46:45 The Art of Time Collapsing57:22 Mark Cuban

“The only way to really get better is to experience pain, to get uncomfortable, go to places that you don’t want to go, and improve.”Jesse ItzlerJesse Itzler fast-talked his way right out of college into a recording contract, ultimately taking his music all the way to MTV, the Billboard 100 and even an Emmy.Jesse Itzler then took an entrepreneurial left-turn, creating and selling big companies — companies like Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company, and Zico Coconut Water — before wooing Spanx founder Sarah Blakely (worth over $1 billion) all the way to the altar.Jesse Itzler eats only fruit before noon. And when he's not raising three kids, he runs 100 mile races, raises millions for charity and can be found court side supporting the Atlanta Hawks — the NBA team he recently purchased with some friends.What I'm trying to say is that Jesse Itzler is a quite the character. An amazing life highlighted by one predominant theme:never be afraid to fail.But there is one thing that scares Jesse Itzler: stagnation.Despite all his success, in 2010 Jesse felt his life had settled into a too-comfortable routine. So he did what any rational human would do: he invited a Navy SEAL to move in with him.But this was no ordinary SEAL (as if any such thing exists). This was David Goggins — perhaps the most intense, taciturn individual walking planet Earth. A one man metaphor for adversity destruction, Goggins' example and words formed the original inspiration behind my own journey:When you think you are done, you've only accomplished about 40% of what you are truly capable of.Goggins military record is astonishing. As a Navy SEAL, he was one of an elite group of men regularly sent on some of the toughest missions in the world. He is the only member in the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training, Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Honor Man), and Air Force tactical air controller training. Not only has he faced combat in Iraq, he served as the body guard for Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.To honor his brother soldiers felled by battle and to raise money for charity, David lost 100 pounds in 60 days and went on to tackle the 10 most rigorous ultra-endurance challenges on the planet, compelling his 260-pound frame to top finishes at races like Badwater– a 135 mile jaunt across Death Valley in 130 degree heat (finishing 5th as a novice) — and Ultraman– 1 320-mile 3 day triathlon circumnavigation of the Big Island of Hawaii he completed with his tennis shoes duct taped to the pedals of an ill-fitting loaner bike to a 2nd place finish overall. He even completed 203.5 miles in the 48-Hour National Championship endurance foot race, earning a spot among the top 20 ultra-marathoners of the world.Just another training day for Goggins, topped off with a recent Guinness World record for most pull ups in a single day: 4,025.Goggins accepted Jesse's invitation with just one rule: for 31-days, Jesse had to do every thing David asked him to do. No exceptions.What happened next would change Jesse's life forever. An adventure chronicled in his new book, Living With A Seal: 31 Days Training With The Toughest Man On The Planet*. I found the book super fun and highly entertaining. So when my travels took me to Atlanta, I jumped at the chance to meet up with him. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire Jesse Itzler is an incredibly interesting person.  Despite all of his (massive) success, he’s one of the most down to earth people I’ve ever spoken with.  This conversation felt like I was reconnecting with an old friend.  I absolutely loved it. Jesse cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra-marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely whom Forbes listed as one of the “100 most powerful women in the world.” Forbes labeled her as the one of the richest self-made American Woman with a net worth of $1.1 Billion. Most recently, Jesse has written a new book titled, “Living With A SEAL.”  When Jesse felt himself drifting on autopilot, he hired a rather unconventional trainer to live with him for a month-an accomplished Navy SEAL widely considered to be "the toughest man on the planet"!  Lebron James says the book is “Hilarious!” Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire Subscribe on iTunes  or Stitcher Radio “I am a huge fan of Sara.  When the light is shining bright on her, I’m her #1 fan.  And the same way when it’s shining on me.  Sara is 50% Einstein and 50% Lucille Ball.” – Jesse Itzler describing the relationship with his self-made billionaire wife, Sara Blakely "Jesse is a risk taker and is always trying different things to get better.  Plus, he fun's to go out with." – Tom Brady, New England Patriots Four-Time Super Bowl Champion The Learning Leader Show Some Questions I Ask: What are the common characteristics of high achievers? What made you start Marquis Jets? What was the process like to sell the company? Discuss the importance of leaping outside your comfort zone… How did you meet Sara?  How quickly did you know she was the one for you? What is it like being married to a self-made billionaire? Why did you write “Living With A SEAL?” What are some of the key life lessons you learned from the experience? How do you stay so grounded? In This Episode, You Will Learn: The importance of a singular focus The process for partnering with the right person when creating a business What it was like to sell his company to Berkshire Hathaway What it’s like at home being married to a self-made billionaire and raising 3 kids together Why specifically Jesse needed to get off auto-pilot and how SEAL helped him do that Takings risks and how to do it wisely The importance of finding great people to work with Being willing and able to adapt on a daily basis “Money is a great magnifying glass.  If you’re an asshole, you become a bigger asshole when you get money.” – Jesse Itzler Continue Learning: Go To Jesse’s website: com Read: "Living With A SEAL" Read about Jesse and his wife Sara: The Ultimate Partnership Follow Jesse on Twitter: @the100MileMan You may also like these episodes: Episode 001: How To Become A Master Connector With Jayson Gaignard From MasterMind Talks Episode 034: Jimmy Hatch – Shot While Searching For Bowe Bergdahl And Sky Diving With Gabby Giffords Episode 004: How Todd Wagner (and Mark Cuban) Sold Broadcast.com To Yahoo! For $5.7 Billion Episode 010: Shane Snow – How To Accelerate Success Using Smart Cuts Did you enjoy the podcast? This was a jam packed episode full of great content.  Jesse Itzler is a leader who is constantly learning in order to help us all live a better life. Who do you know that needs to hear this?  Send them to The Learning Leader Show! Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell   Bio From The100MileMan.com    Jesse cofounded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest prepaid private jet card company in 2001, which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. He then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which he and his partners sold to The Coca-Cola Company in 2013. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA’s Emmy Award-winning “I Love This Game” music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem “Go NY Go.” When he is not running ultra-marathons or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely whom Forbes listed as one of the “100 most powerful women in the world.” Forbes labeled her as the one of the richest self-made American Woman with a net worth of $1.1 Billion. Most recently, Jesse has written a new book titled, “Living With A SEAL.”  When Jesse felt himself drifting on autopilot, he hired a rather unconventional trainer to live with him for a month-an accomplished Navy SEAL widely considered to be "the toughest man on the planet"! Living with a SEAL is like a buddy movie if it starred the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air... and Rambo. Jesse is about as easy-going as you can get. SEAL is...not. He even shows up at Jesse's apartment with an inflatable raft just in case the Itzler family ever has to escape Manhattan by crossing the Hudson River.  Lebron James calls the book “Hilarious!”

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