0:00 / 0:00
Episode 29 feat. Seth Farbman, Co-Founder of Vstock Transfer / CEO of ShareMedia.co
0 views
This story is a reminder that grit, discipline, and the ability to perform under pressure can be more valuable than a perfect resume. Sometimes potential matters more than credentials.
Categories:
Uncategorized
Comments(0)
Transcript
Auto-generated transcript. Not time-synced to the video.
At some point he says to me, "Hey, I've
got a brother, um, David. He's looking
for a job." I'm like, "Oh, boy. Another
Lazar. Fine. Out of courtesy to you,
I'll meet him." So, we uh we meet in uh
in the five towns. We go out for a
Starbucks. I'm like, "Okay, David, what
have you been up to?" He's like, "Not
much." I'm like, "Do you have any school
background?" "No." "Any sales
background?" "No." "You know," I was
like, "You're 23 years old. Like, what
have you been doing for the last 3
years? So he's quiet, looks me dead in
the eye, he's like, "I was a paratrooper
for the Israeli Defense Force." And I'm
like, "Oh, if you're jumping out of
airplanes, you're probably not afraid to
co- call or walk up to a stranger at a
conference and introduce yourself
because you jump out of airplanes,
you're hired, and he was fantastic." Um,
he left after a year to start his own
business, but they had that DNA. That's
what we look for.