Episode description

Jeff Hoffman is an award-winning global entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, bestselling author, Hollywood film producer, a producer of a Grammy Award winning jazz album, and executive producer of an Emmy Award winning television show. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known successful startups, including Priceline.com/Booking.com, uBid.com and more. Jeff is the CEO of Driving Force Enterprises, a strategic consulting firm that teaches exponential growth to business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as teaching innovation strategies to corporations and governments worldwide.

In this episode, Jeff and Brad have a serious conversation about entrepreneurship and how to use your money for fulfillment. 

00:00 Intro

00:34 Bomb 1: “I want my claim to fame to be  the work I am doing now.” - Jeff Hoffman

01:51 Touring with Justin Timberlake

04:29 Bomb 2: “Instead of complaining about the company you work for, create the company you want to work for” - Jeff Hoffman

07:20 “This is my moment” - Jeff Hoffman

11:00 You’re never as smart as you think you are

13:27 Bomb 3: “Running the company is not your only job, taking care of the amazing people around you is more important.” - Jeff Hoffman

14:18 Bomb 4: Talent doesn’t find you

22:27 Culture

24:00 Political Correctness

29:20 Why mutual respect is important to Jeff

30:23 Jeff Hoffman’s book called, “Scale”

31:17 Bomb 5: People & Technology

34:00 A spending spree

37:25 No one hates you when your broke

40:00 When your money saves people

41:00 Bomb 6: “Your success is someone else’s miracle” - Jeff Hoffman

43:10 Bomb 7: “There’s no shame in life in making money, the shame in life is in not using it to help other people.” - Jeff Hoffman

44:00 Pitbull

48:30 “Info sponging”

51:10 The burn out

53:20 Winning an Emmy

01:02:53 Bomb 8: When people laugh at you, shake it off because those are the people who will ask for something 

01:03:11 Storytelling

01:07:55 Are you the kind of person Jeff wants to work with? (https://www.jeffhoffmanadvisory.com)

01:11:42 Bomb 9: The grant program JH put together to help companies. (https://www.covid19businessservice.com) If people need help go there.