Ari Meisel

Hey, thanks for having me back.

Hey, thanks for having me back.

Hey, thanks for having me back.

Absolutely. Sometimes do-overs are a good thing.

Absolutely. Sometimes do-overs are a good thing.

Absolutely. Sometimes do-overs are a good thing.

That's a good question. I think that there was a really interesting statistic that I read a long time ago, which was from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, which said that 74% of young entrepreneurs come from households where the father is physically or emotionally absent and the mother is overbearing for whatever reason. You can draw some extrapolations. That was my setup.

That's a good question. I think that there was a really interesting statistic that I read a long time ago, which was from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, which said that 74% of young entrepreneurs come from households where the father is physically or emotionally absent and the mother is overbearing for whatever reason. You can draw some extrapolations. That was my setup.

That's a good question. I think that there was a really interesting statistic that I read a long time ago, which was from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, which said that 74% of young entrepreneurs come from households where the father is physically or emotionally absent and the mother is overbearing for whatever reason. You can draw some extrapolations. That was my setup.

My father is very emotionally absent, not physically absent. My mother is a Jewish mother, so overbearing. And I guess that just like squeezes out this like need to overachieve and get recognition and all sorts of things, which I ended up having to fix later as an adult in therapy. But I got to start my first company when I was 12. I started working as a model when I was nine.

My father is very emotionally absent, not physically absent. My mother is a Jewish mother, so overbearing. And I guess that just like squeezes out this like need to overachieve and get recognition and all sorts of things, which I ended up having to fix later as an adult in therapy. But I got to start my first company when I was 12. I started working as a model when I was nine.

My father is very emotionally absent, not physically absent. My mother is a Jewish mother, so overbearing. And I guess that just like squeezes out this like need to overachieve and get recognition and all sorts of things, which I ended up having to fix later as an adult in therapy. But I got to start my first company when I was 12. I started working as a model when I was nine.

And I was doing children's birthday parties as a magician before that, believe it or not. So I've always been working.

And I was doing children's birthday parties as a magician before that, believe it or not. So I've always been working.

And I was doing children's birthday parties as a magician before that, believe it or not. So I've always been working.

Website design. So it was a company called Lion Techs. Ari means lion in Hebrew and techs was technology extraordinaire. It's like the lamest thing ever. Lion Techs. So I've had like eight or more companies at this point. And I find like every company I've gotten involved in is basically like something that I like and that I'm good at. And then somebody offers to pay me.

Website design. So it was a company called Lion Techs. Ari means lion in Hebrew and techs was technology extraordinaire. It's like the lamest thing ever. Lion Techs. So I've had like eight or more companies at this point. And I find like every company I've gotten involved in is basically like something that I like and that I'm good at. And then somebody offers to pay me.

Website design. So it was a company called Lion Techs. Ari means lion in Hebrew and techs was technology extraordinaire. It's like the lamest thing ever. Lion Techs. So I've had like eight or more companies at this point. And I find like every company I've gotten involved in is basically like something that I like and that I'm good at. And then somebody offers to pay me.

And so that's what, you know, in 1994, I was 12. And in 1994, you either got a 12 year old who knew HTML, or you hired some giant ad company to do a website for $300,000. So I made a website for my father's art gallery. And then someone saw it and asked if I would do theirs and ended up doing like 150 or so websites before I turned 16.

And so that's what, you know, in 1994, I was 12. And in 1994, you either got a 12 year old who knew HTML, or you hired some giant ad company to do a website for $300,000. So I made a website for my father's art gallery. And then someone saw it and asked if I would do theirs and ended up doing like 150 or so websites before I turned 16.