David Meltzer
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Sure. Well, I wanted, my mom had a saying, like probably your mom did, or this doctor, lawyer, or failure. So I knew I didn't want to be a doctor. I hated hospitals. So I did my research. My oldest brother gave me this great piece of advice, which I say all the time. be more interested than interesting.
So when I wanted to be rich, I did my research on law schools to find out what type of lawyer makes the most money. I didn't care what kind of lawyer. Oil and gas litigators made the most money. Tulane University had the leading automotive law program.
So when I wanted to be rich, I did my research on law schools to find out what type of lawyer makes the most money. I didn't care what kind of lawyer. Oil and gas litigators made the most money. Tulane University had the leading automotive law program.
So when I wanted to be rich, I did my research on law schools to find out what type of lawyer makes the most money. I didn't care what kind of lawyer. Oil and gas litigators made the most money. Tulane University had the leading automotive law program.
that's where i went that's where i graduated and ironically when you want to make the most money you don't care what you do so i was always even though i got an oil and gas litigation job back in 1992 for 150 000 a year plus a lot of a lot of money i took a sales job in legal research online from west publishing for a 250 000 comp plan to sell.
that's where i went that's where i graduated and ironically when you want to make the most money you don't care what you do so i was always even though i got an oil and gas litigation job back in 1992 for 150 000 a year plus a lot of a lot of money i took a sales job in legal research online from west publishing for a 250 000 comp plan to sell.
that's where i went that's where i graduated and ironically when you want to make the most money you don't care what you do so i was always even though i got an oil and gas litigation job back in 1992 for 150 000 a year plus a lot of a lot of money i took a sales job in legal research online from west publishing for a 250 000 comp plan to sell.
Even though my mom said the internet was a fad, don't do it, 1992. So I ended up selling in nine months out of law school. I gave my heart and sold everything to selling. I was a millionaire nine months out of law school. The internet wasn't a fad. We exited the Thomson Reuters in 95 for $3.4 billion, which was a huge exit. Set my career in a different trajectory. I went up to the Silicon Valley.
Even though my mom said the internet was a fad, don't do it, 1992. So I ended up selling in nine months out of law school. I gave my heart and sold everything to selling. I was a millionaire nine months out of law school. The internet wasn't a fad. We exited the Thomson Reuters in 95 for $3.4 billion, which was a huge exit. Set my career in a different trajectory. I went up to the Silicon Valley.
Even though my mom said the internet was a fad, don't do it, 1992. So I ended up selling in nine months out of law school. I gave my heart and sold everything to selling. I was a millionaire nine months out of law school. The internet wasn't a fad. We exited the Thomson Reuters in 95 for $3.4 billion, which was a huge exit. Set my career in a different trajectory. I went up to the Silicon Valley.
I was really curious about branding myself as a technology guru. And so I learned to raise money on Sand Hill Road. which was a superpower still is a superpower i do it mostly for charities now right but i i raise a lot of money and i learned how to do that in my 20s on san diego during the internet boom by 99 i was ceo of samsung's since samsung's phone division the first
I was really curious about branding myself as a technology guru. And so I learned to raise money on Sand Hill Road. which was a superpower still is a superpower i do it mostly for charities now right but i i raise a lot of money and i learned how to do that in my 20s on san diego during the internet boom by 99 i was ceo of samsung's since samsung's phone division the first
I was really curious about branding myself as a technology guru. And so I learned to raise money on Sand Hill Road. which was a superpower still is a superpower i do it mostly for charities now right but i i raise a lot of money and i learned how to do that in my 20s on san diego during the internet boom by 99 i was ceo of samsung's since samsung's phone division the first
Windows device, it was a convergence device, not a smartphone. They ended up being smartphones, they called them. But ironically, you talked about the universe saving your life. The reason I got hired by Lee Steinberg, the famous sports agent, Terry Maguire, was not because I was a frustrated athlete who was a Jewish lawyer, which there was thousands of us that wanted to work with Andy Steinberg.
Windows device, it was a convergence device, not a smartphone. They ended up being smartphones, they called them. But ironically, you talked about the universe saving your life. The reason I got hired by Lee Steinberg, the famous sports agent, Terry Maguire, was not because I was a frustrated athlete who was a Jewish lawyer, which there was thousands of us that wanted to work with Andy Steinberg.
Windows device, it was a convergence device, not a smartphone. They ended up being smartphones, they called them. But ironically, you talked about the universe saving your life. The reason I got hired by Lee Steinberg, the famous sports agent, Terry Maguire, was not because I was a frustrated athlete who was a Jewish lawyer, which there was thousands of us that wanted to work with Andy Steinberg.
It was because I had two things that no one else had. I had a technology background at the highest level.
It was because I had two things that no one else had. I had a technology background at the highest level.
It was because I had two things that no one else had. I had a technology background at the highest level.
Early on, at the beginning of technology.