David Meltzer
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Is that a function of your relationship with your dad growing up and stuff like that? My dad left.
Is that a function of your relationship with your dad growing up and stuff like that? My dad left.
Six kids in a two-bedroom apartment, my mom working two jobs. She literally would pack our dinner in a paper bag and then fill up turnstiles at community stores with greeting cards so we could eat. But education was super important to my mom. It was all... into the Ivy Leagues. They did very well. I was blessed. But I just wanted to make a lot of money.
Six kids in a two-bedroom apartment, my mom working two jobs. She literally would pack our dinner in a paper bag and then fill up turnstiles at community stores with greeting cards so we could eat. But education was super important to my mom. It was all... into the Ivy Leagues. They did very well. I was blessed. But I just wanted to make a lot of money.
Six kids in a two-bedroom apartment, my mom working two jobs. She literally would pack our dinner in a paper bag and then fill up turnstiles at community stores with greeting cards so we could eat. But education was super important to my mom. It was all... into the Ivy Leagues. They did very well. I was blessed. But I just wanted to make a lot of money.
My entire identity was around money, and that carried through until about my mid-30s. And so it really was a significant thing. My nickname in college was Money Money. The first touchdown I scored in college, I flipped the ball to my coach and I said, Money Money. Everything was about money.
My entire identity was around money, and that carried through until about my mid-30s. And so it really was a significant thing. My nickname in college was Money Money. The first touchdown I scored in college, I flipped the ball to my coach and I said, Money Money. Everything was about money.
My entire identity was around money, and that carried through until about my mid-30s. And so it really was a significant thing. My nickname in college was Money Money. The first touchdown I scored in college, I flipped the ball to my coach and I said, Money Money. Everything was about money.
So from college, you graduated college. What was it like? How did that go from there to be working at Sports 1 Marketing?
So from college, you graduated college. What was it like? How did that go from there to be working at Sports 1 Marketing?
So from college, you graduated college. What was it like? How did that go from there to be working at Sports 1 Marketing?
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.
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.
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.