Jeff Krauss

Yes, it is glamorous to the eye, so to speak, but there's a lot of stuff that goes on in the background that's hard work. So I just want to point that out that I have had my setbacks and my failures in a sense, but I just never let them get to me.

Yes, it is glamorous to the eye, so to speak, but there's a lot of stuff that goes on in the background that's hard work. So I just want to point that out that I have had my setbacks and my failures in a sense, but I just never let them get to me.

There's been plenty, but there was at one point, maybe 10, 15 years ago, I don't know, but I had just... finished running or being the promotional operator of a lounge, that there was a lot of setbacks with that because the owners never actually had any money when they opened the venue.

There's been plenty, but there was at one point, maybe 10, 15 years ago, I don't know, but I had just... finished running or being the promotional operator of a lounge, that there was a lot of setbacks with that because the owners never actually had any money when they opened the venue.

There were a lot of things that were going on that were not of my control and things were great, but they weren't so great once you had a slow month because they never had any operating capital. So then I went on to open up another lounge, similar thing. And it just got to the point where I just said, I'm going to take a little break, focus on just doing events.

There were a lot of things that were going on that were not of my control and things were great, but they weren't so great once you had a slow month because they never had any operating capital. So then I went on to open up another lounge, similar thing. And it just got to the point where I just said, I'm going to take a little break, focus on just doing events.

And there were some months in between where it was slow or it was winter. It was a bad winter or whatever the case. And I was having to work harder. than what I necessarily normally maybe would have because I didn't have as much infrastructure around me.

And there were some months in between where it was slow or it was winter. It was a bad winter or whatever the case. And I was having to work harder. than what I necessarily normally maybe would have because I didn't have as much infrastructure around me.

So I had to work all that much harder and lean on my connections that were close to me all that much more to try to get events, to try to get me indoors. And it was very hard. I just never gave up. I just kept going. And eventually things picked back up and I started doing stuff again.

So I had to work all that much harder and lean on my connections that were close to me all that much more to try to get events, to try to get me indoors. And it was very hard. I just never gave up. I just kept going. And eventually things picked back up and I started doing stuff again.

Here's the thing about that. When it comes to celebrities, they have a team. They have agents, they have managers, they have publicists, they have assistants, lawyers, stylists. They have a whole massive, massive team. Once you gain trust, with anybody on their team, pretty much.

Here's the thing about that. When it comes to celebrities, they have a team. They have agents, they have managers, they have publicists, they have assistants, lawyers, stylists. They have a whole massive, massive team. Once you gain trust, with anybody on their team, pretty much.

Even if it's for a client that isn't necessarily the person that you're aiming for, you gain that trust and now they're open to at least exploring what you have to say. So when you're asking me about George Clooney, I had a relationship with his publicist that had been built up for many years. Publicist introduced me to his personal assistant, happened to be. It was great timing.

Even if it's for a client that isn't necessarily the person that you're aiming for, you gain that trust and now they're open to at least exploring what you have to say. So when you're asking me about George Clooney, I had a relationship with his publicist that had been built up for many years. Publicist introduced me to his personal assistant, happened to be. It was great timing.

They were in New York. It was Amal's birthday. Jeff's got a couple of spots that he might be able to do something at. And now we have a great relationship. But if I were to tell you that that was the first time I reached out to them for George Clooney,

They were in New York. It was Amal's birthday. Jeff's got a couple of spots that he might be able to do something at. And now we have a great relationship. But if I were to tell you that that was the first time I reached out to them for George Clooney,

No, for years I reached out, but I also was building that relationship with them on other clients that they had, but they also were seeing other things that I was doing that, okay, this isn't just some random person hitting me up. It's Jeff.

No, for years I reached out, but I also was building that relationship with them on other clients that they had, but they also were seeing other things that I was doing that, okay, this isn't just some random person hitting me up. It's Jeff.

Patience can be a dream killer. If you don't have patience and you're an entrepreneur, that's really bad. Listen, you have to have patience because here's what you have to look at. The person that you're reaching out to, for whatever the reason, or even if you met them in person, there's a whole line of people trying to get to them.

Patience can be a dream killer. If you don't have patience and you're an entrepreneur, that's really bad. Listen, you have to have patience because here's what you have to look at. The person that you're reaching out to, for whatever the reason, or even if you met them in person, there's a whole line of people trying to get to them.