Michael Rubin
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Podcast Appearances
I'd say today there's probably not a person in the entire world that drives culture more than Travis Scott. So it's been a great partnership, a great friendship. By the way, he's headlining Coachella last weekend. Tonight, I watched the performance online. It was so spectacular. So it's fun to learn from each other, and I think that's what we all should do.
I'd say today there's probably not a person in the entire world that drives culture more than Travis Scott. So it's been a great partnership, a great friendship. By the way, he's headlining Coachella last weekend. Tonight, I watched the performance online. It was so spectacular. So it's fun to learn from each other, and I think that's what we all should do.
Eight years old. I was eight. I tell you, somebody just asked me this yesterday. I'm like, look. You know, I grew up with like every learning disability in the planet. Like I could barely speak, I couldn't read, I dyslexic. I was like everything that could go wrong could go wrong. I was always told like, you suck at all these things. And like, I always did poorly in school.
Eight years old. I was eight. I tell you, somebody just asked me this yesterday. I'm like, look. You know, I grew up with like every learning disability in the planet. Like I could barely speak, I couldn't read, I dyslexic. I was like everything that could go wrong could go wrong. I was always told like, you suck at all these things. And like, I always did poorly in school.
Eight years old. I was eight. I tell you, somebody just asked me this yesterday. I'm like, look. You know, I grew up with like every learning disability in the planet. Like I could barely speak, I couldn't read, I dyslexic. I was like everything that could go wrong could go wrong. I was always told like, you suck at all these things. And like, I always did poorly in school.
I was always never a good athlete, but I loved to work as a kid. So eight years old, I'm selling, you know, trading cards, not to my friends, but to my friends' parents. I was selling like vegetable seeds door to door. When it would snow in Philadelphia,
I was always never a good athlete, but I loved to work as a kid. So eight years old, I'm selling, you know, trading cards, not to my friends, but to my friends' parents. I was selling like vegetable seeds door to door. When it would snow in Philadelphia,
I was always never a good athlete, but I loved to work as a kid. So eight years old, I'm selling, you know, trading cards, not to my friends, but to my friends' parents. I was selling like vegetable seeds door to door. When it would snow in Philadelphia,
I would like hire five kids to work for me and I would just sell the snow shoveling for like 20 bucks a driveway, you know, 35 years ago or 40 years ago. And, you know, I'd be paying him like, you know, a buck a driveway. So I just always had those entrepreneurial skills. And, you know. And what do you think inspired that? I think sometimes you're just born with it, you know.
I would like hire five kids to work for me and I would just sell the snow shoveling for like 20 bucks a driveway, you know, 35 years ago or 40 years ago. And, you know, I'd be paying him like, you know, a buck a driveway. So I just always had those entrepreneurial skills. And, you know. And what do you think inspired that? I think sometimes you're just born with it, you know.
I would like hire five kids to work for me and I would just sell the snow shoveling for like 20 bucks a driveway, you know, 35 years ago or 40 years ago. And, you know, I'd be paying him like, you know, a buck a driveway. So I just always had those entrepreneurial skills. And, you know. And what do you think inspired that? I think sometimes you're just born with it, you know.
My parents, my mom was a psychiatrist. My father was a veterinarian. My mom always tried to, like, make me a normal kid because she thought that's what would be best for me. He wasn't a normal kid. Yeah, I was not a normal kid. But I really just loved business from the time I was a little kid. It's funny because today it's normal to be a young entrepreneur.
My parents, my mom was a psychiatrist. My father was a veterinarian. My mom always tried to, like, make me a normal kid because she thought that's what would be best for me. He wasn't a normal kid. Yeah, I was not a normal kid. But I really just loved business from the time I was a little kid. It's funny because today it's normal to be a young entrepreneur.
My parents, my mom was a psychiatrist. My father was a veterinarian. My mom always tried to, like, make me a normal kid because she thought that's what would be best for me. He wasn't a normal kid. Yeah, I was not a normal kid. But I really just loved business from the time I was a little kid. It's funny because today it's normal to be a young entrepreneur.
There's so many people that are entrepreneurs in their teens or 20s or 30s now. When I started in business, it was like people looked at me like so weird because people didn't start businesses when they were eight years old. I started a ski tuning shop in my parents' basement when I was 12. I actually owned a ski shop in a retail shopping center at 14.
There's so many people that are entrepreneurs in their teens or 20s or 30s now. When I started in business, it was like people looked at me like so weird because people didn't start businesses when they were eight years old. I started a ski tuning shop in my parents' basement when I was 12. I actually owned a ski shop in a retail shopping center at 14.
There's so many people that are entrepreneurs in their teens or 20s or 30s now. When I started in business, it was like people looked at me like so weird because people didn't start businesses when they were eight years old. I started a ski tuning shop in my parents' basement when I was 12. I actually owned a ski shop in a retail shopping center at 14.
No, I owned a ski shop in a shopping center. A ski shop in the shopping center. Okay. This is 1986. And what do your parents say? They thought I was crazy.
No, I owned a ski shop in a shopping center. A ski shop in the shopping center. Okay. This is 1986. And what do your parents say? They thought I was crazy.
No, I owned a ski shop in a shopping center. A ski shop in the shopping center. Okay. This is 1986. And what do your parents say? They thought I was crazy.