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Fight Night – Evan gets into a fight at a conference


I know the time now is 6pm you guys are

I know the time now is 6pm you guys are wait at you now can you spare a few more

wait at you now can you spare a few more

wait at you now can you spare a few more minutes can you maximize your time to

minutes can you maximize your time to

minutes can you maximize your time to ask the panel any question this is not

ask the panel any question this is not

ask the panel any question this is not to actually ask a question is to pick a

to actually ask a question is to pick a

to actually ask a question is to pick a fight with Stevens so that I can break

fight with Stevens so that I can break

fight with Stevens so that I can break his leg and he can’t go to salsa I just

his leg and he can’t go to salsa I just

his leg and he can’t go to salsa I just I’m just jealous about his height youth

I’m just jealous about his height youth

I’m just jealous about his height youth and all the thing oh you’re killing me

and all the thing oh you’re killing me

and all the thing oh you’re killing me man never mind so I heard something and

man never mind so I heard something and

man never mind so I heard something and that’s like something that analytics or

that’s like something that analytics or

that’s like something that analytics or data or quantitative information is not

data or quantitative information is not

data or quantitative information is not important feeling is my question is

important feeling is my question is

important feeling is my question is where is the contradiction right saying

where is the contradiction right saying

where is the contradiction right saying that feeling can make your social

that feeling can make your social

that feeling can make your social presence great it’s like even if I have

presence great it’s like even if I have

presence great it’s like even if I have a bad product and if I’d really don’t

a bad product and if I’d really don’t

a bad product and if I’d really don’t believe in my product I can go in social

believe in my product I can go in social

believe in my product I can go in social media and create a great magic it’s not

media and create a great magic it’s not

media and create a great magic it’s not possible that’s given that you have a

possible that’s given that you have a

possible that’s given that you have a great product to start with you are

great product to start with you are

great product to start with you are passionate about your business and you

passionate about your business and you

passionate about your business and you are really a true believer of what

are really a true believer of what

are really a true believer of what you’re doing not too just to make money

you’re doing not too just to make money

you’re doing not too just to make money right that’s given but then you have to

right that’s given but then you have to

right that’s given but then you have to take the qualitative stiff and

take the qualitative stiff and

take the qualitative stiff and quantitative all the information and

quantitative all the information and

quantitative all the information and analysis to go to do the right thing

analysis to go to do the right thing

analysis to go to do the right thing isn’t it true for me it’s the difference

isn’t it true for me it’s the difference

isn’t it true for me it’s the difference between thinking with your head or

between thinking with your head or

between thinking with your head or knocking with your heart right and your

knocking with your heart right and your

knocking with your heart right and your brain is limited into a world that

brain is limited into a world that

brain is limited into a world that exists what that exists right now where

exists what that exists right now where

exists what that exists right now where your heart can create any world that you

your heart can create any world that you

your heart can create any world that you want okay let me tell you through a

want okay let me tell you through a

want okay let me tell you through a story when I was growing up in high

story when I was growing up in high

story when I was growing up in high school and never thought it was going to

school and never thought it was going to

school and never thought it was going to be an entrepreneur I thought I was gonna

be an entrepreneur I thought I was gonna

be an entrepreneur I thought I was gonna be a VP at a bank I look at my high

be a VP at a bank I look at my high

be a VP at a bank I look at my high school yearbook that’s what it says VP

school yearbook that’s what it says VP

school yearbook that’s what it says VP at a bank okay I didn’t have family of

at a bank okay I didn’t have family of

at a bank okay I didn’t have family of entrepreneurs they didn’t know what was

entrepreneurs they didn’t know what was

entrepreneurs they didn’t know what was going to do when I got to university I

going to do when I got to university I

going to do when I got to university I hooked up with a software company I

hooked up with a software company I

hooked up with a software company I became an owner and in my final year I

became an owner and in my final year I

became an owner and in my final year I got job opportunities with McKinsey

got job opportunities with McKinsey

got job opportunities with McKinsey Consulting and Merrill Lynch which only

Consulting and Merrill Lynch which only

Consulting and Merrill Lynch which only a few years fire would have been a dream

a few years fire would have been a dream

a few years fire would have been a dream scenario I couldn’t imagine working for

scenario I couldn’t imagine working for

scenario I couldn’t imagine working for a better company

a better company

a better company they were offering me 80 to a hundred

they were offering me 80 to a hundred

they were offering me 80 to a hundred thousand dollar starting salary the flew

thousand dollar starting salary the flew

thousand dollar starting salary the flew me out to New York put me up in the

me out to New York put me up in the

me out to New York put me up in the Waldorf Astoria to try to get me to join

Waldorf Astoria to try to get me to join

Waldorf Astoria to try to get me to join the company and I’m balancing two things

the company and I’m balancing two things

the company and I’m balancing two things eighty to a hundred thousand dollars a

eighty to a hundred thousand dollars a

eighty to a hundred thousand dollars a year three hundred dollars a month with

year three hundred dollars a month with

year three hundred dollars a month with my company what does the brain say to do

my company what does the brain say to do

my company what does the brain say to do what is a quantitative data I say to do

what is a quantitative data I say to do

what is a quantitative data I say to do it’s easy go for the job that’s where

it’s easy go for the job that’s where

it’s easy go for the job that’s where the money is but it didn’t feel right so

the money is but it didn’t feel right so

the money is but it didn’t feel right so you have to listen to your heart that’s

you have to listen to your heart that’s

you have to listen to your heart that’s my view you have to listen to your heart

my view you have to listen to your heart

my view you have to listen to your heart you have to be passionate about it my

you have to be passionate about it my

you have to be passionate about it my friends thought I was crazy they weren’t

friends thought I was crazy they weren’t

friends thought I was crazy they weren’t getting those job opportunities they

getting those job opportunities they

getting those job opportunities they said Evan what do you look what is this

said Evan what do you look what is this

said Evan what do you look what is this company and years later like 10 years

company and years later like 10 years

company and years later like 10 years later my friends now coming back to me

later my friends now coming back to me

later my friends now coming back to me and they’re saying Evan I took that job

and they’re saying Evan I took that job

and they’re saying Evan I took that job in investment banking and I hate my life

in investment banking and I hate my life

in investment banking and I hate my life I now I want to start my own business

I now I want to start my own business

I now I want to start my own business how do i do it and I’m so glad that I

how do i do it and I’m so glad that I

how do i do it and I’m so glad that I didn’t make that decision the smart

didn’t make that decision the smart

didn’t make that decision the smart thing to do right the quantitative

thing to do right the quantitative

thing to do right the quantitative logical money making thing to do to go

logical money making thing to do to go

logical money making thing to do to go get the job i had no logical reason no

get the job i had no logical reason no

get the job i had no logical reason no logical reason to stick with this three

logical reason to stick with this three

logical reason to stick with this three hundred dollar-a-month company but i

hundred dollar-a-month company but i

hundred dollar-a-month company but i didn’t well as an answer your question

didn’t well as an answer your question

didn’t well as an answer your question no actually not sorry so what I meant

no actually not sorry so what I meant

no actually not sorry so what I meant that obviously you have to be passionate

that obviously you have to be passionate

that obviously you have to be passionate to start with right so you have to be

to start with right so you have to be

to start with right so you have to be like I took up entrepreneurial life of

like I took up entrepreneurial life of

like I took up entrepreneurial life of my own so that’s the given right then

my own so that’s the given right then

my own so that’s the given right then after that when you’re taking decision

after that when you’re taking decision

after that when you’re taking decision day by day every time if your heart says

day by day every time if your heart says

day by day every time if your heart says do that and go this side and every time

do that and go this side and every time

do that and go this side and every time the heart says go to the left if you go

the heart says go to the left if you go

the heart says go to the left if you go that side and you have no actual

that side and you have no actual

that side and you have no actual evidence to support your decision you’ll

evidence to support your decision you’ll

evidence to support your decision you’ll be running around in everywhere not

be running around in everywhere not

be running around in everywhere not reaching anywhere right so you have no

reaching anywhere right so you have no

reaching anywhere right so you have no no disagree okay disagree quite often

no disagree okay disagree quite often

no disagree okay disagree quite often the analytical decision

the analytical decision

the analytical decision is the wrong way to go because you’re

is the wrong way to go because you’re

is the wrong way to go because you’re restricting yourself of a world that

restricting yourself of a world that

restricting yourself of a world that currently exists or you can create any

currently exists or you can create any

currently exists or you can create any reality you want yeah you have to

reality you want yeah you have to

reality you want yeah you have to believe in what you’re doing that’s the

believe in what you’re doing that’s the

believe in what you’re doing that’s the whole point of my first presentation you

whole point of my first presentation you

whole point of my first presentation you pick your one word right if you guys

pick your one word right if you guys

pick your one word right if you guys don’t believe in what you’re doing there

don’t believe in what you’re doing there

don’t believe in what you’re doing there is no passion so yeah you have to pick

is no passion so yeah you have to pick

is no passion so yeah you have to pick your one word you have to start a career

your one word you have to start a career

your one word you have to start a career or business around that but I believe

or business around that but I believe

or business around that but I believe your decisions should be based on what

your decisions should be based on what

your decisions should be based on what gets you excited you’re creating a

gets you excited you’re creating a

gets you excited you’re creating a social media campaign I would challenge

social media campaign I would challenge

social media campaign I would challenge you guys that why put that video up that

you guys that why put that video up that

you guys that why put that video up that believe video 150,000 views in one month

believe video 150,000 views in one month

believe video 150,000 views in one month not made on any quantitative decisions I

not made on any quantitative decisions I

not made on any quantitative decisions I made it because I wanted to make it it

made it because I wanted to make it it

made it because I wanted to make it it needed to be made and I’m proud of what

needed to be made and I’m proud of what

needed to be made and I’m proud of what we made and I would challenge you guys

we made and I would challenge you guys

we made and I would challenge you guys with no advertising to see what videos

with no advertising to see what videos

with no advertising to see what videos you’ve made based on quantitative

you’ve made based on quantitative

you’ve made based on quantitative decisions that gone that well what you

decisions that gone that well what you

decisions that gone that well what you just stated as a proof of success you

just stated as a proof of success you

just stated as a proof of success you said this is watched this many times you

said this is watched this many times you

said this is watched this many times you just give a quantitative information to

just give a quantitative information to

just give a quantitative information to support the theory that quantitative

support the theory that quantitative

support the theory that quantitative disinformation doesn’t matter I don’t

disinformation doesn’t matter I don’t

disinformation doesn’t matter I don’t say it doesn’t matter now I mean that’s

say it doesn’t matter now I mean that’s

say it doesn’t matter now I mean that’s not it it doesn’t matter but it’s not

not it it doesn’t matter but it’s not

not it it doesn’t matter but it’s not the main reason no this is a big

the main reason no this is a big

the main reason no this is a big difference it’s not the main reason for

difference it’s not the main reason for

difference it’s not the main reason for doing anything right you can still look

doing anything right you can still look

doing anything right you can still look at it Steve Jobs didn’t say I’m going to

at it Steve Jobs didn’t say I’m going to

at it Steve Jobs didn’t say I’m going to lose all my money I’m gonna just throw

lose all my money I’m gonna just throw

lose all my money I’m gonna just throw it all in R&D he still had to make money

it all in R&D he still had to make money

it all in R&D he still had to make money but it was never the main reason for

but it was never the main reason for

but it was never the main reason for doing anything okay I think we think

doing anything okay I think we think

doing anything okay I think we think they saw fine

they saw fine

they saw fine we have time for one or two more

we have time for one or two more

we have time for one or two more questions does anybody want to go next

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