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Jan 2021
27m 27s

The Art of the eCommerce Side-Hustle wit...

John Lee Dumas Of Eofire
About this episode

Ben Jacobs worked at successful tech start-ups: Jet.com, Bird Scooters, and Salted. He has run a successful eCommerce drinking game side-hustle biz. He left his full-time job to build new retail/eComm venture.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Get out there and do it.

2. It takes years, a lot of mistakes and a lot of time. Things don’t happen at the speed you wanted to. Having an awesome co-founder, a buddy that you can stick through laughter and horrible times, it makes it all worth it at the end.

3. Life is a constant battle between what’s good for you now and what’s good for you down the road.

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