Asking The Ethernet Billionaire If It Was Worth It
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📗 Million Dollar Weekend (#1 Amazon, #1 Audible, NYT bestseller): https://milliondollarweekend.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=LDILgd1XukQ Get Bob’s top 7 lessons from this video here: https://NoahKagan.com/Bob Bob Metcalfe, founder of 3Com, created ethernet and revolutionized the internet while working a 9-5 job. In this video, I learn what it takes to invent a world-changing product, and whether the hard work and sacrifices were worth it. Follow Bob here: https://twitter.com/RobertMMetcalfe Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:54 How Bob made his money 01:25 Inventing ethernet 02:37 Why he left Xerox 03:30 Steve Jobs was his mentor 06:14 Why he started 3Com 07:56 3Com’s beginnings 10:58 Time to leave 3Com 13:02 Bob became famous 15:21 Regrets? 17:16 3Com’s competition 17:50 Selling courses 18:36 Many kinds of selling 20:35 How money improved his life 23:54 His first salary 24:40 Silliest thing he spent money on 25:48 Best money spent 26:52 His kids’ successes 28:49 After 3Com 30:47 Proudest moments 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2v8v8te3_u4xhIQ8tGy1g?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ My Newsletter (I reply to emails): https://noahkagan.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description 📸 Connect on IG. (I reply to DMs): https://www.instagram.com/noahkagan/ 👉 Need help getting started with your own business? Sign up at http://monthly1k.com