Dyrdek: Investors rejected him as uninvestable during 2013 due diligence
Rob Dyrdek · How Tracking Every Second Took Rob Dyrdek from 0 to $405M in Exits | My First Million #224 · Oct 5, 2021 · at 25:11
Entrepreneur and media personality Rob Dyrdek explains to hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr why he shifted from chaotic living to hyper-systematized business operations in 2013.
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“And when they did the diligence on how I ran my finances, how I ran my life, all aspects of it, They were like, you're not even investable. You're just like, you spend all the money that you have, like, you're not creating any value, like all this stuff. And it was this deep awakening”
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