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Steve Sims

Founder, Steve D Sims · 2 appearances on the record.

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Steve Sims is the founder of the high-end concierge service Bluefish, which orchestrates unique experiences for affluent and celebrity clients. He is also a speaker and author of books including Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen.

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4 assertions · 5 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 0 are resolved, and 4 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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What the tape says about how Steve argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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Everything Steve Sims said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Not checkable as stated
Authors buy hundreds of thousands of books to hit bestseller lists
“I'm not sure I can give too many games away, but let's just say a lot of people pay to play, and I was amazed at how many people Actually have like hundreds of thousands of books sitting in that cupboard because they needed to get on a list.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 14:12 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
Insight
Sims: Live event attendees must feel uncomfortable to truly engage
“They've got to be engaged. They've got to be involved. They've got to move around seats. They've got to be mobile. They've got to be active and engaged at some point. Oh, they've got to feel uncomfortable. They, what is it, agitated oysters make pearls? These …”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 11:58 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
Insight
Filtering out unpleasant clients eliminates 99% of business problems
“If I can stop the a-holes at the door, I've negated 99% of my problems.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 4:53 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
Insight
Attending charity galas is the cheapest way to access celebrities
“And the cheapest way to get in front of a bunch of celebrities are to go to events where they are like you did at Elton John's party.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 15:50 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
Insight
Sims: Owing favors is much more expensive than paying for them
“Even if someone does me a favor, I never take a favor. Favors become back far more expensive over the longterm.”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 8:57 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
Insight
Sims: High-level gatekeepers must be sold on emotion, not transactional pitches
“People at that level never ever want to think they've been sold. You tell them, you contact them and go, Hey, spend 30 seconds with me. I want to tell you this story. I want to tell you this emotions coming across to me from a phone with my client. And I want …”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 10:24 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
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Sims rented Florence's Accademia Gallery and hired Andrea Bocelli
“I took over the Academia Museum in Florence because a client wanted an exclusive Italian restaurant, and then I had Andrea Bocelli come in and serenade him.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 1:50 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
Disclosure
Bluefish generated nearly $9 million in revenue in 2016
“So 16, I think we're going to close out at around the late eight. So just under nine mil.”
Steve Sims Feb 15, 2018 ▶ 11:48 936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi
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Sims: The Bluefish generates $10M annually with just 12 employees
“2015 I had 11 people that worked for me. I have 12 this year. I've got just under 3000 clients worldwide. Turnovers knocking around about 10. It, you know, varies. But those are probably the hard and fast figures.”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 16:27 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
Disclosure
Sims manages elite client relationships using pen and paper lists
“I actually use a pad and pen. I'm very antiquated like that, and I will actually go through, and I will make a list of a hundred clients that I have not connected with over the past month, and they will be written down on the list, and I will tick them off as …”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 17:51 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims
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Sims: 98% to 99.9% of Bluefish Clients Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs
“A high percentage, if not 98, maybe 99, maybe 99.9% of my clients are all self-made. They're all entrepreneurial. So there's no silver spoons, hand-me-downs, trust fund babies.”
Steve Sims Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 4:04 He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, And Grammy Winners, EP 269: Steve Sims

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Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
936 He Made $8m Last Year Getting Ordinary People On Stage with Bon Jovi Feb 15, 2018 10m
He'll Help You Get On Stage With Journey, Power Broker to 3,000 A Listers, Billionaires, A Jun 8, 2016 8m
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