Episode
#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
1:50:05
Published: Wed Jan 25 2023
Description
Elliot Bisnow is an entrepreneur. He is the co-creator of Summit and Summit At Sea - an international conference that has featured speakers like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Gary Vaynerchuk. Bisnow has invested in almost 50 early-stage startups, including Uber, Coinbase, Warby Parker & Allbirds. He is the co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community I stumbled across Elliott because he is the featured mentor in The Third Door by Alex Banayan. Learn why he got into business, why people don’t change, how to live in gratitude, mentoring, balance, hosting a dinner party, and why he messed up his interview with Eric Schmidt. (0:00) Intro (3:12) Finding Out About Business (13:20) Dropping Out Of School (22:45) Living In Gratitude (27:14) Family Business (31:42) Seeing People As They Are (34:14) Why Don’t People Change? (40:08) Storytelling (44:50) Interviewing Kobe Bryant (49:31) Why Do People Hit Us? (51:16) “I Like People Who Create” (54:51) Forbes 100 For Balance (57:18) Meditation (1:07:40) Nature (1:11:02) The Rat Race (1:19:42) Less Is More (1:26:02) Parenting (1:28:41) Mentoring (1:36:15) Questions (1:40:09) Interviewing Google CEO (1:42:33) Jeff Bezos Cell Phone (1:43:30) Mastered & Still Learning (1:46:05) Hosting A Dinner Party (1:48:20) Challenge Make No Small Plans by Elliott Bisnow, Jeremy Schwartz, Jeff Rosenthal, Brett Leve – https://www.amazon.com/Make-Small-Plans-Achieving-Impossible/dp/1984822640 The Third Door by Alex Banayan – https://www.amazon.com/Third-Door-Uncover-Successful-Launched/dp/0804136661 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
Chapters
In this episode, the host interviews Elliot Bisnow and they discuss several topics such as business, gratitude, mentoring, getting out of your comfort zone, and more.
00:00 - 03:00 (02:59)
Summary
In this episode, the host interviews Elliot Bisnow and they discuss several topics such as business, gratitude, mentoring, getting out of your comfort zone, and more. The challenge proposed for the next week is to make 90% of what you say a question.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The journey of a college freshman who went from a mediocre student to starting his own creative consulting business, helping small businesses with branding and marketing.
03:00 - 12:34 (09:34)
Summary
The journey of a college freshman who went from a mediocre student to starting his own creative consulting business, helping small businesses with branding and marketing.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Building a successful podcast is not just about the number of subscribers, it's about quality content and building a relationship with your audience, which can lead to exponential growth over time.
12:34 - 26:52 (14:17)
Summary
Building a successful podcast is not just about the number of subscribers, it's about quality content and building a relationship with your audience, which can lead to exponential growth over time.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Working with family can be challenging as it's hard to have multiple types of relationships with someone and sometimes it becomes difficult to maintain the balance between being a kid and a business partner.
26:53 - 36:03 (09:09)
Summary
Working with family can be challenging as it's hard to have multiple types of relationships with someone and sometimes it becomes difficult to maintain the balance between being a kid and a business partner.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
In this podcast, the speaker highlights the importance of storytelling and how anyone can become a good storyteller by practicing.
36:05 - 46:42 (10:37)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker highlights the importance of storytelling and how anyone can become a good storyteller by practicing. He also emphasizes how feedback from mentors, friends or colleagues is critical for self-improvement, especially for those striving for it.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker expresses their interest in building physical experiences, such as SummitPowder Mountain, skiing, mountain biking, building homes, and hosting dinners.
46:42 - 57:49 (11:06)
Summary
The speaker expresses their interest in building physical experiences, such as SummitPowder Mountain, skiing, mountain biking, building homes, and hosting dinners. They also admire professionals who have been profound inspirations in their lives that share similar interests.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The calming effects of meditation allow for a clearer perspective on oneself and others, leading to better empathy and understanding.
57:49 - 1:06:33 (08:43)
Summary
The calming effects of meditation allow for a clearer perspective on oneself and others, leading to better empathy and understanding. Additionally, meditation can provide a restful and alert state of mind.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The entrepreneurial culture has been overtaken by people who obsess over maximizing work, time, and money.
1:06:33 - 1:25:03 (18:30)
Summary
The entrepreneurial culture has been overtaken by people who obsess over maximizing work, time, and money. Living in harmony with the earth, consuming natural foods, and spending time outdoors can help us reconnect with our natural state of existence.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker talks about his experience living with a child, describing the first year as living with the Buddha due to the child's complete authenticity and presence.
1:25:03 - 1:35:39 (10:36)
Summary
The speaker talks about his experience living with a child, describing the first year as living with the Buddha due to the child's complete authenticity and presence. He also reflects on how he learned more about the output and input of life through raising a child.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
A good interviewer listens deeply to what the interviewee is saying, follows subjects they are interested in, and asks questions that follow the answers given.
1:35:39 - 1:41:58 (06:18)
Summary
A good interviewer listens deeply to what the interviewee is saying, follows subjects they are interested in, and asks questions that follow the answers given. Staying in your lane with your questions means that anyone can interview successful people.
Episode#307: Elliott Bisnow – Business, Gratitude, Mentoring, & Meditation
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The podcast transcriptionist discusses that they excel at mentoring entrepreneurial people and cooking and gathering people over food but does not believe that they have truly "mastered" anything.
1:41:58 - 1:50:04 (08:05)
Summary
The podcast transcriptionist discusses that they excel at mentoring entrepreneurial people and cooking and gathering people over food but does not believe that they have truly "mastered" anything.