My fascinating guest today is a long time entrepreneur, business operator, investor, and mentor of mine, Adam Edelman, who has generously offered his time to chat about his diverse history within digital media, content production, distribution, and marketing industries. Adam spent a notable portion of his early career working in International Markets with DirectTV and has a strong familial connection to the film and television world. Adam has leveraged his expertise to produce and operate a number of businesses, starting with his "dot.bomb" in the early days of the .com bubble.

We discuss his journey to running what is now a successful digital marketing firm, Boulder Heavy Industries, what led him to pursuing more creative endeavors later in his career, what the collapse of his enterprises taught him about resilience and communication, as well as life. To hear more, tune in to Episode 14 of What Didn’t Kill You!

Some Questions I Ask:

• How did you become an entrepreneur? (2:02 )
• Had your team developed any traction in the initial stages of your startup? (20:11 )
• Is ‘being your own visionary’ something that’s a gut feeling for you? (40:28 )
• How have you addressed the internal issues within your company aside from looking at your profits and losses? (42:16 )
• Was it a long process for you to let go of your own professional baggage? (53:10 )
• Could you share what your time in Iraq was like? (54:41 )

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• Adam’s connection to the film and television industry (4:32 )
• Adam’s early experience working in International and Satellite TV (5:58 )
• What Adam’s involvement with the aircraft company, Hughes, taught him about his entrepreneurial skills and interest in digital media (8:57 )
• The initial e-commerce pitch Adam and his friends worked on at the Harvard Business Plan Competition (11:49 )
• How Adam and his college friends created their first startup together (18:41 )
• Why the fall of Adam’s first major company was a necessary life lesson (24:19 )
• Why Adam needed the creative freedom to pursue screenwriting after taking a break from the corporate world (28:02 )
• Why Adam chose to go back into business with his startup colleagues (32:04 )
• Why the pitfalls Adam experienced at IMM gave him the space to establish himself as an entrepreneur (37:50 )

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Connect With Adam Edelman:

• LinkedIn
• Website - Boulder Heavy Industries

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