What Business Person Would You Like To Have Lunch With ?

by Mike Sigers

I just read part of the news article about some guy shelling out over $600K to eat lunch with Warren Buffet. Proceeds went to charity.

That made me think, which is sometimes hard to do, as I’m usually behind where I want to be, by about 8-16 hours.

Some people are serial entrepreneurs, I’m a serial idea guy.

I have 1-200 good ones every day and don’t have a big enough staff to put them all in motion.

Dream Spot

If I ever figure out how to sell all the ones I can’t use, I’ll be retired, seeing a scene like this every day.

But for now, all I can think is about that lunch. Who would I pay an enormous sum like that to eat lunch with and what 10 questions would I ask them ?

How about you ?

Who would be the one business person you’d want to pay to eat lunch with and what would you ask ?

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jamie goren May 17, 2007 at 2:44 pm

there are two guys that fascinate me from a business perspective.

1) Jeff Bezos. I admire his vision, perseverence and his conviction to what he believed in. I would love to sit with him and ask him how he hung on and how it felt to be , some times, the only person who really saw the big picture of what could be done with a model like Amazon.
2)Fred Smith of Fedex for much of the same reasons. Here is a guy who, in my opinion, changed the world. I have long held a bit of an (unhealthy) obsession with the roots of Fedex and how they evolved from a business school project to becoming a world changer.

as someone who is in the midst of trying to translate my own vision to reality, i think that i would benefit greatly from talking with these guys and sharing my vision with them

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Mike Sigers May 17, 2007 at 6:24 pm

Thanks Jamie.

I think those are both great choices.

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Glenn (Customer Service Experience) Ross May 21, 2007 at 9:02 pm

Ted Turner, because it certainly wouldn’t be boring:-)I bet I’d learn something, too. When we were tired of talking business, we could talk Americas Cup.

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Mike Sigers May 21, 2007 at 10:05 pm

Now that he doesn’t own the Braves or Jane, what could he talk about ? ;-)

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Web Marketing Mentor June 18, 2007 at 11:47 pm

Donald Trump. I’d like to learn how he thinks.

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Mike Sigers June 19, 2007 at 8:32 am

Hey Mentor,

I’ve always been fascinated with DTrump. I’d like to sit in with you guys and listen to him along with you.

Let’s ask him:

” Hey Donald, Got time for a lunch with us ? “

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