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#676: David Maisel of Marvel Studios Fame — Never-Before-Heard Tales of Hollywood Dealmaking, The Art of Aiming Big, Lessons from Power Broker Michael Ovitz, Combining Business Smarts with Street Smarts, The Making (and Importance) of Iron Man, Selling to Disney for $4 Billion, and Much More

The Tim Ferriss Show

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How I Got a Job Offer From David Stern

"I think it was the energy together, but something I've never told anybody is he didn't hire me right away," says Michael Dell. "You know, it really was the timing that piece things together, but I can't explain it." The former NBA commissioner offered him a job as vice president of entertainment at 50,000-a-year and then said no because he doesn't live in Manhattan. He also got an offer from Marvel to be head of business development when they were owned by Ron Perlman.

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