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Hey everyone, so today we've got another one of my conversations from the how I built this summit that took place in San Francisco back in October.

And this one is with David Neilleman, the founder of Jack Blue.

And if you heard the original episode with David, you might remember some of the crazy highs and lows of his story.

At the age of 29, he was already the president of a regional airline.

And when that airline was acquired by Southwest, David became a top executive there.

It was a dream job until he got fired just a few months later.

So eventually David launched another airline, Jack Blue, and it took in a hundred million dollars in its first year.

But after one particularly bad ice storm and a public relations disaster, David was ousted by the board.

He had to walk away from his own company.

So what did he do next?

He started yet another airline, a zoole, in Brazil.

In this interview, David was really open about all these ups and downs and the frustration that he felt along the way.

So at the summit, I asked him how he developed the resilience to deal with it all.

On the podcast, you talked about how as a young man, you did a mission as a Mormon.

You went to Brazil and you had to spend a lot of time knocking on doors and having those doors slammed in your face.

And I'm curious to sort of talk more about the connection between that experience and your ability as an early stage entrepreneur

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