Robert Herjavec says 1 job helped him become a billionaire, learned how to spot wealthy men and 'sell to them'

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However, helium besides learned astir different perk disposable to employees: a accidental to larn from the company’s founder.

“The feline who owns the spot called Harry Rosen … utilized to thatch connected Saturdays if you showed up an hr earlier the store opened,” Herjavec told Howes, claiming that helium jumped astatine the accidental due to the fact that of Rosen’s reputation. “The guy's a legend! Even then, it was similar the biggest store successful Canada.”

These play mentorship sessions yet taught Herjavec everything helium needed to cognize astir moving a concern and selling to affluent clients.

Harry Rosen, a precocious schoolhouse dropout, transformed his humble men's manner store into a concern empire that generated $211 cardinal successful yearly gross successful 2023, according to a illustration successful Eau Claire Magazine. Key to his occurrence was his absorption connected grooming employees, specified arsenic Herjavec, connected however to make and prolong a bully narration with customers.

Besides learning however to formal and inspect suit fabric, Herjavec says his mentorship sessions with Rosen taught him “how to spot idiosyncratic with money” and merchantability to them. These lessons were truthful invaluable that Herjavec couldn’t judge helium was learning portion besides getting paid.

“I would person paid him to thatch me,” helium said. “It was great, helium taught maine everything.”

Herjavec utilized immoderate of these skills to merchantability his cybersecurity institution BRAK Systems to AT&T Canada for $30.2 cardinal successful 2000, arsenic good arsenic a bulk involvement successful his different cybersecurity startup, Herjavec Group, which was sold to backstage equity steadfast Apax Partners successful 2021.

“I'm astir apt 1 of a fistful of the apical cyber radical successful the world,” Herjavec explains to Howes. “But I'm not affluent due to the fact that of my cognition of a task, I'm affluent due to the fact that of my cognition of sales.”