About this episode

Marc Lore discusses the unglamorous reality of entrepreneurship, emphasizing that much of success comes from tedious work.

In this explosive episode of In Search of Excellence, Randall Kaplan sits down with Marc Lore—the billionaire entrepreneur, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the visionary founder behind Diapers.com (sold to Amazon for $545M) and Jet.com (sold to Walmart for $3.3B). If you think entrepreneurship is glamorous, think again. Marc drops the filter to reveal that "95% of the day is shit work"—boring, repetitive, and unexciting tasks that most people quit on. From hauling thousands of diape...

People in this episode

Host: Randall Kaplan

Guest: Marc Lore

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• success
• business challenges
• work ethic
• billionaire insights

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• success
• Marc Lore
• business
• work ethic
• Diapers.com
• Jet.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnesota Timberwolves, Diapers.com, Amazon, Jet.com, Walmart

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