Jeremy Shirk went from selling ping-pong balls in Bangkok to hitting $1 million in revenue in 12 months. He credits mentorship, masterminds, and a mission that emotionally connects with customers. Ryan Daniel Moran interviews him about how he did it.
About 12 months (just over a year).
Bangkok, Thailand.
This is my buddy, Jeremy Shirk. We met in the, in the Bangkok airport several years ago. What were you doing as a career? When? A couple years ago when we met.
In the airport, I was selling ping pong balls in Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand.
That's so stereotypical.
There's a big market, There's a big market there.
And what happened like over the after we met and you started a new business and you went through the formula, what happened?
I have to pinch myself to see the transition between that time, which doesn't feel like that long ago, running a million dollar company with my partner here, Kevin, and you know, making a difference in people's lives.
Just doing things the right way. I'm in a great place right now. We're in San Francisco on a dinner yacht.
Life is good, man.
Life is good. And what was the turning point of it all? I mean, going from ping pong, selling ping pong balls to running a multi million dollar business. You don't sell ping pong balls anymore. So what was the turning point and how long did it take you to.
That's a great question. I mean there's so many things involved. There's your mentorship, the people you brought together in this group, the masterminding, the networking. But I know the answer you're looking for. And it's really getting clear on our mission and our why as a company and communicating that to our market, our customers and that resonating with them and then them just getting behind our mission and buying into it emotionally.
And you really believe in what you're doing. What you're doing is making a difference in the world, which is what I say true entrepreneurship and capitalism does. It does a good thing in the world.
It's not just a PR move. It's not just like we're gonna do.
And it's not just money. You're actually like making a big difference in the world.
Yes.
In your employees, lives, your community and everything. And from the time that it took you to start your business until now, how long did it take you to hit a million dollars?
That would have been just over a year, about 12 months time.
Cool, man. So three years ago, did you run a million dollar business?
A year later, did you run a million dol. Today, do you run a multi million dollar business?
Yes.
Good work, man. Knuckle me. Thanks man.
Go Blue Jays.
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