#725: Barbara Corcoran — How She Turned $1,000 into a $5B+ Empire: PR Stunts, Sales Techniques, Critical Early Wins, Fighting Trump, and Becoming a Real Estate Mogul

Barbara Corcoran has been an investor/Shark for
the past 15 seasons on ABC’s four-time Emmy-award-winning show,
Shark Tank. She is also the founder of an eponymous
real-estate company, which she started with a $1,000 loan after
leaving her job as a waitress in New York City. Over the next 25
years, she would parlay that $1,000 into a $5 billion real-estate
business. Barbara is the host of the top business channel on
Patreon, Barbara in Your
Pocket, which provides exclusive
content created for entrepreneurs at every level.


Please enjoy!


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this episode: https://tim.blog/2024/03/06/barbara-corcoran/


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Timestamps:


[00:00] Start


[05:56] Barbara’s fake funeral.


[08:23] Where Barbara’s knack for PR originated.


[10:02] Storytelling.


[11:25] Early business wins.


[14:29] What Barbara learned about competition as one of 10 kids.


[17:27] Early jobs: Barbara’s real education.


[20:04] Dyslexia and dodging the victim mindset.


[22:50] Barbara’s first company.


[26:47] Why Barbara didn’t begrudge her first business partner’s
romantic betrayal.


[28:41] The value of enthusiasm.


[29:44] From almost-evicted to exclusive agent.


[33:29] Early recruitment gimmicks.


[35:36] Being the only woman in the room.


[39:14] Rules and systems.


[41:46] Experiments, innovations, and mistakes.


[44:17] Homes on Tape and puppy sales.


[49:06] Esther Kaplan’s persuasive purse.


[51:23] Sales 101 with Barbara.


[57:37] How Barbara stays active.


[59:37] Butting heads with Donald Trump.


[1:05:21] Picking battles.


[1:08:00] How Barbara fell in love with trailer park life.


[1:14:14] Why Barbara only hires happy people now.


[1:15:36] Barbara In Your Pocket.


[1:17:47] What gives Barbara the most energy these days?


[1:18:51] Barbara’s billboard.


[1:19:58] Parting thoughts and proposals.


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