Building a Company: Building a Legacy

I build companies, it’s what I love to do. I’m in a different stage of my life–it is no longer the build and sell. I want to build a legacy–something that will last for a long time. We came up with a simple model of bringing humanity back to air travel, and making a difference. Becoming a better company, being the best in a really bad industry.

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About David Askaripour

I've been thinking about life, existence, and truth for as long as I could remember. When I was about 7 I remember getting a headache trying to figure out who created God...and if someone created him, then who create him? I love investigating and testing, taking nothing for truth that outside my direct experience. At the age of 12, I started my own candy selling business; it grew so large that the principal ended up closing me down (but that was just the beginning...) Through my videos and articles, I share my journey with the world.

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