Dr. Finance Live Podcast Episode 8 - Preston Weekes Interview - COO for Mark Victor Hansen

(Originally aired 5/20/21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sv-zXMTDRw

This is Episode 8 of the Dr. Finance Live Podcast hosted by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”). Dr. Criniti interviewed Preston Weekes, sales and marketing ninja, successful entrepreneur, and COO for multiple NY Times Best-Selling author Mark Victor Hansen (Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul).

Preston is a professional business builder, strategist, closer, and coach for impactful high-net-worth individuals. Preston's mission is to make the world work for 100% of humanity.

Preston's primary love is to work with people to create lasting permanent change and empower others to create more in the world. His newest project is FormulaEQ.com where he has partnered with London's top performance coach to bring the most powerful mindset training ever created. They are teaching people how to gain 100% of their personal power back in their lives and create a space to build anything they want in their future.

As a major car enthusiast, Preston began his career in the automotive sector turning one $1,600 car into a $50M/yr automotive empire owning or co-owning 15 car dealerships and creating vertical businesses to support them including paint shops, mechanic shops, and a finance company.

Watching the trend of electrification in the automotive sector, he took an offer to leave cars when he was recruited by a previous high-end car client, Mark Victor Hansen, Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Preston was brought into a renewable energy company startup as the Chief Operating Officer for Metamorphosis Energy. In his time at Metamorphosis Energy, he helped commercial and industrial companies, as well as government entities to navigate the adoption of renewable energy into their plans and business profile.

Preston had a successful exit from the energy company in 2019 and became involved in many startups helping companies progress to commercialization negotiating partnerships with many businesses including Fortune 100 companies. He served for 2 years as a Board Member of the humanitarian water company, Aqua Research.

Preston founded Operations X in 2015 offering useful solutions to business owners to provide actionable solutions to help the success rate of the Private Business. With Operations X, they consult and train organizations and leadership in sales, messaging, branding, marketing, and operational cost reduction. For more info: https://www.operationsx.com/more/the-...

0:00​​​​​ - 47:17​​​​​ - Podcast welcome and Preston Weekes' Story; tips on book writing, Mark Victor Hansen; books are judged by its cover; the importance of doing what you love; the importance of building life goals into your business.
47:18 - 51:18 - Preston's passion in life
51:19 - 55:31 - Preston's favorite car
55:32 - 1:04:38 - What Preston learned about wealth as an entrepreneur; thoughts on money and mindset
1:04:39 - 1:05:51 - What is it like working with Mark Victor Hansen?
1:05:52 - 1:08:47 - Preston's favorite financial books: The E-Myth by Michael Gerber and 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris, Grant Cardone's 10X
1:08:48 - 1:09:19 - Do we need money to survive?
1:09:20 - 1:10:07 - Is finance necessary for everyone? Why or why not?
1:10:08 - 1:13:58 - What would Preston like to accomplish in the next 10 years or so? Why?
1:13:59 -1:14:55 - What would Preston like to be his legacy to this world?
1:14:56 - 1:19:51​​​ - Wrap up thoughts and Outro

Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”) is the world's leading financial scientist and survivalist. A fifth generation native of Philadelphia, Dr. Criniti is a former finance professor at several universities, a former financial planner, an active investor in diverse marketplaces, an explorer, a speaker, and has traveled around the world studying various aspects of finance. He is an award winning author of three #1 international best-selling finance books: The Necessity of Finance (2013), The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance (2014), and The Survival of the Richest (2016). As a prolific writer, he also frequently contributes articles to Entrepreneur, Medium, and Thrive Global. Dr. Criniti has started a grassroots movement that is changing the way that we think about economics and finance.

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