May 7, 2021
00:47 The night Jeff and Larry meet for the first time in the BMW showroom over a car deal. But although it's the last night of the month, Jeff disappears.... 3:16 Using both sides of his brain. 5:00 Larry used to drop in and jump into a sales situation with a struggling salesperson and help make the deal... 6:30 it's fascinating to hear Larry explain how window film is manufactured (for heat, UV, infrared) 7:21 window film was the simple word for what Larry was doing for a long time, but it ultimately grew into a very precise and scientific based business. He pioneered putting complex metals high performing metals into plastics. That is done in a metallizing chamber. It's a zero vacuum creating a fission and plasma in a in a giant chamber using rotatable cathodes. And he took atomic levels of each metal and bombarded with gas explosions, like a piston in a car, and it attaches to the film. 9:51 Larry sold window film in Europe, Middle East Africa, India and was also living in Brussels. 10:16 apartments, cars, people, translators, you name it. 11:00 Jeff having Russian Mafia meeting in Sevastopol, Ukraine. 15:31 Larry's Father's girlfriend was Debbie Harry (Blondie) 24:29 Larry moves to Europe. 26:02 Building IKEA funiture at 3am in the new Belgium apartment.. 27:49 offices all over the region, partners and distributors all over the world, including in Russia and Turkey, and Cyprus and Africa, South Africa, Greece 30:42 Your word and handshake. 35:29 Collecting aged receivables in Russia. 36:18 The flight to Siberia... 44:52 Russian commercial jet pilot drinking vodka before landing 47:58 Jeff leaves his phone on Russian Airline (Aeroflot)... 51:57 40 below on a frozen lake in Siberia on New Years Eve and Larry's world view shifted 56:42 the best way to decide what's important in life is to go open Christmas presents alone in a room 1:01:17 Bruere Blanc sauce 1:04:19 Al-Qaeda bomb at a mosque big shopping district... 1:09:52 Autobahn at 120. Passed like standing still by a string of Porsches 1:19:18 Burj Dubai, Tom Cruise and helicopters You debuted the movie. And that was probably the best icebreaker I have ever experienced. You had what your best clients, your VIP clients in the movie theater, right? 1:23:43 Jeff hosting the private BMW showing of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL. What could go wrong? 1:24:11 The dog needed a private flight... 1:38:31 Flying Jaguar 1:50:13 The flight from Brussels to Kiev....that almost wasn't...