Herb S Karlitz is the CEO and founder of Karlitz & Company, an industry leader in designing and marketing globally recognized events. Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, Karlitz & Company has produced globally recognized events, including Flavor! Napa Valley, the New York City Wine & Food Festival, and Harlem EatUp!
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Stephen A. Schwarzman Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of Blackstone
- Harold Burson Founder Chairman at Burson-Marsteller
- Steve Jobs Co-founder of Apple
When business started difficulties overcame:
“you are doing everything… I’m trying to figure out how do I do all of this because I had these ideas… It’s tough. You are working seven days a week, you are working during the day, you are thinking at night, you are really thinking hoping you done the stuff right. And then the administrative side which makes my eyes roll too the back of my head on the weekends where I had to start building and the administration – I hate that. But I started on my own and I couldn’t afford to hire anybody”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Indulge Your Senses: Scaling Intimacy in a Digital World Book by Michael Dorf
- The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Book by Robert Iger
- What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence Book by Stephen A. Schwarzman
Also mentioned:
- What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence book by Stephen A Schwarzman
Favourite Quote:
- “follow your passion”
- “you have got to take risks”
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“have a clear vision, have a clear path… Really be clear about where you are trying to get from point A to point B. Be really clear about what service you want to provide. The clearer you are the clearer your message will be to your potential customers, whoever is going to buy. If it gets fuzzy and you can’t describe your business in a couple of sentences you will have a hard time selling it to somebody else”…[Listen for More]
More About Herb Karlitz:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso
Other Quotes From the Chat with Herb Karlitz:
- “when I started, I didn’t have a long-term vision I was this entrepreneur who was just seeing going into my own business as an extension of what I was already doing. And I didn’t see the long path or what most entrepreneurs talk about today in terms of the exit strategy and my overall business strategy. I didn’t have a business strategy. My strategy was to keep doing what I was doing, grow and see where it took me. And I think I would have been better off to have that vision and then try to stick to that 10-year growth plan…”
- “So much of what we do is based on starting from a standpoint of what could I create that will benefit someone else. And always look at that if you come up with something look at it through the lens of the person you want to convince that it’s good for them… Tell me why I should do this, don’t tell me why it’s good for you, tell me why it’s good for me ”
- “it’s really just having that passion and just moving forward, believing in your vision at all cost against all odds”
- “I believe without passion you could be good; you can’t be great. Passion can’t be taught…”
- “You have got to take risks. We built our business by taking risks, prudent risks. And asking what if”
- “you learn from taking risks”
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