Summary of Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal & Jeremy Schwartz's Make No Small Plans

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#1 In 2007, Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal, and Jeremy Schwartz were thinking about starting a company. They weren’t the Beatles, but they had a similar story of how they came together. They all had different problems they wanted to solve, and they wanted to do it together.

#2 After graduating from college, Elliott went straight into working for his father’s company. He was selling local real estate ads, and he finally got a check in the mail after a few months. He realized he had a job.

#3 Jeff’s childhood was shaped by his grandfather’s philosophy: A large extended family is the greatest luxury in life. His grandmother Joy was the matriarch of the family, and she held seventy cousins, aunts, and uncles together by hosting family dinners nearly every weekend.

#4 The band’s success was growing, but Jeremy was starting to feel the pressure of being in a band. He decided to leave and join us, which was the first of many bold ideas that would shape a generation of world-changing companies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669392538

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 2007, Elliott Bisnow, Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal, and Jeremy Schwartz were thinking about starting a company. They weren’t the Beatles, but they had a similar story of how they came together. They all had different problems they wanted to solve, and they wanted to do it together.

#2

After graduating from college, Elliott went straight into working for his father’s company. He was selling local real estate ads, and he finally got a check in the mail after a few months. He realized he had a job.

#3

Jeff’s childhood was shaped by his grandfather’s philosophy: A large extended family is the greatest luxury in life. His grandmother Joy was the matriarch of the family, and she held seventy cousins, aunts, and uncles together by hosting family dinners nearly every weekend.

#4

The band’s success was growing, but Jeremy was starting to feel the pressure of being in a band. He decided to leave and join us, which was the first of many bold ideas that would shape a generation of world-changing companies.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Elliott, the salesman, had no idea what he wanted to do with his life. He met many salespeople and real estate agents since dropping out of school twelve months prior, but he didn’t know anyone who had started a business.

#2

Elliott had an idea to form a peer group of entrepreneurs, and he wanted to invite twenty people he didn’t know well. He reached out to a few people, but not a single one said yes. Elliott was not bothered by rejection. He had made cold calls