Roman Sharf: I Started Selling $10M Rolex's & Patek's From eBay Before E-commerce Existed!

Описание: Roman Sharf, Soviet Union refugee turned $100M watch dealer, shares how he arrived in America at 13 with nothing, escaped a country where running a business could land you in jail, and became one of the first people to sell luxury watches online. From listing his first Rolex on eBay out of his basement to waking up with $1 million in inventory and rubbing shoulders with kings, queens and presidents at Davos — this is the immigrant entrepreneur story nobody has told yet.

What you can expect from this episode:
How Roman escaped the Soviet Union as a refugee and used the hunger from that experience to build a $100M business in America
Why he was one of the first watch dealers in the world to sell online, and how he dominated the market before anyone else caught on
The moment he quit his job the second his watch business hit 1.5x his salary — with a wife, a new baby and a new mortgage on the line
How he went from $65,000 in basement inventory to waking up with $1 million in stock overnight and never looked back
The number one business lesson he gives every upcoming entrepreneur that he wishes someone had told him when he started
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00:00 Roman's Journey: From Refugee to Entrepreneur
03:00 Watch Industry Beginnings & Podcast Intro
06:00 Defining the Gray Market & Business Philosophy
09:00 Why Philadelphia? Life Choices & Online Beginnings
12:00 Soviet Union Memories and Early Struggles
15:00 Adapting to Life in America & Embracing Opportunity
18:00 Military Service, College and IT Career
21:00 From Banking to Watches: The Leap
24:00 Building Inventory & Business Model Evolution
27:00 Company Growth, Hiring, and Delegation
30:00 Shifting from Sourcing to In-Stock Sales
33:00 Managing a Growing Company & SOPs
36:00 Tech, AI, and Modernizing Business
39:00 The AI Hype: Opportunities & Realities
42:00 Key Business Lessons: Money, Branding, and Education
45:00 Personal Finance, Employee Advice, and Family Values
48:00 On American Dream, Immigration, and Social Systems
51:00 Team Retention, Leadership, and Company Culture
54:00 Guns, Security, and American Laws
57:00 Reflections, Motivation, and Final Advice