David Steinberg was only 16 when he started his first company. That was in 1985. As of today he’s founded and run three $100 million companies—and we’re just talking so far.
Of course, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, but Steinberg, CEO of the recently rebranded CRM firm Zeta Interactive (formerly XL Marketing) is an inveterate optimist. He understands that if you don’t learn from your mistakes, they’ll either haunt you or they’ll be repeated. It’s part of what makes him a successful entrepreneur.
Steinberg took a few minutes to chat with me about start-ups, the rise and fall of his second major multimillion-dollar company, and the lessons he learned from it.
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