W H O I A M I S W H AT I D O : T H E P U R S U I T O F E N T R E P R E N E U R I A L H A P P I N E S S

B E N H U H , F O U N D E R , C H E E Z B U R G E R N E T W O R K @ B E N H U H

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S TA R T E D S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 7

I S T E P P E D D O W N A S C E O J U LY 2 0 1 5

– M Y E P I P H A N Y I N T H E M I D D L E O F T H E N I G H T

“Only those who live forever act like there’s time to waste.”

H O W M U C H T I M E D O I H AV E L E F T ?

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R E M A I N I N G B A L A N C E ( 2 0 1 4 )

• 46 Thanksgiving Dinners

• 3,496 Summer Nights

• 596 Full Moons

• 962 Books to Read

• 8,336 Dinners with my Wife

• 7,143 Bananas to Eat

W H Y B O T H E R W I T H W O R K ?

T E M P O R A R Y R E P R I E V E S

M A K E T H E W O R L D H A P P Y F O R A F E W M O M E N T S E V E R Y D AY( A N D B U I L D A N A M A Z I N G B U S I N E S S D O I N G I T )

W O R K

• What we do

• What we’re good at

• Has a clear finish line

• Done individually

P U R P O S E

• Why we wake up each day

• Will never be good at it

• Is never done

• Accomplished collectively

V S .

H I R E P E O P L E W H O D O G R E AT W O R K T O U N I T E T H E M W I T H A G R E AT E R P U R P O S E

T H I S I S M Y H A P P I N E S S :

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I W A N T T O M A K E T H I N G S

H O W P R O G R E S S H A P P E N S

T H E S TA N D A R D M O D E L O F P R O G R E S S

• Acquire skills

• Get promoted

• Use money

• Forget how you got here and just try to get promoted.

T H E N O N - S TA N D A R D M O D E L O F P R O G R E S S

• Acquire money

• Gain experience

• Create something

• Do it again and again

S TA R T W I T H : B I G G E R P O O L O F M O N E Y O R S M A L L E R P O O L O F M O N E YPA S T R E S U LT S A R E N O T G U A R A N T E E S O F F U T U R E O U T C O M E S

I W A S N ’ T B O R N T O D O T H I S

2 0 0 1 : $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 I N D E B T C O N T E M P L AT I N G S U I C I D E

O T H E R P E O P L E ’ S C AT P H O T O S O N A W O R D P R E S S B L O G

U S I N G A 2 2 - C H A R A C T E R D O M A I N

I N 2 0 0 7 , I R A I S E D $ 2 . 2 4 M I L L I O N A N D P U R C H A S E D A S I T E O F :

2 0 1 1 : S TA R T E D T O R E I N V E N T C H E E Z B U R G E RM O B I L E . U G C . P E R S O N A L E X P R E S S I O N . V I D E O . P L A T F O R M S . E T C .

T H E G R E AT E S T L I E E V E R T O L D T O E N T R E P R E N E U R S

T H E G R E AT E S T L I E E V E R T O L D T O E N T R E P R E N E U R S

2 0 1 3 : B R O U G H T O N A N E W T E A MF O C U S O N W H A T I D O B E S T. F O C U S O N W H A T I L O V E .

T O D AY: R E I N V E N T I N G M Y S E L FT R A V E L I N G T H E W O R L D F O R A Y E A R . M A K I N G T R A V E L V I D E O S . S E A R C H I N G F O R T H E N E X T PA S S I O N .

H O W T O R E I N V E N T Y O U R S E L F

1. The Resistance

2. The Recognition of the New Truth

3. The Flip

4. The Sacrifice

5. The Reinvention

“ M AY B E I A M N O T W H O I T H I N K I A M ”

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Y O U W I L L E VA L U AT E Y O U R L I F E B A S E D O N Y O U R L A S T I D E N T I T Y

I F Y O U ’ R E R E S I S T I N G T H E N E W T R U T H . S T O P R I G H T N O W.

T H A N K Y O UB E N H U H