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The "I Can Do Anything" Mindset: Rick Hopper (Shark Tank, ReadeREST) | The Blueprint

He lost his wife, lived on the street, and went to jail. A few years later, Rick Hopper was on a path that would take him to ABC’s Shark Tank and became a millionaire.

Rick Hopper is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and author based in DFW - best known as the creator of ReadeREST, the magnetic eyeglass holder that became Lori Greiner's very first deal on Shark Tank. His new book, The Bridge from Idea to Money, distills everything he's learned going from zero to millions - twice.

In this episode, Rick walks us through his drug addiction, launching his first company where he turned strips of plastic into $5 million a year in sales, and the ReadeREST origin story - including how he wore a bent paperclip for a year before anyone told him it was a real product.

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Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to the Blueprint, Rick Hopper

00:04:17 Rick Hopper’s Origin Story

00:09:29 Dos and Dids - I Can Do Anything

00:14:26 Seasons of Life

00:20:13 Addiction

00:33:52 Kicking Addiction

00:42:41 The Big Pivot

00:49:17 The Path from Home Depot to Serial Entrepreneur

00:56:25 Rick Hopper becomes an Inventor

01:07:12 I’ve Got an Idea, but How Does it Become a Business?

01:13:37 I Hear a Million Dollar Idea Every Day

01:20:18 Partnerships 101 from Rick Hopper

01:25:39 The Invention of ReadeREST

01:30:57 What’s It Like Going on Shark Tank?

01:40:14 Buying and Selling Companies

01:46:15 What’s Next for Rick Hopper?

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