Jason Zilberbran - VREF

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In today's episode, our guest is Jason Zilberbrand, consultant, teacher, conference speaker, and author. He is an aircraft valuation expert and the President of VREF Aircraft Value Reference & Appraisal Services. Jason knows the international aviation marketplace. He is considered an expert in aircraft valuations and aircraft transactions, and his background is diverse with knowledge in technology and aviation. [5:57] Jason’s Background I had a very fortunate experience of being born into an aviation company. My dad started an insurance business when I was in high school. And I was at that just-right age to be able to absorb it like a sponge. I was 15 when he started the business. And by the time I was 21, I was working for him full time. So it was a really strange situation. I got to see somebody who is an entrepreneur, his whole life starts something from scratch that he knew nothing about and actually makes it work. [8:23] Entering Entrepreneurship I was fascinated by how people have made their money. I was promoting concerts. That was what I was doing punk rock shows and whatever we could do. I go to my dad and my dad's business partner, I need to borrow some money, and I'm going to do this big concert, and they thought I was absolutely out of my mind, but they never said no, they just kept giving me enough rope to hang myself. But no, I didn't want to be in the business at all but they wanted me to figure it out. Like if I was going to be an entrepreneur, and this was my career path, they're going to support me. [11:20] Back in the 80s and 90s, there weren't many popular aircraft; flying corporate aircraft and entertainers primarily used them. It was a really neat time

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