10 Things You Shouldn't Invest In This entrepreneur and author explains which industries he considers smart investments ... and which ones aren't.

By David Meltzer

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Daulat CEO Rick Mirza shares how his upbringing shaped him and how he was able to turn his first job into an equity position in the business.

Mirza and The Playbook host David Meltzer then chat about a range of topics, including whether genetics or environment is a bigger factor in becoming an entrepreneur, how self-development became a major part of Rick's life at a young age and the most important investment lessons from his new book, Ten Things Not to Invest In, which comes out later this summer.

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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