From Hollywood sets to AI agent. One entrepreneur's underdog journey

What do shoveling coal in Pittsburgh, working on the set of Ocean's Thirteen, and helping companies use AI have in common? They're all chapters in the story of Maury Rogow. In this episode of From Underdog to Entrepreneur, Pat Miller sits down with Maury Rogow, CEO of RIP Media Group and author of Sell Your Superpower in an AI World. Maury has produced over a thousand brand films, teaches more than a hundred thousand students on LinkedIn Learning, and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Success Magazine.

Maury shares his winding path from a cold childhood in Pittsburgh to sales roles at AT&T and Lucent to helping build a startup that sold to Cisco for over a billion dollars, only to lose it all when the market crashed in 2001. That setback pushed him to reinvent himself, this time moving to Hollywood to work on major film sets before ultimately combining his sales background, storytelling instincts, and love of authenticity into the marketing and AI consulting work he does today.

• Why the "underdog story" is one of the most powerful tools in sales and marketing

• How real, authentic storytelling helps businesses stand out instead of competing purely on price

• Why most people using AI are only scratching the surface and how to actually put it to work

• How to set up AI "projects" with clear rules, knowledge bases, and no fluff to get sharper, more useful answers

• Why businesses need to protect their intellectual property and privacy settings when using AI tools

• How live streaming and video add authenticity that helps entrepreneurs build trust with potential clients

• Why companies like Blockbuster and Borders failed to adapt and what business owners today can learn from it

• The importance of following up after losing a bid or deal to learn and improve, rather than taking it personally

About Maury Rogow

Maury Rogow is the CEO of RIP Media Group and the author of Sell Your Superpower in an AI World. He has produced over a thousand brand films and teaches more than a hundred thousand students through his LinkedIn Learning courses, with features in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Success Magazine. His path took him from sales roles at AT&T and Lucent, through a startup sale to Cisco, to working in Hollywood before shifting into marketing and AI consulting. He also serves as Chief Marketing Officer of the Applied AI Association.

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