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Ben Jaffe

Ben Jaffe

Film producer

Jul 17, 2026

4:45
Yeah.
4:45
And I said, "Absolutely," because there is a world out there.
4:49
And, um, I started in Minneapolis, worked in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and then down in Virginia.
4:59
I was the regional manager of one of-- so we had six regions in the country at age, age 29 for three years, and I was-- it was Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and elevators and soybean processing plants and so forth.
5:11
Then I moved back to Chicago, joined the Cargo-- the Chicago Board of Trade.
5:15
Uh, I was there for six years, had the biggest grain elevator in the country and had about 10 other grain elevators, buying corn and all kinds of soybeans and whatnot from country elevators, not, not, not from farmers.
5:26
And then I was transferred to Switzerland and liv- lived in Geneva, which was a great experience, with four little boys who were then 12, 10, eight, and six.
7:29
What are the lessons around leadership that have remained true throughout your entire life?
3:46
Yep.
3:47
And that she has her touring band.
3:48
All of us, again, for the most part, except for one are based in LA.
3:53
Um, so we were on a tour in Australia last year when they got comfortable enough sharing the record with, with the band.
4:05
Um, So we started, it's not just comfort actually, we had a shoot.
4:09
We were going to record some of the music live in December.
4:18
We had to prepare for that, which we ended up doing basically in sound checks during the Australian tour.

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30:35
what? Like, give me an example if you don't mind.

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