IRIS COVET BOOK
I had always guest hosted on CNBC, and they started a primetime a few years ago and asked if I would be interested in having a show but I just never thought it was the right time. But when CNBC contacted me about this and told me it would be a business type show and I could have some fun and be myself and it would be educational for people I felt that it was the right time for me to get into it. It is really amazing, you know, I was having dinner last night and this waiter came up to me and he was talking to me about his business and he told me "I learned so much from your show." That’s what I wanted it to be, fun but educational.
Have you learned anything yourself from
doing the show? You know what’s good about it? I just got back from shooting in New York and I did three boardroom scenes, and you just have to always be on, so mentally you’re just whipped at the end. The world is changing and I have to stay up with it. We have to keep up with all of these young companies, and the show is keeping me on the cusp of what is really going on in the entrepreneurial world. For me, it’s about seeing all of these small companies, and seeing what is next and what is cutting edge.
You seem to have had a very fast rise in the entrepreneurial world. When your company started taking off, were you ever overwhelmed by the seemingly “overnight” success?
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No. I never thought it was growing too fast. Have there been ups and downs? Absolutely. We’ve just been lucky enough to have more ups than downs (laughs), and the ups were big ups and the downs were little downs. I was very fortunate with my business decisions and it panned out very well for me. I never try to bite off more than I can chew.
As a busy entrepreneur, with a new TV show, buildings always going up, and the daunting task of managing all of these properties, you still manage to add more and more to your plate. What new and exciting concepts can we expect from you in the future? Well, I am building a bunch of new concepts out here in Houston, and it will be just