Watch 'The Never Settle Show' Ep. 3: Pursuing Your Childhood Dream Check out the third episode of this interactive streaming talk show now!

By Dan Bova

The third episode of The Never Settle Show streamed live of Entrepreneur's Facebook page this Wednesday and delivered another soul-soothing mix of inspiration and information for entrepreneurs.

Host Mario Armstrong spoke with Jason Mayden, former lead designer at Nike, who is now pursuing his childhood dream of starting his own shoe company. Watch and learn about how Mayden cold called Nike, wrote letters and got turned down three times before landing his breakthrough gig.

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Also in this episode, Mario shared his formula for creating the perfect ask—and explained how he put it to work when he approached Today Show host Matt Lauer.

Check out the full episode above and be sure to catch the next one live. Tune-in info below:

· The Never Settle Show, live every Wednesday at 7pm EST on Entrepreneur's Facebook page

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Dan Bova

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VP of Special Projects

Dan Bova is the VP of Special Projects at Entrepreneur.com. He previously worked at Jimmy Kimmel Live, Maxim, and Spy magazine. His latest books for kids include This Day in History, Car and Driver's Trivia ZoneRoad & Track Crew's Big & Fast Cars, The Big Little Book of Awesome Stuff, and Wendell the Werewolf

Read his humor column This Should Be Fun if you want to feel better about yourself.

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