Former NBA Player Jim Jackson Would Describe His Legacy With This Word

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Jim Jackson, managing partner at Adaris Capital Partners, joined Forbes senior writer Jabari Young on The Enterprise Zone at Nasdaq MarketSite to discuss his real estate portfolio and life after playing in the NBA. In 1992, Jackson was drafted fourth overall by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played five seasons. He went on to make more than $30 million in his career, using some of the earned income to build a real estate portfolio.  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00I had Coco Gauff and she said that she wanted her business empire when she's all said and done.

00:05She wanted to be timeless, right?

00:06Jordan Childs, the Olympian, she said that she wanted her business, she wanted to be eternal, right?

00:12Eternity, she wanted to last.

00:13Yeah, yeah.

00:14What is Jim Jackson?

00:15It's all said and done, right?

00:16When we're all out of here, what do you want your business empire to be?

00:20One word.

00:23Impactful.

00:24Impactful.

00:24Why?

00:24And it's from this respect, because we're working on some stuff now in my own neighborhood.

00:28And for my kids and their kids, just does it touch and help, support, all that goes into impact, provide opportunity, whether that's physical, mental, economic, for people to say that I can do this too.

00:53You know, that I, you know, a small kid from Toledo, Ohio that wanted to do something different, made mistakes, but figured some things out too along the way, and left something impactful back where people can touch, feel, and see it.

01:07You see what I'm saying?

01:08Absolutely.

01:08That's what's important to me.

01:10So that's what's important to me.

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