In his 20's, after serving in the IDF, Barry discovered that his mission in this world is to reach out to people through education. After accepting a job as a teacher overseas and teaching for five years, Barry accepted a teaching job in Israel, and his family relocated. Shortly after landing, he received news that the organization ran out of budget, and his job is currently non-existent. They had fallen prey to a really successful scam. Barry was determined to find a way to support his family. He decided to connect to colleagues and experts who built their businesses from scratch and hopefully find one that might take them under his wing and help him start out on his own. Finding the right solution and avoiding any really successful scam was quite a mission.

Barry boldly reached out to people in business and e-commerce in order to learn, and hopefully develop relationships. Plaskow boldly typed emails to ten successful entrepreneurs, including Jay Conrad Levinson, the founder of Guerilla marketing and author of worldwide best-seller books about marketing saying: "I am a newbie…I know that there are people just like me, I want to learn and help them too… are you able to spare your time for an explanatory phone call?" Jay responded, and surprisingly agreed. He had a conference scheduled in Florida coming up shortly, and he warmly invited me to participate too. Barry's email stood out to Jay because Barry's email request was innovative and stood out from the others laying unread in his inbox.

Later that week, Jay, accompanied with a friend, phoned up Barry to answer his questions about e-commerce. Little did he know, he was talking to his future employer on the phone. Barry's philosophy on life of believing that anyone and everyone can succeed through innovation and focus had granted him the ability to confidently put himself out there, even though he was a newbie and did not have the funds to invest money in a business. Two phone calls later, Barry was offered to be in charge of marketing for Jay's thriving business. After Barry honestly reminded Jay Conrad Levinson and the Guerrilla marketing team that he is a newbie and declaring his drive and motivation to succeed, Barry warmly accepted their proposal. Jay and his team offered Barry the position, even though he was a newbie, he stood out, was completely honest, and was strongly motivated to succeed. That job offer and position got the ball rolling for Plaskow and he gained great knowledge and experience while work with Jay and his magnificent team. Jay himself had come across many a really successful scam, but he can tell from his short time with Barry that he was the real deal and put his weight behind him despite him being a newbie.