James Camp, Founder of Nanoflips.com - Solopreneurs and Scale - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 50

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Step into the mysterious and visually stunning world of The Electric State as host Francesca Amiker takes you behind the scenes with the creative masterminds who brought Simon Stålenhag’s dystopian vision to life. In this premiere episode, directors Joe and Anthony Russo, stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and producers Angela Russo-Otstot and Chris Castaldi reveal how they transformed a haunting graphic novel into an epic cinematic experience. Watch The Electric State coming to Netflix on March 14th. Check out more from Netflix Podcasts . State Secrets: Inside the Making of The Electric State is produced by Netflix and Treefort Media.…

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction

(00:48) - Our sponsor is DMBridge

(03:22) - Why did you team up with a prop trader whom you met in a nightclub?

(05:29) - How are cohort-based courses different from the asynchronous version?

(13:46) - What does being a nightclub promoter teach you about business?

(14:49) - Tell us more about the Psychology of sales. What are trust building and its techniques?

(22:48) - What is the right way for families to support young entrepreneurs?

(25:26) - How do you perceive the finance industry?

(32:14) - Can solopreneurs actually scale?

(35:36) - How’s the growth once fallen into solo entrepreneur concepts?

(38:59) - Tell us the story about Jimmy!

(40:00) - How I got scammed out of $100k

(44:09) - How is it like being a holistic digital marketer?

(46:24) - What is the dark side of offering stock buying advice?

(50:59) - How did talking on Twitter become a superpower?

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

#38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution
#37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire
#31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one
#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly
#13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending

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James Camp, Founder of Nanoflips.com - Solopreneurs and Scale - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 50

The Michael Girdley Show

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published hace 3 años

MP3•Episodio en casa

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Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!
Follow us on Twitter @GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction

(00:48) - Our sponsor is DMBridge

(03:22) - Why did you team up with a prop trader whom you met in a nightclub?

(05:29) - How are cohort-based courses different from the asynchronous version?

(13:46) - What does being a nightclub promoter teach you about business?

(14:49) - Tell us more about the Psychology of sales. What are trust building and its techniques?

(22:48) - What is the right way for families to support young entrepreneurs?

(25:26) - How do you perceive the finance industry?

(32:14) - Can solopreneurs actually scale?

(35:36) - How’s the growth once fallen into solo entrepreneur concepts?

(38:59) - Tell us the story about Jimmy!

(40:00) - How I got scammed out of $100k

(44:09) - How is it like being a holistic digital marketer?

(46:24) - What is the dark side of offering stock buying advice?

(50:59) - How did talking on Twitter become a superpower?

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

51 episodios

#Business #Michael Girdley #Entrepreneur #MBA #Trading #Entrepreneurship #SMB #Investing #Learn #Smb 101 #Twitter #Holdco

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Nick Gray, founder of Museum Hack - Profiting from awesome in-person events - The Michael Girdley Show episode 51 51:20

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Nick Gray (@ NickGrayNews ), we had the first face-to-face interview as we talk about what it’s like to be an entrepreneur in their 30s, and shared some tips on publishing a book and hosting events! ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (00:44) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (02:20) - Let’s look at how Nick started! (08:00) - How did Museum Tours start and help create connections with people? (11:21) - Can entrepreneurship be taught in college? (12:37) - How to run an entrepreneurship class? (14:23) - Is it cool to start as an entrepreneur in your 30s? (22:48) - How to start writing and sharing? (23:38) - What’s that one piece of advice for anybody looking to publish a book? (26:12) - What is an important detail that you might overlook when hosting events? (28:36) - What’s with the name tag? (33:08) - Why is a Friend Newsletter such a good idea? (37:27) - VA: Should you hire one? (43:15) - How do VAs understand their clients? (47:10) - How to use calendly like a boss? ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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James Camp, Founder of Nanoflips.com - Solopreneurs and Scale - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 50 57:12

hace 3 years57:12

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by James Camp (@ JamesonCamp ), who grew up in New York City and is a Jack of All Trades, especially on marketing strategy, monetization, and website flipping. We talk about how he lost $100,000 trying to acquire a firm, the downside of financial touts, and stock buying schemes he's encountered. ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (00:48) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (03:22) - Why did you team up with a prop trader whom you met in a nightclub? (05:29) - How are cohort-based courses different from the asynchronous version? (13:46) - What does being a nightclub promoter teach you about business? (14:49) - Tell us more about the Psychology of sales. What are trust building and its techniques? (22:48) - What is the right way for families to support young entrepreneurs? (25:26) - How do you perceive the finance industry? (32:14) - Can solopreneurs actually scale? (35:36) - How’s the growth once fallen into solo entrepreneur concepts? (38:59) - Tell us the story about Jimmy! (40:00) - How I got scammed out of $100k (44:09) - How is it like being a holistic digital marketer? (46:24) - What is the dark side of offering stock buying advice? (50:59) - How did talking on Twitter become a superpower? ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Dave Kline, Owner of SkillScouter - How to become a great manager? - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 49 1:03:45

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Dave Kline (@ dklineii ), from Bridgewater & Moodys Analytics and a Management Accelerator, we talk about management and leadership. We went through a bunch of topics and shared different insights on human nature, human nature, how to work yourself into being a new manager, the shift in hiring overseas, and more! ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (01:03) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (04:07) - How did Dave end up in Bridgewater? (06:11) - Leaving a high-paying corporate job to be an entrepreneur? (08:28) - Should you know everything before buying businesses? (09:33) - Did you know about the massive shift in power and access to Education? (10:40) - Is education disruption only accessible in the US? How is it being pushed overseas? (13:08) - Is it necessary to have college credentials as a quality guarantee to hiring managers? (14:17) - Why do hiring managers in Flyover America care less about people with outstanding talent? (15:09) - How can we uncover alpha in the talent market as in investments? (18:00) - Understanding the “whys” of Assumptions, thought processes, and decision making! (24:20) - How does working at Bridgewater change how you think about management? (28:00) - Is it necessary to have a list of “Worst Managers”? (32:12) -The positive network effect on getting top-of-the-line professionals to participate in your community (34:10) - How to adapt to Management Roles? (38:06) - Cohort-based course vs. Full-service course? (51:24) - Hiring vs. recruiting for an operator? (57:31) - When and why do some people like getting directions? (59:51) - How to have 10+ companies? ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Joe Wilson, Managing Partner at Undeterred Capital - VC from the ground up - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 48 54:38

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Joe Wilson (@ _joewilson ), a Deep Tech Investor who runs a VC Fund in LA, we talk about a lot of interesting things like the works under deep tech and bioscience investing, how Joe acted to the COVID Pandemic 2020 as a scientist and also went through defining what a shady business is or not. ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (0:00) - Introduction (1:00) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (2:15) - Get to know Joe Wilson (6:28) - You went both to MIT and Duke, what can you share from both experiences? (7:43) - How do you perceive the network power of going through University? (9:06) - In what way does the standard or IT SAS kind of VC vary from healthcare or biotech? (11:58) - Research in deep tech investing: What should you think about Due Diligence? (13:13) - How do companies practice diligence considering the red flags from founders & spending time with people? (14:40) - Start-up seed & pre-seed stages: Mission driven founders & profitability (17:50) - Why is actual fraud rampant in start-ups? (19:56) - What are the dynamics for deep tech or healthcare companies? Why do they consider not hurting people as one? (21:51) - What would we consider a shady business? What is the Front Page Test rubric?: (25:00) - Where do you stand when it comes to elemental power generation? (26:35) - How to find an investment thesis and focus areas? (29:23) - Shifting gears, how do you break into Venture Capital? (32:50) - What kind of VC do you want to be? (38:49) - What is the response from a Scientist’s perspective to COVID? How did you plan for success when initiating the COVID response team? (44:36) -The main benefit of doing something really hard ----- Links: https://www.joewilson.co/about ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Linda Lebrun, Writer Recruitment at Substack - Online content masterclass - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 47 1:04:13

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Linda Lebrun (@ Substacklinda ) to talk about her work at Substack: Focusing on emerging creators in the finance space. We also go about free and paid newsletters that are sent by email, who makes money doing what, advantages and disadvantages & compare these as a consumption tool to other platforms like YouTube and TikTok. Linda provided a lot of excellent suggestions about being unconventional in your content creation and how it may benefit you in your day-to-day activities. ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (0:00) - Intro (1:08) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (2:10) - Linda, Substack & her journey so far (4:50) - Long-form content: Is it better to narrow down a niche or not? (7:00) - What are Power laws for content creators? (10:45) - What advice do you have for starters? (14:48) - How do the platforms work for them and how go around it? (20:00) - How is Substack part of a protocol and not a platform? (21:37) - What are the problems of not owning the audience? (30:20) - Information Diets: How to understand content consumption? (36:10) - Traditional media vs content creator dynamics: The fundamental differences (47:20) - Tactic-based advice: Does it work? (52:45) - What’s the difference between Substack's comment section compared to other platforms? (54:15) - What are the trends for content platforms in the future? ----- Links: https://substack.com/investing-and-business ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Tai Rattigan, Global Head of Partnerships at Deel and Co-Founder at Partnership Leaders - The Magic of Partnering Well - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 46 1:05:59

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Tai Rattigan (@ XOptimiser ), we talk about two major topics of interest. We talk about how partnerships work (Which is something that's a total black box domain that Tai extensively covered during the hour. Then the second thing we talked about was making money at paid communities. He operates a paid community for partnership professionals that work at startups, and it was awesome to talk through how he got it started and how it works. ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (0:00) - Introduction (0:56) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (2:00) - Who is Tai Rattigan? (5:25) - Why are partnerships so hard? How should you think about a customer-centric approach? (8:43) - What is a Solutions-based Selling? How is it different from Values-based selling? (12:04) - Partnerships can leverage your Saas business income 10x (12:45) - When should you establish partnerships in the service industry? How do you make it work? (16:00) - How to generate measurable KPIs in partnerships? (21:04) - What is one recommendation for anyone starting a service business? (27:00) - On an entrepreneur’s side, how would you be able to identify an opportunity early on? (31:30) - On the partner side, what are some partnership strategies? (35:11) - As a vendor partner, how do I keep myself from getting screwed over? (42:04) - What is Partnership Leaders? How to convince your boss to go to Vegas? (47:04) - What are the keys to building a successful community? (51:31) - Where do you think that the pattern is? (58:16) - Community pricing: How do you foresee the rising prices and reinvesting into the business? ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Rohun Jauhar, Co-founder of JT Capital - From W-2 into Real Estate - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 45 57:19

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Rohun Jauhar (@ RohunJauhar ), we talk about Real Estate, his specialty which is apartments in Florida and Texas. Then we went into a bunch of life and self-help kind of stuff as well as hiring virtual assistants and how to make the leap from having a day job to becoming an entrepreneur. ----- Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (0:00) - Introduction (1:01) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (2:00) - Meet Rohun & his background (4:17) - What is the focus of JT Capital? Why did you double down on that niche? (6:00) - How did you get started in Real Estate? (8:37) - How to take the leap from W-2 to Founder? (10:55) - How is entrepreneurship self-selecting? (16:55) - Is the Real Estate market getting risky? (18:32) - How to spot a fraud in 4 steps (24:23) - What is going on with the Due Diligence process? Why are people skipping it? (28:00) - Who were the first three guests of @RohunJauhar? (31:48) - How to get famous Guests for your podcast? (34:30) - How to get responses from Cold e-mails? (41:11) - VA: Should you get one? Is there a process to understand if you need one? How can you get a good one? (45:09) - Off-shore vs on-shore. What do you think about this? How do you find a culture fit? (46:28) - Best practices to source the best candidates? (51:33) - Rohun’s success story: working at FB wasn’t making it. Scary to jump off the W-2 (53:46) - “What would happen to my life if I didn’t do it?!” ----- Links: https://www.jtcapitalgroup.com/ ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 44 Moses Kagan, Founder of Adaptive Realty - Perspectives on Real Estate # 42 Barrett O'Neill, CEO of Bright Line Media - The competitive mindset # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one…

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Moses Kagan, Founder of Adaptive Realty - Perspectives on Real Estate - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 44 1:12:17

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Moses Kagan (@moseskagan) who is a real estate and private equity professional from Los Angeles, we talk about how real estate's different in California, how his strategy works there and somehow not in other places, and the effective interest rates on what people are doing with real estate. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (0:00) - Intro (1:21) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (2:24) - Meet Moses Keagan, everyone! (3:30) - What is the value of RE Twitter? Walk us through zoning limitations, and the RE market in California (8:08) - How cool can your first deal be from a Real Estate entrepreneur’s perspective? Why choose to stay with scaling up limitations? (11:28) - What effect has an interest rate rise on the market? (15:18) - What is the nature of the Real Estate market? (16:55) - What’s the strong argument regarding light industrial Real Estate attractiveness? What is the difference between regulated & unregulated markets? (22:00) - Why settle with the complicated operation and insane regulation? (28:02) - What are the best paths to develop a career in Real Estate Private Equity? (34:04) - The social media sentiment vs the real economy (44:48) - How do Community events & social media synergies come to exist? What do you need to make it happen? (56:02) - Network building: How do we think about niche events? (1:00:25) - Straight line pathways for becoming a Real Estate Private Equity investor (1:03:03) - Why is Brokerage an amazing way to start as a buyer? (1:04:07) -.Advice for people getting started straight outta college or in their early twenties? ----- Links: https://www.re-convene.com/ https://twitter.com/moseskagan ----- Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Kyle O'Hehir, CTO of Constitution Lending - Real Estate Open Season - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 43 1:06:28

hace 3 years1:06:28

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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Kyle O’ Hehir (@ financeguy725 ) who runs a lending and real estate business from Connecticut, we talk about having bought dozens, if not more, different units of real estate with his partner. Kyle is also a really pretty inspiring high energy guy. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (01:09) - Our sponsor is DMBridge (02:15) - Who are you man? Let our listeners know! (04:00) - What are the crazy learnings from a Commodities Trader at a fund to working at Hedge Fund? (07:00) - Did you really close your first Real Estate investment on short-term rentals in Georgia without a visit? Why, how? What did you learn from this business? (11:30) - Did your business plan work? What did you learn from this initial investment? (15:14) - Tell us about the cultural Southern clash story! (16:55) - At what point did you make the transition to full New Yorker? (18:46) - Walk us through: 1 solo investment in Savanah, you get fired at the HF, today you own multiple properties. What happened in between? (21:30) - How did you build your capital base? (26:10) - What do you do from the lending side? (31:45) - In what way is Effectuation a different breed of entrepreneurship? (35:11) - Understanding & trusting your gut to make better decisions. (39:38) - How does Kyle perceive himself from T-zero to T-12? What is the plan formulated for this? (43:26) - Should you set a 10-year plan @ Girdley style? (45:06) - How important is domain knowledge to succeed? Can you commoditize learning? (58:38) - Game changers for @ Girdley . Understanding the potential of strategic partnership. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Barrett O'Neill, CEO of Bright Line Media - The competitive mindset - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 42 1:02:52

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Michael Girdley @ Girdley is joined by @ barrettjoneill we talk about his journey into entrepreneurship, starting as a competitive athlete, the differences & similarities, and mindsets. Also, we talk about his two businesses, he runs a digital agency, and then secondarily runs a storage business. We also had a great exchange on global workforces and how to hire overseas. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (01:22) - Our sponsor is DMBridge.app (04:11) - How similar is entrepreneurship compared to sports? (06:41) -The transition from a competitive athlete to entrepreneurship: What are similarities and differences from a mindset perspective? (09:00) - Is it because people often associate competition with winning as the reason for motivation? (10:20) - How is Twitter the ecosystem for successful entrepreneurs? Why is it that some people avoid competition? (11:46) - Manufacturing competition: How to use Michael Jordan’s technique to become a better version of yourself? (18:23) - How to grasp a killer businessman mindset? (19:23) - At what point can scaling up become difficult for a digital agency? (22:48) - Would it be considerate to always have a goal to build assets and not to think that agency business is the asset? (25:55) - Physical vs digital businesses (28:18) - How does the storage business work? (39:01) - Why does the future of work get people so angry? (42:15) - Global workforce: What do we think about it? What are the challenges we see? (42:41) -Work going remote & overseas, why is it happening? What are the incentives for entrepreneurs? (51:21) - Copywriting Genius: How did you get so good? (53:14) - The second tweet magic - How to structure your thread? (56:42) - Respectful disagreement on Twitter ----- Links: * https://www.braveaux.io/ ----- Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly…

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Justin Hill, Hill Law Firm - San Antonio Love Fest - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 41 1:08:23

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Michael Girdley @ Girdley is joined by Justin Hill (@ jahlawfirm ), a lawyer in San Antonio. We talked about how personal injury works and discussed three business ideas. Not only that, but we also talk about our San Antonio experiences, the history, and projects on how to improve the city’s lifestyle. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- The Michael Girdley Show Episode 41 Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (00:37) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital. (02:15) - What’s going on in Corpus Christi, Texas? (03:52) - What brought Justin to San Antonio? (06:46) - Which are the San Antonio Trade-offs? (12:22) - The most British prank ever (14:32) - How was San Antonio’s Immersive Art? (17:00) - Where’s the best place to go Mountain Bike riding? (20:33) - How did the Tour de France experience go? (23:16) - Mayor, how about Health and Fitness transformation for your San Antonio people? (25:38) - How much work does it take to be a good politician? (29:40) - In what aspects can San Antonio improve on? (33:35) - How to manage time & a hack to make your phone less addictive (38:40) - What is it like to be a Personal Injury Lawyer? (43:47) - What are the differences between big and small law firms? (45:43) - Can you be more achievement-oriented when moving to New York? (51:00) - How is the law firm ownership situation in Texas right now? (52:59) - What is the subscale for a Personal Injury Law Firm? What is the process of analyzing what to give or take? (56:28) - For someone who moved to Big Cities such as Dallas or LA, is it worth moving back to San Antonio to build a business? (1:00:42) - What is the situation with the San Antonio housing market? (1:03:01) - The truth about Millennials Did you like this episode? Leave us your feedback in the comments! ----- Links: * Harborcap.com * https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alamo-hour/id1504139910 * https://www.jahlawfirm.com/ ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Kevin Dahlstrom, CEO of Swell Money - The future of wealth building - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 40 1:07:11

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Michael Girdley @ Girdley is joined by Kevin Dahlstrom (@ Camp4 ), we talk about how to become multi-dimensional, get to identify the cliches and what it is like when GenX-ers joins in the Twitter Community, how leaders and CEOs work to be where they are now. Kevin also talks about his banking app business, Swell, that grew over time and became an LP in great Real Estate deals. ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on Twitter @ GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (00:56) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital (02:10) - Are all generations really the same? What makes Gen X the OGs of tech generation? (06:00) - What makes GenX-ers uncomfortable in the Twitter Community? How does one adapt to the platform? (08:55) - In what ways can Twitter be therapeutic? (11:11) - Staying fit in the middle age: How to make it work? (14:30) - On The Road by John Kerouac: How to get the energy to strive? (17:55) - How does each Generation think about stuff? Understand mindsets through generational lenses (22:50) - Elon, like him or not, he’s doing cool stuff with his money! (23:47) - What is the key to continuous development? (29:45) - What makes a great product? (30:56) - Why did Kevin get back to an operational role in Swell? (32:02) - How is Bezos’ famous quote relevant to Swell? (35:54) - How would you describe the prototypical striver? (39:30) - What is it like to be a zero-to-one visionary type CEO? (42:00) - How does Swell plan to become a billion-dollar business? What is innovative in your approach? (47:28) - What are the challenges, especially with less sophisticated investors? (49:30) - How do you plan to start strivers in PE? (52:40) - What is the biggest problem with Neo banking? (55:20) - A secret to getting someone strong as the First Podcast Guest! (1:22:00) - Life hack: How to kick ass at everything? ----- Links: * Harborcap.com * https://www.swellmoney.com ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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@SpiritofPines - Living the No-College American Dream - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 39 1:11:16

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Michael Girdley @ Girdley is joined by Pine Baron ( @SpiritofPines ) the first anonymous guest on the podcast. We talked about his journey to develop wealth and get into real estate buying, why Pine wished to be anonymous on Twitter, why people trust corporations so much these days and which corporations we trust. ----- Thanks to our sponsor! * Harbor Capital is a hyper-focused Class B industrial real estate investment firm. They are building a portfolio of quality industrial assets in the four big cities in Texas. Their work is focused on generating strong cash flow, while being hyper-focused on safe and secure assets that could weather a downturn. The founders have built a reputation for delivering consistent value to investors with more than $400M in real estate investments in the last 20 years. https://harborcap.com/contact/index.html ----- * Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Introduction (00:56) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital (02:10) - Why be Pseudonymous on the internet? (05:17) - Why be concerned with the Cancel Culture on Twitter? (08:55) - Why was it unexpected for corporations to do leadership like societal and governmental? (12:09) - Do large corporations have historically shaped the discourse and our values as a nation? (18:51) - How do your sales funnel look like? Where does Twitter fit? (22:10) - Let’s hear the Pine Baron Biography! (25:17) - What is the strategy for real estate? (29:42) - Talk us through marketing agencies as scalable businesses and income source (32:14) - Book Smart or People Smart? Which one is most applicable for business? (38:41) - How did a Tuna Fish Sandwich at a gas station give the realization that there's a whole different set of lives that people are living across the city? (41:05) - Poker as a marketing experience & Pine’s American Dream experience (44:53) - Start doing the job before you get the job (54:22) - College education, institutions & the ROI analysis (1:01:00) - What is wrong with educational institutions today? (01:08:37) - What is it like living under your means in your 30s ----- Links: * signup.wealthpin.com ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: # 38 Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is in constant evolution # 37 Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire # 31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one # 13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending…

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Jesse Pujji of Gateway X - The CEO job is constant evolution - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 38 1:03:05

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Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Jesse Pujji @jspujji from St. Louis, we talk about all the cool stuff that he does, especially the Venture Studio that he’s running. It is a business that incubates and creates other businesses. It talks about having to reboot your business every six to nine months and the coolness of the Sikh, the religion of which Jesse is a practitioner, is one of the neatest things to stumble upon in recent years.-----Thanks to our sponsor!* Harbor Capital is a hyper-focused Class B industrial real estate investment firm. They are building a portfolio of quality industrial assets in the four big cities in Texas. Their work is focused on generating strong cash flow, while being hyper-focused on safe and secure assets that could weather a downturn. The founders have built a reputation for delivering consistent value to investors with more than $400M in real estate investments in the last 20 years.https://harborcap.com/contact/index.html-----* Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!* Follow us on Twitter @GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship.-----Show Notes:(00:00) - Introduction(00:45) - Our Sponsor is Harbor Capital(02:06) - Sikh Americans have a certain level of calm and peace?(04:12) - What’s the impact of it in the huge division of people and inequality among men and women during the caste system?(06:00) - What was one of the coolest stats in the holy book of Sikhism?(07:32) - How do growing business breaks every 6-9 months considered the natural order?(09:00) - What are the general philosophies in building a business?(11:30) - Promoting someone? What is the best mindset to start in the new position?(13:56) - How to overcome a rough career patch through inner work + Good coaches vs. Great coaches?(18:26) - The elements of coaching. How is it rewarding to have someone inspiring to work with?(21:14) - What is the value of a great tutor?(22:08) - How can Tennis help unlock your understanding of magical tutors?(23:33) - Embracing one’s ego with The Inner Game of Tennis Book(28:11) - What makes a great coach?(31:24) - What are the expectations when it comes to how a business works?(35:18) - How does the Twitter goal fit with other goals? Is it a worthy goal?(40:53) - What is your journey into having a Venture Studio? What are best practices?(43:54) - What are the highlights and opportunities of Venture Studios?(53:54) - What is the limiting factor for growth?-----Links:* gateway.xyz/-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:#31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one - The Michael Girdley Show#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly - The Michael Girdley Show e24…

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Eric Jorgenson - GP of Rolling Fun - Information Dealer Extraordinaire - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 37 1:23:32

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