Podcasts about entrepreneurial management

This episode was made possible by the community! ❤️ Get early access to podcast episodes, participate in exclusive Q&As, and more! ➡️ jaychristteves.com/support Get FREE resources and tools by visiting jaychristteves.com/resources or shop online courses at JournyAcademy.com “Figure out what these people are doing that are so successful in the industry and model after them. There's a saying that you're the average of 5 people you spend the most time with.” In episode 111 of #TDLS, I sat down with Geoffrey Kent. Geoffrey is a serial entrepreneur (having launched 20+ entrepreneurial ventures over the last 5 decades), who took his last tech venture (Cognis IT) from launch to successful exit in 6 years over a decade ago. In addition to an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, I have been an executive at Xerox Corporation, AT&T, the Erving Group (a holding company owned by NBA Hall of Famer Julius “Dr. J” Erving), and Deloitte Consulting, have taught entrepreneurship at Lincoln University, have judged Drexel University's annual business plan competition, and have served on multiple corporate boards of directorships. In this episode we talked about: - His successful entrepreneurial journey - How he was able to launched 20+ businesses in his entire entrepreneurial career - Actionable insights on how to start the right way in scaling your business to $1M and beyond - How to build fundable plans that get the money they need to grow their business and exit when and how they want to - Interesting thoughts that's we really needed to ponder about AI Tools - And much much more… Books Recommendations from Geoffrey: - Science of Everything: How Things Work in Our World You can connect with Geoffrey by visiting thinkbigwithgeoffreykent.com. If you found this episode helpful, please let Geoffrey know by following him on LinkedIn @thinkbigwithgeoffreykent. Visit the podcast today at thedesignlifeshow.com to get all the episodes 100% FREE. Have a question in mind? Submit your question to be answered on the podcast. Send your questions via email (at least 2-minute audio clip) at podcast@jaychristteves.com There are a ton of people asking me about how to support this podcast so here's how: 1. You can follow or leave a short & honest review on Apple Podcasts so in that way you can help me to reach more people and make the podcast more discoverable within the ecosystem. 2. You can take a screenshot of this podcast and share it with your friends, colleagues or to anyone that might be interested in this kind of content. 3. Feeling generous today? You can support the podcast monetarily by visiting jaychristteves.com/support or patreon.com/jaychristteves. 4. Shop courses and tools online to design the life you really deserve by visiting JournyAcademy.com. 5. By listening to all the podcast episodes, you already support my message, and that's more than enough and it means the world to me. So, thank you! 6. Schedule a strategy session with my team about Assisted Intelligence to empower your business at https://ai.thinkdigitalph.com The podcast is available on any of your favorite podcasting apps including: Website: thedesignlifeshow.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3OzMLDx Spotify Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/TDLSonSpotify Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/TDLSon-GooglePodcasts SoundCloud: https://tinyurl.com/TDLSonSoundCloud Amazon Music (via Web or Audible app): https://tinyurl.com/TDLSonAmazonMusic Alexa Podcasts: (Just say “Alexa, play The Design Life Show on Apple Podcasts”)

Join us in this episode as we explore the complex world of machine vision AI applications with Maria Greicer, the VP of Partnerships at Keymakr. With more than 18 years of experience in AI-driven technology startups across the EU, USA, and Israel, Maria is a seasoned executive who combines her entrepreneurial mindset and medical background to bring a unique perspective to the industry as a whole.  Maria has a BA from Reichman University, where she specialized in Entrepreneurial Management and Information Technologies. Since then, she has led strategic growth initiatives in multiple leadership roles – including CEO, VP of Partnerships, and other executive positions…  The conversation covers: What makes medical AI technology so cutting-edge and important.  How AI is changing our understanding of traditional medicine.  The ways that AI can improve the efficiency of ultrasounds and other similar procedures. The learning process of machine vision AI applications. Wondering how Maria is helping innovate emerging technologies, AI advancements, and continuous learning? Hit play to find out now! Be sure to follow along with Maria and her work with Keymakr here! Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9

Timestamps:6:54 - An investor generating returns for their LP8:22 - The Swiss startup ecosystem is 18 years old12:09 - Does big data drive innovation?19:20 - What if you don't perform as promised?21:25 - Dealing with FINMA regulations as a VCClick here to check out our free Founders Agreement masterclass, with Melanie Gabriel from Yokoy, Christof Roduner from Scandit, and Viviana Gropengiesser from Talent Kick.About Andrea Silberschmidt-Buhofer, Teddy Amberg, David Hug & Tanvi Singh:Andrea Silberschmidt-Buhofer is the general partner at EquityPitcher Ventures, an early-growth VC firm that focuses on B2B tech startups, and the vice-president of FEM'UP SWITZERLAND. She holds a MSc in Entrepreneurship from the UCL School of Management and is also a startup coach at Venturelab.Teddy Amberg is the founding partner at Spicehaus Partners, a VC fund that focuses on seed and early stage Swiss tech companies. He holds an MA in Banking and Finance from HSG and worked at Partners Group and CreditGate24 before founding Spicehaus Partners in 2018.David Hug is the co-founder of Marcau Partners, an investment manager managing Ringier Digital Ventures and Lightbird Ventures AG. He holds a MSc in Entrepreneurial Management from the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Chur and worked at btov Partners and Zürcher Kantonalbank before becoming a VC in 2015.Tanvi Singh is the founding partner at Nirmata-ai Ventures, a VC fund focusing on AI-driven investments for a sustainable future. She holds a Master's degree from UZH and worked for banks like Credit Suisse and UBS before founding Nirmata in 2024.During their chat with our co-host Merle, these 4 VCs shared their best practices for managing a fund. Their tips included:Being proactive in including your LPs in your fund's journey by giving them co-investment opportunities and full access to your data room;Not shortcutting when it comes to compliance and regulatory demands (or you will regret it!);Underpromising and overdelivering when it comes to the goals you communicate to your LPs, and being transparent with them when something goes wrong, so as to ensure that trust is never broken;Sticking to your portfolio companies both in good times and in bad — the startup journey is rocky, and your investments need your help!The cover portrait was edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.smartportrait.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‍‍Don't forget to give us a follow on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly giveaways or founders' dinners.

Today's story is of life after death when Lewis Griggs crossed over and visited heaven and the afterlife. Born and raised in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Lewis earned both an Amherst BA in Political Science and a Stanford MBA in Entrepreneurial Management. In addition, Lewis became a Certified Professional Co-Active Leadership Coach, and for a decade has led and facilitated Spiritual groups after having recovered and learned much from now three Near Death Experiences. ⭐ Check Out More Of Lewis's NDE Near Death Experience

Welcome to an interview with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, HBS professors and the hosts of 'Think Big, Buy Small' podcast.    In this episode, we discuss current market trends related to entrepreneurship through acquisition. We also touch on the demographic trend of baby boomers retiring and needing to sell their businesses, and its impact on buying and selling businesses. Most importantly, Richard and Royce share their advice on how to find the right business to buy, the key considerations and how to evaluate businesses, common buyer errors, and the challenges of buying from baby boomers.   Think Big, Buy Small is a new podcast from Harvard Business School that explores this innovative approach to entrepreneurship: acquisition entrepreneurship. The show is an extension of their courses on small firms, including “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition,” which has been taken by thousands of MBA students, and their highly-regarded book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company, which has sold more than 65,000 copies.   Richard S. Ruback is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.  Over the last 15 years, he and Royce Yudkoff have been developing and teaching a second year course titled “The Financial Management of Smaller Firms” and a field course called “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition”.  Ruback and Yudkoff's book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2017. The book is a practical roadmap through the steps required to find, evaluate, negotiate, and finance the acquisition of a smaller firm.   Ruback earned his Ph.D. in business administration at the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at MIT's Sloan School before joining the HBS faculty as a visiting professor in 1987. He was appointed associate professor in 1988 and full professor in 1989. Ruback has served as an editor for the Journal of Financial Economics and is the author of numerous articles on corporate finance and valuation.   Royce Yudkoff is the MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice of Entrepreneurial Management at the Harvard Business School and a General Partner and co-founder of ABRY Partners, LLC in Boston, MA. Alongside Professor Richard Ruback, Royce currently co-teaches a second year case course titled “The Financial Management of Smaller Firms” and a field course called “Entrepreneurship through Acquisition”. These courses focus on how to acquire, finance, and operate your own smaller firm.   As was mentioned above, Ruback and Yudkoff's book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2017.  The book is a practical roadmap through the steps required to find, evaluate, negotiate, and finance the acquisition of a smaller firm.   In 1989, Royce co-founded ABRY Partners, a private equity firm focused on the media, communications and business and information services markets. Since 1989 the firm has completed over $27 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity investments involving approximately 450 properties. Over this period Royce has also served on numerous private and public corporate boards.   Royce graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1980 as a Baker Scholar and is an honors graduate of Dartmouth College.   Get a copy of HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company: https://rb.gy/2omnrh   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 485, featuring an interview with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, HBS professors and the hosts of 'Think Big, Buy Small' podcast.    In this episode, we discuss current market trends related to entrepreneurship through acquisition. We also touch on the demographic trend of baby boomers retiring and needing to sell their businesses, and its impact on buying and selling businesses. Most importantly, Richard and Royce share their advice on how to find the right business to buy, the key considerations and how to evaluate businesses, common buyer errors, and the challenges of buying from baby boomers.   Think Big, Buy Small is a new podcast from Harvard Business School that explores this innovative approach to entrepreneurship: acquisition entrepreneurship. The show is an extension of their courses on small firms, including “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition,” which has been taken by thousands of MBA students, and their highly-regarded book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company, which has sold more than 65,000 copies.   Richard S. Ruback is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.  Over the last 15 years, he and Royce Yudkoff have been developing and teaching a second year course titled “The Financial Management of Smaller Firms” and a field course called “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition”.  Ruback and Yudkoff's book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2017. The book is a practical roadmap through the steps required to find, evaluate, negotiate, and finance the acquisition of a smaller firm.   Ruback earned his Ph.D. in business administration at the University of Rochester in 1980 and taught at MIT's Sloan School before joining the HBS faculty as a visiting professor in 1987. He was appointed associate professor in 1988 and full professor in 1989. Ruback has served as an editor for the Journal of Financial Economics and is the author of numerous articles on corporate finance and valuation.   Royce Yudkoff is the MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice of Entrepreneurial Management at the Harvard Business School and a General Partner and co-founder of ABRY Partners, LLC in Boston, MA. Alongside Professor Richard Ruback, Royce currently co-teaches a second year case course titled “The Financial Management of Smaller Firms” and a field course called “Entrepreneurship through Acquisition”. These courses focus on how to acquire, finance, and operate your own smaller firm.   As was mentioned above, Ruback and Yudkoff's book, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2017.  The book is a practical roadmap through the steps required to find, evaluate, negotiate, and finance the acquisition of a smaller firm.   In 1989, Royce co-founded ABRY Partners, a private equity firm focused on the media, communications and business and information services markets. Since 1989 the firm has completed over $27 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity investments involving approximately 450 properties. Over this period Royce has also served on numerous private and public corporate boards.   Royce graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1980 as a Baker Scholar and is an honors graduate of Dartmouth College.   Get a copy of HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company: https://rb.gy/2omnrh   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach   McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf   Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo  

As an outdoor industry leader for nearly 30 years, Gordon has committed his career to building brands that practice a triple bottom line (people, planet and profit) approach to business.Gordon launched Toad&Co, a responsible lifestyle apparel brand in 1996. Now headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, he remains the CEO of the growing global brand. He also co-founded Planet Access 27 years ago, a social enterprise committed to providing life skills, vocational training and travel experiences for people with disabilities. Gordon spent 17 years on the Outdoor Industry Association Board including a 6-year stint as Chairman and Vice Chairman. He is currently a Board member for the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund, the Santa Barbara Film Festival and Chairs the advisory board of the Eco-Entrepreneurship Advisory Council at the Bren School Environmental Solutions graduate program at UCSB. He also serves as advisor to several early-stage responsible business start-ups. He received a BA in Psychology from Hamilton College and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Wharton School of Business. Married with two 20 something daughters, between family and work Gordon enjoys just about anything the outdoors has to offer, especially if it is in the ocean, on a river or in the mountains near his family cabin in June Lake in the Eastern Sierras. Travel, film and birds are some of his other passions.In This Conversation We Discuss:[00:46] Intro[01:58] Thriving with responsible consumers[03:47] Handling first collection without ecommerce in '96[05:08] Pivoting business strategy after 9/11 crisis[06:25] Building best in class before expanding[08:34] Balancing retail and ecommerce strategies[10:08] Promoting brand awareness through various channels[12:26] Adapting brand for Gen Z and millennials[13:59] StoreTester: done-for-you conversion rate optimization[15:16] learning from fast-changing Ecommerce trends[17:36] Adapting to changing buyer behavior[19:18] Managing evolving market dynamics[20:43] Aiming for lasting positive impact[22:16] Inspiring ethical entrepreneurship[24:04] Authenticity in brand commitment[25:29] Staying committed to your passion[26:27] Balancing gut feeling and analytics in business[27:30] Surviving and thriving in niches[28:11] Sustainable, organic, & eco-friendly clothingResources:Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on YoutubeSustainable, organic, & eco-friendly clothing toadandco.com/Follow Gordon Seabury linkedin.com/in/gordon-seabury-3597a03/Done-for-you conversion rate optimization service storetester.com/If you're enjoying the show, we'd love it if you left Honest Ecommerce a review on Apple Podcasts. It makes a huge impact on the success of the podcast, and we love reading every one of your reviews!

Geoffrey Kent, Founder and CEO of Think Big with Geoffrey Kent. Geoffrey is a serial entrepreneur (having launched 20+ entrepreneurial ventures over the last 5 decades), who took his last tech venture (Cognis IT) from launch to successful exit in 6 years a decade ago. In addition to an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Geoffrey has been an executive at Xerox Corporation, AT&T, the Erving Group (a holding company owned by NBA Hall of Famer Julius “Dr. J” Erving), and Deloitte Consulting, has taught entrepreneurship at Lincoln University, has judged Drexel University's annual business plan competition, and has served on multiple corporate boards of directorships. Key Moments [05:11] Leaving corporate America for successful entrepreneurial journey. [07:38] Visited 5 professors for startup advice. [10:00] Simplify business explanations to avoid confusion. [14:02] Develop thick skin, be humble, seek guidance. Find Geoffrey Online https://www.thinkbigwithgeoffreykent.com/ https://www.alignable.com/bryn-mawr-pa/think-big-with-geoffrey-kent https://www.linkedin.com/company/think-big-with-geoffrey-kent/ https://www.facebook.com/thinkbigwithgeoffreykent https://www.instagram.com/thinkbigwithgeoffreykent/ https://thinkbigwithgeoffreykent.quora.com https://twitter.com/think_big_wgk If you're enjoying Entrepreneur's Enigma, please give us a review on the podcast directory of your choice. We're on all of them and these reviews really help others find the show. GoodPods: https://gmwd.us/goodpods iTunes: https://gmwd.us/itunes Podchaser: https://gmwd.us/podchaser Also, if you're getting value from the show and want to buy me a coffee, go to the show notes to get the link to get me a coffee to keep me awake, while I work on bringing you more great episodes to your ears. →  https://gmwd.us/buy-me-a-coffee Follow Seth Online: Seth | Digital Marketer (@s3th.me) • Instagram: Instagram.com/s3th.me Seth Goldstein | LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/sethmgoldstein Seth On Mastodon: https://s3th.me/@pch Seth's Marketing Junto Newsletter: https://MarketingJunto.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke Lewis, CPSM, Associate Director of Marketing for Stratus Team, LLC, sits down with Katie on today's episode. Lewis oversees marketing across all firm locations and discusses her first-hand experience with M&A, the challenges of building a marketing team and brand from scratch and adapting to technology's fast pace in the AEC industry. Limited spots remain for our upcoming SmartWIN24! This must-attend event is where AEC Firm Principals, Owners, and Marketing Executives come together to explore brand positioning and differentiation strategies, facilitating meaningful conversations and knowledge sharing within the industry.Connect with Brooke Lewis, CPSM:Brooke Lewis is a seasoned marketing professional with over a decade of experience in the A/E industry. As the Associate Director of Marketing at Stratus Team, LLC, her expertise in marketing strategy and business development contributes to the platform's strategic growth initiatives. Stratus comprises a network of multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting firms, providing a united platform for innovative design services and solutions.Throughout her career, Lewis has demonstrated a deep understanding of market dynamics and client needs. She guides diverse initiatives for business development efforts and delivers in-depth marketing strategies to assist in fostering client relationships and fuel regional market expansion for Stratus in both the private and public sectors. Lewis played a pivotal role in establishing Stratus' brand identity and shaping the marketing department from its inception, laying a robust foundation for the company's growth.A native of Atlanta, Ga., Lewis holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of South Carolina and is a Certified Professional Services Marketer. She has served as a marketing volunteer for the annual Forever family 5K 4Kids race in Atlanta and mentor undergraduates at her alma mater. Lewis is an avid tennis player. In her downtime, she enjoys hiking the North Georgia mountains, adding stamps to her passport, and spending time with her dog, Nala.Website: https://stratusteam.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-brooke-lewis/Resources:Register for SmartWIN24: https://smartegies.com/smartwin/ Connect with Katie:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacash/ Website: https://smartegies.com/ 

Loree 'Rowdy' Draude is a seasoned leader and entrepreneur who advises and coaches executives and founders on how to improve their leadership. She is a sought-after speaker for her entertaining and inspirational talks about how to soar professionally and personally.  Drawing on her years of experience in the tech industry and the U.S. Navy, where she was one of the first women to fly combat jets. She deployed twice to the Persian Gulf, accumulating over 300 carrier landings and 1600 flight hours. After completing her naval service and earning her BA in Mathematics from the University of San Diego and MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a major in Entrepreneurial Management,  Loree led product, marketing and operations teams at startups and tech companies, including Google and Meta.  Today, Loree is the producer and start of her own One-Woman show in NYC, sharing stories from her experiences SOARing into the Navy and leadership coaching.  Tune in to hear OWL about Loree's experiences and how she brings this wisdom to life helping leaders SOAR into JOY!  Connect with Loree  

Geoffrey Kent is an esteemed educator, coach, entrepreneur, and the brain behind Think Big with Geoffrey Kent. With an impressive entrepreneurial trajectory spanning over half a century, Geoffrey has crafted a robust methodology that empowers entrepreneurs to devise their personalized strategies to initiate, responsibly escalate, and successfully exit their businesses. Geoffrey, a Wharton School of Business MBA holder with a focus on Entrepreneurial Management, has also shared his expertise at Lincoln University and carried out more than 20 entrepreneurial initiatives in the past five decades.In today's episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how Geoffrey Kent built his entrepreneurial university online and share his insights on creating generational wealth. Geoffrey and David discuss:Geoffrey's journey to entrepreneurship and the creation of his course [00:17:55]The importance of narrating your course and turning it into a book [00:23:45]The platform Geoffrey made to teach entrepreneurs online [00:23:55]Geoffrey's focus on Alignable as a platform for teaching [00:24:10]The creation of Entrepreneur University on Alignable [00:24:20]The unconventional approach of Entrepreneur University on Alignable [00:24:45]How to get more information about Geoffrey's work [00:25:00]Geoffrey's presence on various platforms for disseminating daily content [00:25:25]Learn more about Geoffrey at www.thinkbigwithgeoffreykent.com, and search "Think Big with Geoffrey Kent" on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Quora, Alignable, and YouTube.Thank you to our sponsor: The Smashing the Plateau Community

Show Website: https://mspbusinessschool.com/ Guest Gar Whaley  linkedin.com/in/garwhaley/ Don Sauer linkedin.com/in/donsauer Reid Johnston linkedin.com/in/reidjohnston/ Company:  TealTech tealtech.com Hosts Brian Doyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandoylemetathinq/ Robb Rogers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robb-rogers-07415251/ Tim McNeil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmcneil3/ Sponsors vCIOToolbox: https://vciotoolbox.com OSR Manage: https://osrmanage.com Don Sauer  Took a more direct path to acquiring nearly 35 years of IT expertise. It began in the US Navy, where he first worked on computer-controlled weapons systems. From there he amassed diverse IT experience in every kind of industry and organization, public-sector and private, startup to large-scale enterprise. Each presented unique challenges and allowed Don to develop a rare diversity of perspectives when it comes to designing and deploying IT solutions, and it never obscured Don's focus on learning what's best for a specific business, agency, or organization. Gar Whaley  Gar Whaley, Aligned cofounder, always knew he wanted to run his own business. As technologically savvy as he is today, he honed his customer-centric business philosophy in the restaurant industry. Though he found satisfaction in owning a successful franchise, this experience introduced him to computer systems. Gar realized how beneficial appropriate IT solutions could be for other small businesses. This realization led him into the technology sector over 25 years ago, during the dot-com boom. Reid Johnston TechGen Consulting, Inc. was founded by Reid in 2000 as a sole proprietorship and later incorporated in 2002. Before starting TechGen, Reid worked as a web application developer, with a passion for problem-solving and working with people. A technology enthusiast from a very early age, Reid dismantled and rebuilt computers before finishing elementary school. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurial Management from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. 1:33 Gar Whaley kicks things off by sharing how he, Don, and Reid started working together and what their current projects are. Then, Reid speaks on why choosing to merge was a game-changer, not just for him personally but for their company too. And Don chimes in, explaining how their teamwork is a win-win, allowing them to serve their clients even more effectively." 12:05 Tim throws a curveball, asking, "What caught you off guard during the merger?" Don doesn't hold back and spills the beans about a client bailing just four days before the settlement. It was a gut punch, but thanks to their strong bond, they saw it as a mere speed bump on their journey. 16:33 Reid chimes in with his response to Tim's query. He admits that navigating the varying communication styles and practices between their merging companies posed a real challenge. They knew it would be par for the course, but they're committed to smoothing out these wrinkles as they move forward. 18:10 Gar delves into why and how their merger hit the bullseye. The fact that they had remarkably similar tech stacks and product offerings was a major win. What's more, sharing nearly identical core values, makes the merger feel like a walk in the park. 23:29 Reid gives a bit of advice to those who are planning on doing a merger or acquisition to have partners you can trust. Gar says that having an entrepreneurial mindset is also one of the keys which Brian agrees.

LEN'S BIO Leonard (Len) Schlesinger is one of the few people in the world that has been at the top of the game in two worlds, academia and business. He is one of the most prolific business thinkers and doers at Harvard where he is in equal parts beloved and respected and has had a decades long career at the top echelons of where leadership and influence are taught and exerted. Len is Baker Foundation Professor at the Harvard Business School where he serves as Chair of the School's Practice based faculty and faculty Chair of the MBA Field Global Immersion program. He served as a member of the HBS faculty from 1978 to 1985, 1988 to 1998 and from 2013 to the present. During his career at the School he has taught MBA and Executive Education courses in Organizational Behavior, Organization Design, Human Resources Management, General Management, Neighborhood Business, Entrepreneurial Management, Global Intelligence, Leadership and Service Management in MBA and Executive Education programs.   Throughout his career Professor Schlesinger has transitioned between academic and managerial roles in education and business settings.  He served as President of Babson College from 2008-2013, held a number of key executive and operating positions (ending as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer) at Limited Brands (later L Brands) from 1999-2007, was a Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and Senior Vice President and Counselor to the President at Brown University from 1998-1999, and was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Au Bon Pain from 1985-1988. Len  currently serves on the board of directors of RH, Inc. (Chair of Compensation Committee) and DP Acquisition Corporation. He also serves as an advisory council member of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative, and as a member of both the Council on Competitiveness and the Council on Foreign Relations. “Teaching is my primary learning opportunity.” EPISODE OUTLINE (00:00) - Introduction (00:38) - Bio (01:40) - Brooklyn tough, holocaust survivor progeny (02:28) - In and out, seamless transitions; $19 (06:05) - Questions > answers; teaching = learning (08:54) - Running Babson; an ecosystem of stakeholders (11:10) - HBS & AI; growth mindsets for the win (13:47) - Lightning round (14:28) Outro LEN RELATED LINKS Len's HBS Profile Interview: Purpose and Happiness Books and Full CV, Publications Len's Last Lecture as Babson President Restoration Hardware (RH) Board Len's Wikipedia GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://tinyurl.com/36ufz6cs  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com    THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS   

Our guest is Christina Wallace, Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, where she leads HBS Startup Bootcamp, Her latest book is "The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card."From Hachette Book GroupChristina's Website @cmwalla on Instagram Here are the topics we discussed:1. As a self-described "human Venn diagram," you've crafted a diverse career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. How has this unique combination influenced your approach to entrepreneurship and teaching?2. Your latest book, "The Portfolio Life," delves into future-proofing careers and avoiding burnout. Could you share some key insights from the book and how individuals can apply them to build a fulfilling life beyond just their professional identity? 3 tenets of a Portfolio Life:You are more than any one role or opportunity.Diversification will help you navigate change and mitigate uncertainty.When (not if) your needs change, you can and should rebalance.3. You explore portfolio careers. How do you believe these non-traditional career paths can foster creativity and lead to a more fulfilling professional life?4. Co-authoring "New To Big" with David Kidder provided insights into creating like entrepreneurs and investing like venture capitalists. How can companies strike a balance between fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and business profitability while maintaining a focus on people -- their growth and their success – building THEIR portfolio life?5. Your background in edtech startups, corporate innovation, and venture-backed fashion companies showcases your versatility. How has your experience in various industries shaped your understanding of creativity and innovation?6. With a rich background in music and arts, how do you see the integration of creativity in the business world, and what role does it play in fostering innovation and problem-solving? How can individuals leverage their artistic interests to enhance their entrepreneurial endeavors?Copyright 2023 Mark Stinson Thanks to the folks at HEADFONE for their support. On HEADFONE, you can listen to Premium Audio dramas - like Romance, Thriller, and Horror. For a 10% discount, use coupon code - MARKCREATIVITY10Go to - https://headfone.page.link/MARKCREATIVITY10

Mark McGrath of AGLX has developed a management approach he calls The Adaptive Entrepreneurial Method. He combines the insights of John Boyd and the entrepreneurial principles of Austrian economics. Boyd was a prolific writer on strategy, particularly famous for his development of the OODA Loop model of decision-making under uncertainty, feedback, and responsive re-orientation, as well as the author of a vast body of work on strategy. Austrian economics overlaps in the area of entrepreneurial judgment, which is purposeful action under uncertainty, and dynamic responsiveness to the resultant marketplace signals (ie. feedback loops) that action generates.He joined The Value Creators podcast to explore the intersection of John Boyd and Austrian economics.For full show notes visit: thevaluecreators.com

Success is a tricky thing. For starters, what does success even mean? Everyone has their own definition of success, yet we are often held to society's standards. In this unique live event, three notable authors, Aliza Licht, Laura Gassner Otting, and Christina Wallace, discussed this topic from their experienced perspectives and respective new books, ON BRAND, Wonderhell, and The Portfolio Life.  Each author brings decades of experience and fascinating stories to the table: Aliza Licht is an award-winning marketer, 2x author, host of the Leave Your Mark podcast, and personal branding expert with over twenty-five years of experience in the image-making fashion industry. Her new book, ⁠ON BRAND: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception.⁠ is part career book, part personal growth guide, and a comprehensive roadmap to building your personal brand so your name is dropped in rooms you're not in and that you're recommended for opportunities other people haven't even heard of yet. In the WSJ bestseller, Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should . . . and What to Do About It, Laura Gassner Otting leverages her 30-year-plus resume, defined by her entrepreneurial edge, to introduce the idea that success is often both a wonder and a hell. She answers the question: Why doesn't success feel like it should? What do we do with this confusing feeling, and how do we learn to live with this newfound potential that's both exciting and exhausting? In The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card, What Color Is Your Parachute? meets Out of Office in this inspiring, practical playbook. Christina Wallace, serial entrepreneur, podcaster, and Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, shares her solution for anti-hustle culture and how having a "portfolio life" (rather than pouring yourself into one single full-time job) will help you future-proof your career and achieve a sustainable work-life balance while optimizing your happiness, personal growth, and bank accounts. 

Christina M. Wallace, Harvard Professor, Entrepreneur & Author, shared the story behind her title with us on July 5, 2023.A self-described “human Venn diagram” CHRISTINA WALLACE has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. She is currently a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, where she co-leads HBS Startup Bootcamp, and is an active angel investor and startup advisor. Her latest book, The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card will be published in April 2023 (Hachette). She co-authored New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth (Penguin Random House, 2019) with David Kidder, co-founder of growth advisory firm Bionic, where she worked as the Vice President for Growth before joining the HBS faculty. Early to the podcast scene, she co-created and co-hosted The Limit Does Not Exist, a podcast about portfolio careers produced by iHeartRadio with 125 episodes over 3 seasons and millions of downloads by passionate listeners.She regularly speaks, writes, and consults on a wide range of topics, ranging from failure and resilience to corporate innovation, from K12 computer science education to her viral TED talk detailing her unique approach to hacking online dating. Mashable called her one of “44 Female Founders to Know” and Refinery29 named her one of the "Most Powerful Women in NYC Tech." She has been profiled in Elle, Marie Claire, the Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company, among others.Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Christina is pleased to serve as a mentor for several accelerators, including Techstars Anywhere and the NEW INC accelerator for startups at the intersection of art and technology. A lifelong musician, she earned her high school diploma from Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied piano, cello, and classical voice. In her free time, she sings with various chamber choirs, embarks on adventure travel, including summiting Mt Kilimanjaro and trekking to Everest Base Camp, and is an endurance athlete, with 22 half marathons, 3 triathlons, and 3 marathons under her belt. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Chas Carey and their two children.SUE SAYS"Christina grew up with a love of both music and math. While she thrived academically, she also had a love of the arts. When she combined the two she would learn that the perfect route for her was to become an entrepreneur. Many twists and turns that took place in her life led to her latest book, The Portfolio Life which details the importance of diversification in both finance and life."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tom Wilde is CEO at Indico, an intelligent intake solution automating critical middle office workflows across insurance, banking, real estate and healthcare. 'Intelligent intake' at Indico means the starting point for insurers' most critical workflows including underwriting, claims and policy servicing. The common denominator is data culled from emails or other documents, taken from an unstructured format to feed core platforms and decision systems.  The original digital transformation started with the new customer-facing mobile device, but transitioned through the back office then into the middle office of insurance where business-critical decisions take place. Tom describes actuaries as the original data scientists, taking data and turning them into decisions.  Their modern engines were designed to run on clean sets of data, but unfortunately the reality is that most data lives as unstructured and requires manual rework before it can be used. Indico was early on understanding the impact of deep learning and large language models, and were the first to build a large language model that allows customers to customize their own machine learning models and solve unstructured data challenges.  Tom feels strongly that generative AI (eg. GPT4) can easily handle the context of insurance, because the depth of context-understanding enabled by trillions of parameters can understand any context a human can. There are however three main problems to commercially scaling insurance use cases today using GPT4: it is extremely computationally expensive, insurers' data is still sensitive and proprietary, and GPT4 essentially makes up an answer (lies) when it doesn't know one.  Until these large language problems get solved, insurers will be held back from using generative AI in core processes.  Prior to joining Indico, Tom was the Chief Product Officer at Cxense, a data management provider and founder of Ramp, an enterprise video content management company. Tom worked at Fast Search, Miva Systems, and Lycos. He has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Wharton. Follow the Insurtech Leadership Podcast airing weekly hosted by Joshua R. Hollander. We give you up-close access and personal insights from the leaders of the fastest-growing #insurtechs and most innovative #insurance carriers and brokers.

What does it take to write a book? Or host a podcast? Or start getting speaking engagements based on the content you've put out? To find the answers we've invited the Human Venn diagram, Christina Wallace.  Christina has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts.  She is a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, an angel investor, speaker, and Author of "The Portfolio Life: How to Future Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger Than Your Business Card" We start our conversation by learning how Christina got started by writing bits and pieces about the ideas she had that she wanted to share.  These small bits led to getting a column at Forbes.com and eventually becoming the co-host of The Limit Does Not Exist podcast. Christina shares how all of these mediums gave her real-time feedback from her audience and made writing her book so much easier. Christina explains how each chapter in her book had roots in a podcast episode of the written article that acted as the first draft and then came to full maturity in the book. Not only did all of the previous content give birth to the book but it gave proof to literary agents and publishers that she not only had an established audience but they were actively seeking to know more. Three Key Takeaways: ·         You can get lucky by being in the right place at the right time.  It takes courage to say yes to the opportunity presented. ·         Having a library of online content is like leaving an everlasting trail of breadcrumbs that lead back to your services. ·         Thought Leaders need to proactively tell the story of why they are the expert on the topics they discuss.

Emma Powell - Layoff Insurance Through Passive Investing Emma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and has partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either a general manager, capital raiser, or loan guarantor. She and her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. Troy has an IT background with a passion for details and serving others to help reach financial independence and give back. Emma manages the Rise Commercial Real Estate Investing Club, a place for new and experienced investors alike to pool funds to purchase large properties together for a lower barrier of entry and less work. With extensive property and construction management experience, Emma specializes in small businesses and holds a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management with a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line. Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate-related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy-to-interview style. With experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, and a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, Emma accepts with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life. HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Emma's Background 07:11 - Commercial Real Estate 14:45 - Layoff Insurance 16:06 - Cashflow Investing vs Growth Investing 18:59 - The F.I.R.E. Process  21:47 - The Vetting Process 23:57 - Investment Club 25:22 - Tribe Vest 25:56 - For the NEW investor 27:56 - Highrise Group (highrise.group) 29:29 - Emma Recommends 32:57 - Bucket List and Visualization 35:12 - Final Thoughts CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmapowell28/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/passiverealestate https://www.instagram.com/passiveincomeadventures/ https://www.youtube.com/@emmapowell28 https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/emmapowell28 https://www.highrise.group/contact CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with our host, Randy Smith, for more educational content or to discuss investment opportunities in the real estate syndication space at www.impactequity.net, https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallsmith or on Instagram at @randysmithinvestor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.itListen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/

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Jake Anderson is a co-founder and the CEO of Anderson Optimization. Prior to founding AO, he earned his BSB in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management with a minor in Information System Management from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.Prior to founding Anderson Optimization, Jake began his career in Fortune 500 corporate finance where he led a variety of cross-functional project teams and focused on strategy and business operations.Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, and following sports. Connect with Behind Company Lines and HireOtter Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn:Behind Company LinesHireOtter Instagram Buzzsprout

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailPrior to becoming our CEO & Founder at Wall Street Oasis, Patrick spent three years as a Private Equity Associate for Tailwind Capital in New York and two years as an Investment Banking Analyst at Rothschild.Patrick has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School and a BA in Economics from Williams College. Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Lisa Morris Jones joins us in celebration of Black History Month. Lisa is an alumna of the undergraduate program here at Haas. She is a CFA Chartholder and a Master of Business Administration - MBA focused on Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she is the president of the LMJ Group, a real estate management and development of commercial and residential properties throughout California.In this episode, Lisa shared a little about her origin story, her interest in finance and entrepreneurship, and her extensive career. She is a strong professional with a demonstrated history of working in real estate development and management, investment management, and community development finance. She also talked about what it was like being a Black female in finance back in the 80s when she started working and what inspired her to push forward even with some roadblocks. Currently, she is supporting the Haas MBA fellowships program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.Another passion for Lisa is helping underserved and distressed communities. She is working on how to provide the needed capital to be able to help these communities thrive.Episode Quotes:How Haas helped her make her way through WhartonSo much of what I learned at Haas, especially in marketing, accounting, and finance, those fundamentals were just absolutely essential in helping me go to Wharton, to be able to do other things while I was there and to really enjoy that experience.On her experience as a Black woman in finance in the 80sThere were definitely people that discouraged me and many, many roadblocks. Lots of people telling me, "Maybe, you should focus on another discipline. This would be too challenging, too hard." You can't really control how people think about you. It's what you think about yourself that's really important. You have ways to really reinforce who you are and build yourself up. I always said that if I'm prepared, I know the opportunities will come. And then, I can be able to walk through them. And I know that change in time is on your side. It may take a little time, but things are changing and moving in the right direction. And you have to keep that level of optimism because there's always going to be someone to tell you, you can't do it.Show Links:LinkedInSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/onehaas/donations

Turn your ideal retirement plan into a satisfying reality when you listen to this episode with Emma Powell about real estate opportunities, mindset shifts, and the benefits of passive investing. Don't miss this chance to learn tips and tricks to accomplish items on your early retirement bucket list!Key Takeaways to Listen forHurdles that prevent beginners from investing and ways to overcome themInnovative financing strategies to raise capital for investments Proven techniques for choosing good markets and investment opportunitiesHigh-growth RE opportunities vs. profitable cash-flowing dealsWays to protect your portfolio from a potential recessionResources Mentioned in This Episode2023 LOCATION MAGIC - Best Cities for Real Estate InvestingFree Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor If you want to talk about more real estate opportunities, schedule a call with Emma Powell by visiting http://calend.ly/highrisegroup.About Emma PowellEmma is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and has partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin, TX, as either general manager, capital raiser, or loan guarantor. She manages the Rise Commercial Real Estate Investing Club, a place for new and experienced investors alike to pool funds to purchase large properties together for a lower barrier of entry and less work.With extensive property and construction management experience, Emma specializes in small businesses and holds a degree in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management with a certificate in marketing graphic design. Her favorite part of investing, besides passive cash flow, is building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line.Connect with EmmaWebsite: HIGHRISE GROUPTo Connect With UsPlease visit our website: www.bonavestcapital.com and please click here, to leave a rating and review!SponsorGrow Your Show, LLCThinking About Creating and Growing Your Own Podcast But Not Sure Where To Start?Visit GowYourShow.com and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams

About Amanda Terry ‍Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Metagood. She has an extensive background of over 20 years in digital media sales and business development leadership experience from Twitter, NBC, Zagat (acquired by Google), 5min (acquired by AOL), TARGUSinfo (acquired by Neustar), and Acxiom (acquired by IPG). She invests in early-stage, high-growth companies applying technology to solve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She has a BA from Princeton University in Public Policy and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Discover how a podcast can help you reach your goals in today's show with Emma Powell about the dos and don'ts of launching and monetizing your podcast. Listen until the end to learn tips and strategies to help you decide if starting your own podcast is worth the hype!     WHAT TO LISTEN FOR   Why you should have your own podcast as a commercial real estate investor Practical tips to minimize major branding mistakes Steps to attract your podcast's potential avatar Effective strategies to monetize your podcast quickly How to successfully market your business using your podcast     RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED BiggerPockets  BETA Group  Evergreen Podcasts           ABOUT EMMA POWELL   Emma is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and believes that real estate is the best investment available. She has experience partnering in a variety of deals as a lender, deal sponsor, co-owner, syndicator, and property manager. She has a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing Design and specializes in small business project management. As a key credit partner with agency loan experience and owner of several properties, she has experience in getting transactions to the finish line through relationships with lenders, property managers, attorneys, and escrow teams. She now lives live in Salt Lake City, along with her husband of 25 years and their six children.     CONNECT WITH EMMA  Website: HIGHRISE GROUP  LinkedIn: Emma Powell   YouTube: Emma Powell of Highrise Group      CONNECT WITH US If you are interested in getting on our show, email us at team@growyourshow.com. Thinking about creating and growing your own podcast but not sure where to start? Click here and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams! Upgrading your podcast equipment or maybe getting your first microphone? Get Your Free Equipment Guide! We also have free courses for you on everything you need to know about starting a great podcast! Check out our first six episodes through the links below! Identify Your Avatar - Free Course 1/6 What To Do BEFORE You Launch Your Podcast - Free Course 2/6 How To Launch A TOP Show - Free Course 3/6 Best Marketing And Growth Strategies - Free Course 4/6 How To Monetize Your Podcast - Free Course 5/6  Top 22 Pitfalls On Starting Your Own Podcast - Free Course 6/6 If you want to make money from your podcasts, check out this FREE resource we made. Our clients use a sponsor sheet, and now they are making between $2,000 to $5,000 from sponsorship!  Subscribe so you don't miss out on great content and if you love the show, leave an honest rating and review here! 

Today Jonny is joined by Real Estate Investor, Mentor, and Owner of Highrise Group, Emma Powell. Emma and her husband Troy Powell founded Highrise Group because of their passionate belief that commercial real estate is the best investment available. They have experience partnering in various deals as a lender, deal sponsor, co-owner, syndicator, and property managers.They discuss:1. How she started in real estate2. Her investment club3. Diversifying in real estateEmma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and has partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin, TX, as either a general manager, capital raiser, or loan guarantor. She and her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. Troy has an IT background with a passion for details and serving others to help reach financial independence and give back.Emma manages the Rise Commercial Real Estate Investing Club, a place for new and experienced investors alike to pool funds to purchase large properties together for a lower barrier of entry and less work.With extensive property and construction management experience, Emma specializes in small businesses and holds a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management with a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line.Reach out to Emma:Website: https://www.highrise.group/contactLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmapowell28/FB: https://www.facebook.com/emmapowell28         https://www.facebook.com/groups/passiverealestateIG: https://www.instagram.com/emmapowell.28/?hl=en        https://www.instagram.com/passiveincomeadventures/Connect with Jonny!Cattani Capital Group: https://cattanicapitalgroup.com/Invest with us: invest@cattanicapitalgroup.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-cattani-53159b179/Jonny's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonnycattani/IRR Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirrpodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonnycattaniYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljEz4pq_paQ9keABhJzt0AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.cattani.1

Show Notes(02:15) Eric reflected on his early interest in computer science and his decision to study at Carnegie Mellon University in the early 90s.(05:40) Eric recalled his academic and overall college experience, emphasizing the importance of the people he was surrounded with.(08:22) Eric talked about his time working as a quant analyst early in his career, the moment he encountered the birth of the Mosaic browser, and his decision to join the tech industry.(13:01) Eric imparted wisdom learned from venture investing during the dot-com boom.(18:02) Eric talked about the next phase of his academic career - earning a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon and dropping out of a Ph.D. program at Stanford.(21:06) Eric discussed his academic research on Computational Economics for corporate malfeasance during his time as a Ph.D. student.(27:39) Eric shared different initiatives he worked on with Carnegie Mellon University - serving as the Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Software Engineering, launching CMU's Silicon Valley Campus, and founding CMU's Entrepreneurial Management program.(31:54) Eric described his journey in founding Hg Analytics, a hedge fund focused on statistical arbitrage, alongside other CMU's Computer Science PhDs.(37:36) Eric revisited his passion for AI and robotics, which eventually led to serving as a Presidential Innovation Fellow during the Obama Administration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.(42:54) Eric shared his perspective on the role of AI in geopolitics and highlighted the challenges with data integration.(47:29) Eric explained his company Conexus, which develops a technology spin-off from MIT's Mathematics department using a branch of math called Category Theory.(50:55) Eric went over a customer case study that uses Conexus's solution to guarantee the semantics of data integrity during data transformation.(54:20) Eric showed his enthusiasm for the concept of data relationships.(56:59) Eric provided a sneak peek of his forthcoming book, "The Coming Composability: The roadmap for using technology to solve society's biggest problems."(58:38) Closing segment.Eric's Contact InfoTwitterLinkedInConexus' ResourcesWebsite | ResourcesMentioned ContentPeopleKai-Fu LeeAndrew NgEric XingBook"ReCulturing: Design Your Company Culture to Connect with Strategy and Purpose for Lasting Success" (by Melissa Daimler)About the showDatacast features long-form, in-depth conversations with practitioners and researchers in the data community to walk through their professional journeys and unpack the lessons learned along the way. I invite guests coming from a wide range of career paths — from scientists and analysts to founders and investors — to analyze the case for using data in the real world and extract their mental models (“the WHY and the HOW”) behind their pursuits. Hopefully, these conversations can serve as valuable tools for early-stage data professionals as they navigate their own careers in the exciting data universe.Datacast is produced and edited by James Le. Get in touch with feedback or guest suggestions by emailing khanhle.1013@gmail.com.Subscribe by searching for Datacast wherever you get podcasts, or click one of the links below:Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsIf you're new, see the podcast homepage for the most recent episodes to listen to or browse the full guest list.

Stack the Deck for FemTech Annual Census - https://www.bit.ly/3eCE0LEAs the Co-President and Chief Product Officer Jenny leads the product management, design and user research functions for Understood. After a decade of building innovative consumer products, she brings a user-centric and entrepreneurial perspective to her role as Chief Product Officer. With her specialty in launching and scaling consumer brands, Jenny also advises startups on how to build next-gen product experiences by applying a deeply empathetic approach to understanding and influencing user behavior. Prior to joining Understood, she led the launch of a new live-streamed, wearable-enabled fitness video product for fitness technology startup, ClassPass. Jenny holds an MBA and MA in Entrepreneurial Management from The University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School and Lauder Institute.Understood.org is the resource for the more than 70 million people with learning and thinking differences like ADHD and dyslexia. We help them understand and anticipate life's challenges, and build their confidence through personalized and expert-driven experiences, community and content.Understood.org is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation based in New York. For more information, to donate, or to become a partner, visit u.org/media and follow us on Twitter @UnderstoodOrg.Twitter @UnderstoodOrgInstagram: @understoodorgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/understoodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Understood

Emma Powell is the owner& operator of Highrise Group and is passionate about real estate being the best investment available. Along with her husband Troy Powell, she has experience partnering in a variety of deals as a lender, deal sponsor, co-owner, syndicator, and property manager. Emma has been a former real estate photographer. Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing Design.Emma & Vinki chat about- Creating the freedom to design the dream the work-life- From branding & content management to real estate- Developing an eye for design- Playing rugby and investing in a rugby sports team- What building legacy truly is- Doing what you are good atConnect with Emma Website: https://www.highrise.group/ If you've liked this episode, please leave us feedback through a five-star rating and comments below! Also be sure to like, share, subscribe!The Real Estate Vibe Show!Follow us @:https://twitter.com/loombainvesthttps://www.instagram.com/loombainvestmenthttps://www.facebook.com/Loombainvesthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vinkiloomba

Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue Airways and Professor at Stanford Have you ever been part of a low-trust organization, where people seem to devote more energy to protecting themselves than to collaborating, or building good products? Or one where leaders hoard power and seem reluctant to give the reins over to anyone else? You might ask yourself how things got to that point, but an even more pressing concern is, how do you fix the situation? Our guest today has worked with some 300 companies in various stages of growth, and during his 50-year career he's observed, researched, written and taught–about leadership, trust, and building strong teams. Today, he'll help us consider the question:   What can entrepreneurship teach us about creating environments of empowerment? A conversation with Joel Peterson, on this episode of Lead With a Question. Guest Bio: Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joel is the author of the books The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great; and Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff. Learn more about Joel and his work by visiting https://www.joelcpeterson.com. --------- Please like, subscribe, rate, and review! Every listener interaction helps others discover the show too! Learn about the work we're doing at Bravecore by visiting our website at Home - Bravecore To drop us a line, head over to Contact - Bravecore

Joel Peterson is the chairman of JetBlue Airways and the founding partner of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm.Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joel is the author of, The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great. Timestamps,JetBlue as a Challenger brand and culture building - 5:42Culture building for Leaders - 11:56Preparing business leaders to deal with disruption - 15:30Power of 3 - 18:12Laws of Trust - The Book - 26:06QuotesTrustworthiness is the currency for integrityNot let failure bother you if it is the failure of resultsYour conversations build or destroy TrustMany are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.Connect with Joel:  LinkedIn | TwitterDo not miss to check out our new website and share your love https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode - Aug 26'22.Empowering NonprofitsMy mission is to empower those who empower others! Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasting Business SchoolPodcasting tips for launch, growth, and monetization.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Get ready for a new episode of Elevate Your Equity podcast. Join us today with Emma Powell, an experienced speaker who's speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly and positive mindset. Along with her husband, Troy Powell, they partnered on nearly 500 units since 2018. On this podcast, they shared:• Having the positive mindset in every real estate deals• How they started investing in real estate with her husband• Being on the same page with your spouse when investing in real estate More about Emma and Troy. Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy to interview style. Emma has experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, and accepting with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life. As the owner/operator of Highrise Group along with her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, who have partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either general managers, capital raisers, or loan guarantors. They are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. They have extensive property management and construction management experience. Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management, and a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is creatively getting transactions to the finish line.Thanks a bunch Troy and Emma Powell for coming on the show!Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5 Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgiftIf you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.orgour YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekcliffordour book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebookIf you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Buying your own house is like investing on real estate. It's the best way to start building up your wealth and invest in a stable future. In this episode we'll go over how buying a house can help you to save money, increase your net worth, build equity, and learn how to invest in real estate using the power of network, people and automation. Every week we publish episodes where you can learn how to start your financial freedom with real estate and build your first profitable network.   Emma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group along with her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, who has partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either general manager, capital raisers, or loan guarantors. They are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10.   They have extensive property and construction management experience. Emma specializes in small businesses with a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management, and a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line.   Follow her on his Social Media Facebook: https://bit.ly/3OWksie LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3afcPoi Instagram: https://bit.ly/3ybFOkI BiggerPockets: https://bit.ly/3nJmwyx   We will help you build wealth through real estate, reach us at through thefinanciallyfreeinvestor@gmail.com   Be inspired and we will guide you on your journey into Financial Freedom! Listen to us on. Podbean Apple Podcast Spotify Google Podcast   Follow us on Social Media. Facebook  Instagram Youtube  

If you're reading this, give us a 5 star review :)  Also you can email us: Investoriespodcast@gmail.com with investment and real estate questions and guest suggestions.  Today we interview Emma Powell, of Highrise Group. Emma is a force of nature, delivering a compelling interview with a ton of actionable content, tips on mindset and how to figure out how to make it, and what making it is!  Emma dives into how she became an investor, how she networks and how to grow real and meaningful relationships with other investors through communities and partnerships.  Emma was so gracious with her time and honest with her stories. Enjoy.  About Emma Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy to interview style. Emma has experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, and accepting with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life. As the owner/operator of Highrise Group along with her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, who have partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either general managers, capital raisers, or loan guarantors. They are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. They have extensive property management and construction management experience. Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management, and a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is creatively getting transactions to the finish line. Books:  The Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod The Untethered Soul - Michael Singer  Who not How - Dan Sullivan Emma's links:  BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/emmapowell28 LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmapowell28  Facebook Group Link: Passive Real Estate Investing Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/passiverealestate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passiveincomeadventures/ Website: https://www.highrise.group/ schedule a call: https://www.highrise.group/contact Kyle: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourmultifamilymentor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/your_multifamily_mentor/?hl=en John:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoopeezy/?hl=en Airbnb: https://airbnb.com/h/ponderosapinehaus

Looking to retire on passive income?   Just a few years ago, this was not in the cards for Emma Powell. But when her husband suddenly got laid off from his tech job, Emma made the jump to real estate and started her own business. Now, she's working on building her passive income portfolio and is well on her way to financial freedom.   She's here to share her story of being a stay-at-home-mom-photographer turned real estate investor and her unique perspective on raising capital and finding deals.     [00:01 - 06:52] Bouncing Back and Getting into Real Estate  After her husband was laid off, they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah She went to real estate just to have a new source of income and to have a hedge for unemployment Emma soon realized the bigger possibilities with real estate   [06:53 - 13:41] Transitioning from Active to Passive Investor Here's where Emma is getting ideas and inspiration from Shortening their timeline She breaks down the 4% and 8% rule Diversification is key   [13:42 - 18:24] Creating An Investment Club Emma was struggling to find limited partners Learn how she overcame this challenge She explains the investment club model More than raising capital, it's become a place of resource and mentorship   [18:25 - 19:55] Closing Segment Reach out to Emma!  Links Below Final Words Tweetable Quotes   “You can retire on passive income, just from being a passive investor. You don't ever actually have to own your own real estate.” - Emma Powell “Just being well-diversified, sticking to your lane, and letting other people do what they do best but trusting them with some of your money so that your money can be working for you as well as you're working for yourself.” - Emma Powell -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Emma for passive commercial real estate investment opportunities! Visit the Highrise Group website now.   Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com   Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below:   Emma Powell  00:00 It doesn't matter what you're doing. You could be doing anything to make money. It doesn't have to be real estate-related. For me, I chose real estate because it was a high-earning type of job that I could do without having to go get a professional degree like a medical degree. And also because I just like real estate. I mean, I was a real estate photographer. I like houses. I like buildings. I like architecture. I like business. For me. I actually like it. Some people in this business don't really like real estate. And I feel like do what you like they can make money and then anything that you make, you invest. You can retire on passive income, just from being a passive investor. You don't ever actually have to own your own real estate.    Intro  00:33 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we'll teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.    Sam Wilson  00:45 Emma Powell is a stay-at-home mom of four, photographer, and a multifamily syndicator and capital raiser working on financial independence. Emma, welcome to the show.   Emma Powell  00:54 Hey, thanks for having me on.   Sam Wilson  00:56 Pleasure is mine. Same three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show: in 90 seconds or less, can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   Emma Powell  01:04 Well, the stay-at-home mom-photographer describes it pretty well. You know, always running like a little cottage business, got a degree online when I was 40, Bachelor's Degree in Entrepreneurial Management. And my husband is in the tech industry he got laid off. So we sold everything in Texas, moved to Salt Lake City and super short notice. And when I got up here, I didn't want to restart my photography business, it was a lot of hustle and grind. And I'm just getting to the point where I wanted to spend less time working, more time with my family. But I still needed something that could make a really good income. And so real estate and business, you know, you want to build wealth, you want a business or you invest in real estate and running a real estate business puts those two things together. And so I decided that I wanted to get enough passive income to retire my husband is my new endeavor after we moved. And so I started a real estate business in order to be able to do that. And so I'm mostly retired now, I am still wanting to do deals, obviously, as a passive investor, as a limited partner, but not completely step away from the business, just to be able to boost my earnings a little bit from what I would be doing as a limited partner. So we started a club recently where we just pool our money and do deals together. So allows me to be still involved in the GP, in an advisory or capacity, watching over things without completely stepping away. And it also gives me a chance to do a little bit less work per deal, as well as bring other people enter the deal so they can finally get their first deal done. Or if they're like me, and they want to just take a step down for being an active sponsor. It's a good middle ground for a lot of different people.   Sam Wilson  02:34 When did you move to Salt Lake City?   Emma Powell  02:36 It was in like the last week of January and 2018. And we got from this beautiful Austin, Texas weather. I think it was 25 degrees that day, we drove out. And when we got into Salt Lake, it was like 25 degrees. And I was an angry, angry person for about three weeks. And then we got our first blizzard. And I thought I love it here. So it's been actually a really good move for us.   Sam Wilson  02:57 So if I'm understanding this right, stay-at-home mom-photographer, you said, Hey, I'm going to step away from this entirely. So from 2018 to now you've done enough deals to basically retire yourself.   Emma Powell  03:08 Mm hmm. Yeah, definitely, I make a lot more money now than I did as a photographer, like I make more money than my husband. But he is not comfortable quitting his job for two reasons. One, he works 100% remote, and he can work remote anywhere in the United States. The other thing is, he has a lot of time freedom, even during his job, they have something called flexible time off. And so it's not like PTO where you have to save up days and all that they just come in and come out. As long as their work is done. He can work early in the morning late at night, he can take lunches off he can go places with us so it's not a part time job, he does work full time, but he can schedule it like a part-time person would be able to. So the other thing that he wants is a lot more security and our income stream. And so selling a deal or doing a deal that's active, that's my job. And he doesn't want to just have to replace, if he quits replace his job with my job. He wants it to be completely passive have a foundation of passive income that comes in at somewhat regular intervals. That W2 type of security, so monthly or quarterly distributions is what would be making him feel more comfortable. So between those two things, and you know, also just really liking his company and feeling like they're working on something really important, unusual, and they have a great company culture. So he's like, you know, let's just wait until we can really feel like we have that kind of a constant income security that you're not having to work for, it is truly passive. And then if we want to work after that happens, that's our choice is being financially free, not necessarily retired.   Sam Wilson  04:35 Right. That's really awesome. Did you expect in four years time to be able to step away yourself?   Emma Powell  04:42 I don't think I realized that the first six to 12 months. I really thought that it was a way for me to bring in another stream of income that would protect us from another layoff because in the tech industry, it's not if it's when and he was lucky with his first layoff because at the time he was contracting or working for California company and they had to give him 60 days notice like a plenty of time to go find a new job. But when that new job was a Texas when they laid him off, it was like he came home in the middle of the day 10:30. And he's like, Hey, can we talk and I mean, every wife knows, with a husband in tech knows what that means. It's just such a common trope almost. So for me, I just felt like I wanted to protect us from that my photography was definitely not going to be able to do that. And that was one of the reasons I didn't want to restart the business when we got to Salt Lake. But it didn't take very long for me to realize that this income earning potential wasn't just a hedge for unemployment, or layoffs, it could not only replace my need to work full time, or even part-time, and completely replace his income many times over. And I think that what we've done is the same thing with syndication kind of blows the lid off of what you can earn, with a W2 job, as we're looking more into fund creation, fund management and capital raising, that again, blows the lid off your income potential that you would have as a syndicator as an operator. So that's kind of what we're looking at next. It is a lot of work. So I'm a little work adverse right now. I'm definitely anxious and ready for retirement. So it's hard for me to plan a lot farther, I know that I'm gonna have to take a gap year and take some time off and reevaluate. But thinking about maximizing your income for the time that you're spending is something that you have to do if you claim you want passive income and to spend more time with your family, which everybody does. But then when they say that the next thing you do is go out and start a syndication business.   Sam Wilson  06:27 Right. He's guilty, guilty as charged. Yeah, you don't want to, you know, have more time, freedom. Yeah. Okay. Out of the gate, that's not exactly how it goes.   Emma Powell  06:38 No. So I transitioned pretty quickly, from active operations to more passive and consulting, because I just realized that I wasn't being true to my own goals by saying, I want passive income to spend more time with a family, and then just build this huge business that takes me away from my family.   Sam Wilson  06:53 Yeah. How did you because, there's a tipping point there but there's also that like, where you have to chase one and not the other at some point? How did you navigate that? And then talk to us a little bit about that, that question even make sense.   Emma Powell  07:06 Hanging out with people who are doing what you want to be doing and seeing them doing it successfully, you have to determine who those people are. And so I came across a couple of people who were basically full-time passive investors, you know, Jeremy Roll, Travis watts, people in that category, and just watching what they did. I mean, they don't really know who I am, but I know who they are. And they're my imaginary mentors, if you will. And so just watching those types of people, there are few other I talked to who are running syndication businesses, or capital raising funds, but they had previously retired on their passive income. So even though they are working now, they don't have to. And so knowing that about them, I can ask them questions and see how they did it. So just kind of following them around and replicating what they were doing helped me figure out really quickly that to retire on passive income, you don't have to be running a real estate business, you can do it from a job. And I remember my son when he got his first job when he was 16 at Sonic, and I was driving him to work one day, and I said, you know, if you just work hard, save up your money and start purchasing investments really young, like 16-18 years old, you could if you wanted to work at Sonic the rest of your life and be very, very wealthy, because you hold a lot of cash flowing assets. And he looked at me and he said, I don't have to work at Sonic the rest of my life, do I? No, but it doesn't matter what you're doing. You could be doing anything to make money. It doesn't have to be real estate-related. For me, I chose real estate because it was a high-earning type of job that I could do without having to go get a professional degree like a medical degree. And also because I just like real estate. I just really, I mean, I was a real estate photographer. I like houses. I like buildings. I like architecture. I like business. For me, I actually like it. Some people in this business don't really like real estate. And I feel like do what you like they can make money. And then anything that you make, you invest. You can retire on passive income, just from being a passive investor, you don't ever actually have to own your own real estate.   Sam Wilson  08:58 Right? That's a valid point. You know, was there a number that you had to have as a nest egg and you said, Hey, this is my investable assets.   Emma Powell  09:07 Yes, if we go off of the 4% rule, which means that you're drawing down your portfolio at 4% per year of the total value, we needed something a little over 2 million, almost $3 million. Before going on to 8% roll which I also see is becoming more commonly accepted because your portfolio is going to continue to grow. You're going to be taking out less as time goes by. So if you go with the 8%, we were somewhere in the million and a half to 2 million range. What if we were going off of the average annual return of 10% to make 120k a year which is $10,000 a month, we needed about a million dollars invested in cash flowing assets. And so I set the base one as that million dollars in play. When we sold our little ranch in Texas we had just under half of that between our retirement fund, our emergency fund, the equity that we got out of that house, it was both cash we put in an equity that we forced from renovations and also just live in it for a couple of years. So we took and piled all of that together and went out and started our business. And like I said, I had about half of that million that I needed from those savings and activities. And I knew that I could double that by the year, by the rule of 72. At 10%, a year would take 7.2 years to double that. And to me, 7.2 years was too long, my husband was starting this brand new job, we didn't know if he was going to like it, we didn't know if he was going to like the company and 7.2 years seemed like an eternity me, plus, I had no job. And so I thought I would be a good candidate to be an active investor, because I want to shorten this timeline down to three, four or five years, not 7.2 to double that. And I need some to do. I mean, when we first moved to Utah, I was literally watching cat videos on YouTube, I was so bored. And so I spent a couple of months just figuring out, what I wanted to do. My house was spotless, it was just ridiculous. I thought my kids just don't need me at the level that they needed me when they were younger. And so I went out and basically started in a real estate business. For all of those reasons. I like doing one thing that checks a lot of boxes. And for me that checked a ton of boxes.   Sam Wilson  11:07 I love that. And that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for breaking down the four and 8% rule that you know, because even if you're at 8%, and you're you're checking off at 10%. Theoretically, it's growing still every year, you're never touching principle because a lot of deals, especially right now finding something that throws off 10% cash on cash is kind of challenging. A lot of this stuff is baked in IRR with a 6% cash-on-cash return. Are you just being hyper selective? Or how are you finding the opportunities that meet your criteria?   Emma Powell  11:37 It's been really difficult, because to find something that throws up the yield that you need to have a high cash on cash return like that, it's really challenging with cap rates compressing, and you're seeing total returns go down and you're definitely seeing cash on cash return go down. It used to be 10% was the minimum that people needed to do a deal at all. And now if you can find 10%, you're doing well. And I'm not talking about 10% from like things that you're doing yourself, like you can get that off of AirBnBs, you can get that off of a lot of things. But if you're going in as a passive investor, where you're just investing for cash flow, it's a difficult thing to find in commercial real estate right now. So I think the advantage of putting money into a deal and not as much time like I still like putting my time into multifamily, because that's my niche. And that's what I know. And that's why I like to do what I understand. But being able to diversify your cash into other things that you maybe don't understand as well, because you don't have to run it. I'm never saying that you should invest in something that you don't understand. But you don't have to understand it to the deep level that you would if you were actively managing that actual deal or that portfolio. So looking into assets outside of real estate and talking to other real estate investors because they're not 100%, real estate maxis, we have to be in other things, it would be... Just like we tell all the crypto people don't go 100% into crypto, you shouldn't be 100% in real estate either. And so being able to diversify into things that really specialize in high cash flow like ATM funds, oil and gas. Those are the notorious ones for high cash flow. There's no upside, but you do enjoy some depreciation. I do like the upside to get off of commercial real estate. So I think a 70 to 80% of your portfolio and asset class you really understand well, and then you've got some percentage in some diversified things for hedge also, but just because it does something different, in this case, high cash flow. And then you have a little bit leftover for some more speculative investments, like tech startups, crypto, things like that. So just being well-diversified, sticking to your lane, and letting other people do what they do best but trusting them with some of your money so that your money can be working for you as well as you're working for yourself.   Sam Wilson  13:37 Absolutely. That's brilliant. I couldn't have said that better if I had tried. So plug your mindset behind that. With the last few minutes we have here. I want to talk about your investing club and your group mentorship. How did you build a following around that in order to get that launched?   Emma Powell  13:51 It was actually the plan B. Plan A was to build a network of limited partners who would want to passively invest in deals and I thought, oh, I want to be a limited partner. I know how to speak to limited partners. But really the only people I was speaking to and reaching who were reaching out to me were other entrepreneurs like how can I do a deal with you? How can I Co-GP? I've got $100,000, I've got $200,000. How do I do a Co-GP and at 200,000, it's really just difficult to get a large multifamily or large commercial operator to even talk to you about Co-GP. You need to start from three, four, or 500,000 before you can even have that conversation, especially if you don't have any experience. I'm a little bit different position because I have some experience and I can help out on a GP in various ways. But it just was not going anywhere. And I felt like, where are all my LPs? I went to go do a raise for a large deal. And I raised almost nothing. It was just almost a complete and utter failure. And I just realized I do better raising money for joint ventures. But as the deals got bigger, the joint venture partners have to have more and more cash and I just, I didn't know anybody or not enough people in the 500 to a million-dollar space to put in one single deal. I know people with 200 who needed to diversify that $50,000 at a time because that was the only 200,000 we had. And so as I was, as that deal kind of went down the tubes, we weren't able to get the money raised for it, I had a partner on another deal joint venture, you know, who was a securities attorney, and have a lot of experience in the private equity fund space for real estate syndications. And he suggested the investment club model, which is basically you pool capital with up to 99 other investors, including yourself makes 100. And as long as you stay under that and follow certain rules, it's not an SEC, you're not basically dealing with the SEC, because you're not dealing in securities, we buy securities, but we're not offering them, we're not giving any financial advice, I don't charge any fees to join the club. If I did, then that puts me in a registered investment advisor territory. And so I don't charge any fees weekly, for free, we look at deals we decide do we want to pool our capital into this deal. And we do negotiate our way into the GP to protect that investment, namely, but also because a lot of us in the club do have experience and can offer valid and legitimate skills into a general partnership.   Sam Wilson  16:04 That is really, really interesting. So you're gonna rely on the operator, then go find the deal, and they bring it to you, they bring it to your club, as you as a club? Are you guys going in as a fund to funds plus getting a cut of the GP? Or are you going in just strictly as a GP member and bringing all the capital?    Emma Powell  16:21 We go in as individual limited partners, we cannot create an investing company for the purpose of investing in securities, that's illegal. It's also a way that people would try to do that's like the clever idea they get, well, if I was in your company, even though I'm not accredited, I could still invest in 506C deals, absolutely not, you still need to be accredited. If it's an accredited entity, every person in the entity must be accredited, or the entity has to have $5 million worth of value. And we're never going to do that because we create a new entity for every deal that we go into. So you have you're basically dealing with all of us individually as limited partners, we all sign a PPM we all make our own decisions. That's one of the rules. And then we create an entity that then negotiated into the GP, again, to protect that investment, keep an eye on it. And also to be able to contribute our skills as necessary. I would say it's a non-managing member, typically more of a board position.   Sam Wilson  17:13 Got it. That's awesome. I love that. How, what has been, you know, you said you built it really from out of necessity, because you were trying money from limited partners and found that all your limited partners wanted to be general partners, not limited partners. You built that out of necessity. What has been, in my small mind, I don't understand this model that well, it would, you know, most of these people wouldn't need a group mentorship, weekly meeting, talking about, you know, the mechanics of deals, but it sounds like that's still an information gap you're able to fill.   Emma Powell  17:43 Yeah, definitely, I think because it's free, there's a lot of value there. And we have fund managers, we have experienced operators, we have people who've been in the space for several years learning and taking courses that maybe they've never done a deal. So they're looking for their first deal, they definitely want to build a syndication business, or some sort of capital raising fund. But then we have people in there as well who just want to get into this, but they don't want to build a big business. It's just not something, it's like me, it's just not something that's in our long-term plan. And so people can get into the club, and really turn it into exactly what they need. If it's just education, if it's just networking, if it's deals, it doesn't really matter. Again, it's one of those things that I had a lot of different little problems that I was trying to solve. And this one thing check all those boxes.   Sam Wilson  18:25 Absolutely love it. Emma, thank you making the time to come on today and really break down your business, your kind of story, how you've achieved retirement really, you know, in just a few short years. So I think that's absolutely awesome and love the investing club model.   Emma Powell  18:38 Thank you.    Sam Wilson  18:39 If our listeners want to get in touch with you, or learn more about you what is the best way to do that   Emma Powell  18:42 My website, actually here, www.highrise.group. And if you go to /contact, I have links to all my socials there. I have my phone number, my email, you can also book a time in my calendar to talk whether you want to be a limited partner or a Co-GP Club member, we can kind of put you in whichever bucket more appeals to you. I definitely still am raising money from limited partner capital, I always will be doing that. And then if you go to highrise.group/podcast, it has all my interviews that I linked there if you want to go through and has tons of, you'll hear the backstory like 100 times. But anyway, that's the best way to get in touch with me. And then you can choose the platform that works best for you, texting, social platforms, whatever, because it's all listed there on that contact page.   Sam Wilson  19:24  Fabulous. Emma, thank you so much for your time. I do appreciate it.   Emma Powell  19:27 Hey, appreciate it. Thank you for having me on. This is great.   Sam Wilson  19:30 Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen, if you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories so appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.

This week we feature our interview with Eric Daimler, PhD. Eric and I discussed how AI can unlock the potential of humanity.   Dr. Eric Daimler is an authority in Artificial Intelligence with over 20 years of experience in the field as an entrepreneur, executive, investor, technologist, and policy advisor. Daimler has co-founded six technology companies that have done pioneering work in fields ranging from software systems to statistical arbitrage. Daimler is the author of the forthcoming book "The Coming Composability: The roadmap for using technology to solve society's biggest problems." A frequent speaker, lecturer, and commentator, he works to empower communities and citizens to leverage AI for a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous future. As a Presidential Innovation Fellow during the Obama Administration, Daimler helped drive the agenda for U.S. leadership in research, commercialization, and public adoption of AI. He has also served as Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Software Engineering in Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science. His academic research focuses on the intersection of Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, and Network Science (Graph Theory). He has a specialization in public policy and economics, helped launch Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley Campus, and founded its Entrepreneurial Management program. A frequent keynote speaker, he has presented at venues including the engineering schools of MIT, Stanford, and Harvard. Daimler studied at Stanford University, the University of Washington-Seattle, and Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his PhD in its School of Computer Science. Contact Information Twitter: @ead LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ericdaimler Website: http://www.conexus.com/  Re-read Saturday  News Multitasking is the first or second greatest LIE in the modern business world. The best description of multitasking would include thrash, waste, and hubris. The problem is that EVERYONE thinks they are special and can multitask their way to the effective delivery of value. Chapter 3 of Why Limit WIP: We Are Drowning In Work blasts away at multitasking (another take on the topic from 2015: Multitasking Yourself Away From Efficiency | Software Process and Measurement https://bit.ly/37XmrSY). Multitasking is bad, don't do it.   Remember to buy a copy and read along.  Amazon Affiliate LInk:  https://amzn.to/36Rq3p5  Previous Entries Week 1: Preface, Foreword, Introduction, and Logistics – https://bit.ly/3iDezbp Week 2: Processing and Memory – https://bit.ly/3qYR4yg  Week 3: Completion - https://bit.ly/3usMiLm Week 4: Multitasking - https://bit.ly/37hUh5z    Upcoming Events: Final Call!  Free Webinar When Prioritization Goes Bad https://www.greatpro.org/Webinar-Live-Register?id=1954  April 19, 2022 11 AM EDT to 1230 EDT   Next SPaMCAST  Next week for SPaMCAST 700 we will feature our interview with Slater Victoroff. Slater presents an alternate definition for AI.  Compare and contrast to Dr. Daimler's definition?    

Join Daniel Nickles with his guest Emma Powell as she shares how she bounced back from a bitter 2021 by building her own investor club. In this episode, Emma explains how she experienced a hundred-grand loss in a 225-unit deal, the good that came from it, and why you shouldn't navigate too far from your 'why' when investing. In this episode you will learn:  To be an investor, you have to start with your mindset  Emma Powell – on separating personal and financial finances  How Emma quickly got hold of 92 units  Aligning with your 'why' is vital   HIGHRISE GROUP's Investor Club – Is this for you?  About Emma Powell:  Emma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and is passionate about real estate is the best investment available. Along with her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, they now live in Salt Lake City, UT, after 20 years in Austin, TX, and are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. They have experience partnering in a variety of deals as a lender, deal sponsor, co-owner, syndicator, property manager, and Emma is a former real estate photographer.   Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing Design. Troy is the IT guy keeping the operations running smoothly with his background in early tech startups. As Key Credit Partners with agency loan experience and owners on several properties, they have experience in getting transactions to the finish line through relationships with lenders, property managers, attorneys, and escrow teams.  Connect with Emma Powell on:  Website: https://www.highrise.group/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmapowell28/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passiveincomeadventures/  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/emmapowell28    Signup to HIGHRISE GROUP as an active investor:  https://www.highrise.group/sign-up/active-partners    Connect with Two Smart Assets on:    Website: https://twosmartassets.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoSmartAssets/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twosmartassets/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5b8x2o3ByaPBcz5Lkev7uw   

Ben and J discuss: interview tactics, presidential debates, Pokemon card strategy, Ben's Entrepreneurial Management class, space tube explained, progress with the 75 Hard, J's half gallon water bottle, glamping, the wheels vs doors debate, and invention vs. discovery. Show Notes:  Ted Talk on Space Elevator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQhmsDkZhQA  The Martian- https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025  Project Hail Mary-  https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135202  75 Hard - https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/75-hard     Support the Show and Vote for Host: https://www.patreon.com/popcornculture  Get your own GMA stickers: https://store.dftba.com/products/gma-stickers  Get Your Bingo Card: https://bingobaker.com#f805834af83dce50    Email the show: popcornculturepod@gmail.com  Discuss the Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PopcornCulture/  Follow the Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apopcast  Follow SCB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlinbrothers/  Follow SCB on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@super_carlin_brothers Discuss the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfIbq9thHPC8yrKjAdJgDA    Alternate Titles:  How to Beat Mew A Metapod Deck?? Tethered to an Asteroid That Half Gallon Life A Competition Party Millennials Walking Around Like They Rent the Place What are Notes if not Numbers?

Multifamily real estate is the investment option with the lowest risk and the highest returns. Today, we are joined by Emma Powell to learn great nuggets in getting started, scaling quickly, raising capital in a unique way, and accepting the imperfect balance of business success and personal life with humor.     WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE  Key takeaways in dealing with commercial and multifamily properties Typical avenues of raising money The benefits and drawbacks of forming an LLC through a deal The benefits of joining seminars and workshops Receiving both positive and negative responses from operators     RESOURCE/LINK MENTIONED Zenith Mastermind     ABOUT EMMA POWELL Emma Powell is the owner/operator of the High Rise Group and is passionate about real estate as the best investment available. Along with her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, they now live in Salt Lake City, UT after 20 years in Austin, Texas, and are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing Design. Troy is the IT guy keeping the operations running smoothly with his background in early tech startups. As Key Credit Partners with agency loan experience and owners of several properties, they have experience in getting transactions to the Finish Line through relationships with lenders, property managers, attorneys, and escrow teams.  CONNECT WITH EMMA POWELL Website: highrise.group Instagram: @passiveincomeadventures Facebook: emmapowell28 LinkedIn: Emma Powell Facebook Group: Passive Real Estate Investing Club     CONNECT WITH US Email: shawn@greenbriarcg.com  Instagram: Shawn Winslow YouTube: Shawn Winslow LinkedIn: Shawn Winslow FaceBook: Shawn Winslow

Liya Shuster-Bier is the founder and CEO of Alula, the radically honest resource making cancer less lonely. On January 11, 2018, on the cusp of her 30th birthday, six months after graduating from Wharton, Liya was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Taking the knowledge gained from her experience, Liya built Alula to support people, families, and friends through the entire lifecycle of cancer, from diagnosis and treatment to recovery and (sometimes) bereavement. Prior to Alula, Liya built a career in community development and impact investing, partnering with mayors and governors across the country to create innovative financing solutions that improved community outcomes. She started her career at Goldman Sachs, on the corporate currency derivatives team. In addition to receiving her MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School, Liya is a proud Dartmouth alum, native Queens girl, and an immigrant from Baku. On this episode we discuss Liya's personal experiences with cancer, her career path to entrepreneurship, and how she built Alula. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theia-hc/support

Let's bring the government into the 21st Century. We chat with Jake Kramer, managing partner at FedTech, who tells us more about their work in the dual use technology space. With FedTech, Jake works with the Department of Defense, Department of Education, NASA, NIST, and more to incubate, invest in, and inspire new deep-tech startups who will turn around and sell their tools to the federal government, strengthening technical capabilities across the board. Jake highlights the effort the federal government is putting into innovation, the pace at which development is increasing, and new trends in the space. Finally, Jake highlights his path from serving in the Army to working in entrepreneurship, finance, and innovation. Guest bio: Jake Kramer is a managing partner at FedTech, a venture firm at the intersection of entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. Concurrently, Jake serves as a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners, a network driven venture capital firm in Washington, D.C. Before this role, Jake was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in New York City. Jake began his career as a Captain in the US Army, earning the Bronze Star Medal for his actions leading a unit in the Middle East during a 12-month deployment. Jake received his MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his BBA in Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University. About the podcast: How Tech Becomes Law is a weekly public interest tech podcast about technology, public policy, and career advice. We are your co-hosts, Jinyan Zang and Dhruv Gupta. Each episode uncovers insights from leaders in government, business, journalism, and academia to highlight how technology can be built in the public interest. Interviewees discuss how technology can move society forward, what role they play in shaping this, and how students and young professionals can impact the path forward. We are supported by the Public Interest Tech Lab. Listen to us on your podcast platform of choice. You can find us online at howtechbecomeslaw.org and on social media channels @techbecomeslaw.

Anna is a serial financial and tech entrepreneur, with 20+ years of experience in commodities trading, hedge funds, online media, and tech sectors. Anna is co-founder, investor, and CEO of Padverb LLC, an AI-powered social audio interview platform. She is also a founder of AVM Investments, LLC, a family office focusing on value investments and special situations, and an LP in Venture funds. Earlier in her career, Anna was part of the founding team at NEWSru.com, a source of independent news in Russia for 21 years, achieving 7.5 million unique monthly visitors. She co-founded RBS, a hedge fund back-end support, and financial analytics company, and was an investor in commodity sectors and deep value special situations at a multi-billion NY-based hedge fund. Anna has a Wharton MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management and is an alumna of Harvard Business School's 3-year Owner/President Management Program.Contact Anna at: anna@padverb.com. Website: https://en.padverb.com/

How do you deal with trauma? Are you walking around with the effects of trauma that can be tied to unforgiveness, guilt, shame, resentment, etc.? In this segment, Ainsley Magno talks about the trauma she faced when growing up, carrying around the emotional baggage, having to forgive to go through the healing. Ainsley shares some insightful GEMS, and it correlates through her work. GEM - "Ralph Waldo Emerson says that what lies behind you and ahead of you pales in comparison to what lies within you." See video here - https://youtu.be/CTvLdT38xro WHO IS AINSLEY? Ainsley Magno is the owner of Holy Shiva Yoga and the Bodhi Tree Wellness Collective. She is known locally for her Rogers TV series ‘La Vida Yoga with Ainsley' and ‘Health Matters', and as a Yoga Ambassador for Lole Women. In addition to being a Certified ThetaHealer®, Reiki Practitioner and Yoga Instructor, Ainsley holds a business degree in Entrepreneurial Management and a diploma in Creative Advertising. She is passionate about helping people connect to their source of power (Holy), in order to transform their lives positively and permanently (Shiva) and unite them with their ultimate truth (Yoga). Hence the name of her company, Holy Shiva Yoga. Her mission is to inspire all beings in all forms to live in harmony - harmony with themselves and each other. AINSLEY'S CALL TO ACTION Check out website to learn more information Slow down, breathe and listen to the power within you (that is also around you) and you'll never be lost. AINSLEY'S CONTACT INFO www.ainsleymagno.com https://ainsleymagno.com/thetahealing/ GENESIS'S INFO https://thehello.llc/GENESISAMARISKEMP CALL TO ACTION Subscribe to GEMS with Genesis Amaris Kemp Channel, Hit the notifications bell so you don't miss any content, and share with family/friends. **REMEMBER - You do not have to let limitations or barriers keep you from achieving your success. Mind over Matter...It's time to shift and unleash your greatest potential. If you would like to be a SPONSOR or have any of your merchandise mentioned please reach out via email at GEMSwithGenesisAmaris@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/genesis-amaris-kemp/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genesis-amaris-kemp/support

It's a great thing to learn from other people's mistakes, but that doesn't mean we have to stay in fear. Today's guest, Emma Powell, talks about that in this episode. Emma is the owner/operator of Highrise Group along with her husband of 23 years, Troy Powell, acquiring 92 units in their first 18 months. They have extensive property management and construction management experience, as well as partnering in a variety of deals as a private lender, deal sponsor, co-owner, syndicator. Emma is also a former real estate photographer. Emma specializes in small business project management with a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management with a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. As key credit partners and owners on several properties, Emma and her husband have experience building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line.In this episode, Emma shares her thoughts on parenting, decision-making, and dealing with fear. She talks about why we should keep a balance between learning from other people's mistakes and staying in our fear zone. She expounds on how why you should consider other people's mistakes as lessons, and not as a hindrance to growth. Join us and listen in![00:01 - 09:06] Opening SegmentWe introduce Emma to the showEmma shares her backgroundStarting out as a real estate photographerBeing into graphic designHow she got into real estate investing[09:07 - 27:37] Learn from Other People's Mistakes, But Don't Stay in FearEmma talks about being a mom and a real estate investor at the same timeHow she is as a parentWhat she teaches her kids about decision-makingSetting an exampleBeing an expert vs. being an advisorThe importance of learning from other people's mistakesBeing motivated by fear‘Packing your fears'Why you still have to evaluate every situationOverniching yourselfDon't judge people, but judge decisions[27:38 - 35:47] Closing SegmentAsking Emma the Adventurous FourHow you can connect with EmmaClosing wordsTweetable Quotes:“The best parenting advice is usually good business advice, too.” - Emma Powell“I think humans tend to learn better from bad decisions because they're more impactful because of that fear.” - Emma Powell“Don't judge people, but you certainly should judge situations and decisions in life.” - Emma PowellConnect with Emma on Facebook and LinkedIn!Resources Mentioned:Passive Income Real Estate Investing Facebook GroupPassive Income Real Estate Investing LinkedIn GroupHighrise Group--Please subscribe and leave an honest review  - how do you want to create an impact in your world?Check out Adventurous REI and our social media channels: Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.Michael on LinkedInSuzy on LinkedIn   Invest with us! Start here. GRAB A FREE copy of The Complete Guide to Generating Passive Income for Avid Travelers & Adventure Seekers 

What does it mean to be an empathetic leader? Empathy is a good quality for anyone, especially a leader, to have, but it also brings challenges. Today's show covers the intersection between feelings and leadership and how coaches can help their clients navigate this tricky pathway. Join us to learn more! Kris Plachy is THE Thought Leader and Expert for Entrepreneurial Management. Known for her simple, honest, and authentic style, Kris has poured her life's work into learning about, understanding, and guiding leaders through the tricky path of learning how to lead a team. She's had an incredible journey that includes beginning her career in a corporate startup culture and being recognized as a top-performing leader, year after year. Kris has a knack for creating teams that stick together, and she's here to share her wisdom about empathetic leadership that engages and connects, along with strategies you can put into practice right now. Show Highlights: ●     Kris' journey, which took an unexpected turn as she merged her coaching with her leadership skills and experience ●     How Kris started her executive leadership coaching business just nine years ago ●     The huge demand for Kris' help in working with difficult people (because we all need help in this area) ●     How working exclusively with female entrepreneurs was a natural progression and a good fit for Kris' skillset ●     The concept of the empathetic CEO ●     The difference between sympathy and empathy ●     How empathy can be the superpower that allows you to connect with others ●     The cautionary tale of an empath: experiencing depression, exhaustion, and social anxiety because of everyone else's emotional noise ●     Why an empathetic leader needs boundaries, systems and procedures put in place ahead of time for particular emotional triggers ●     How to practice the plan of setting boundaries when dealing with toxic people ●     The myth: “I'm just too sensitive to be a good leader.” ●     How coaches can help leaders: ○     Have a leadership operating system ○     Understand adversity resilience ○     Have a philosophy for leading people through performance ○     Get clear about your voice, your presence, and who you are as a leader ●     How you can feel everything you want to feel and still be successful, happy, and joyful Resources: Connect with Kris: http://www.krisplachy.com/ (Kris Plachy)  http://www.facebook.com/krisplachy (Facebook: Kris Plachy) http://www.twitter.com@krisplachy/ (Twitter: Kris Plachy) Find Kris on LinkedIn and Instagram, too. Books by Kris Plachy: https://www.amazon.com/Truths-Thinking-About-Difficult-People/dp/098387364X (5 Truths for Thinking About Difficult People) https://www.amazon.com/How-Coach-Difficult-People-Steps/dp/0983873658 (How to Coach Difficult People in Six Steps) https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Think-Unexpected-Managing/dp/0983873607 (Change Your Think: An Unexpected Way to Think About Managing People) Recommended by Kris: https://www.amazon.com/Highly-Sensitive-Person-Thrive-Overwhelms/dp/0553062182 (The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron)

I'm so excited for this episode of the podcast. I get to have a conversation with one of my dearest friends, Kris Plachy, about one of our favorite topics: common mistakes entrepreneurs make when they're building their companies. I'm sharing three of the biggest mistakes I've made while building The Life Coach School, and Kris talks about three of the most common missteps her clients make.