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Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.Today's episode features Michael Girdley, CEO of a $100m/yr holding company and a serial entrepreneur for 20 companies over 30 years in San Antonio. Michael is also a partner at the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. He has also built a 195k+ Twitter following and a newsletter with over 20k readers. Now he enjoys teaching and helping founders online and created The Complete HoldCo CourseIn this interview, Michael and KP go through a series of interesting topics such as:●     (00:00) Intro●     (04:11) How Michael got into entrepreneurship●     (05:43) Being a geek and its definition●     (08:33) Web programming with Java - first book Michael wrote●     (11:11) How it felt after writing a book●     (12:31) Michael as compared to a young Bill Gates●     (13:52) Working hard vs Doing what you love●     (14:58) Maintaining great output simultaneously●     (17:29) Going all in on one company●     (19:21) Michael's experiences and lessons from Silicon Valley●     (21:39) Community as a necessity for founders●     (24:29) Michael's favorite business heroes●     (27:19) Looking back through decisions and regrets●     (29:11) Advice to his 18 year old self●     (32:11) Rapid Fire Round with Michael GirdleyBuild In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.Share your thoughts about this episode. Thanks for listening!Links:Michael on X: https://twitter.com/girdleyMichael's website: https://girdley.com/Michael's Holdco course: https://holdco.girdley.com/KP's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_ KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP

Have you ever wondered how new entrepreneurs find investors to get their business off the ground? In this episode of Practical Leadership I am chatting with Mike Troy of Geekdom Fund. Mike tells us what he looks for in an ideal leader when investing, why the team is just as important as a leader and why consistent repeatable systems can be a key to long term success. Mike shares so many great tips that will help entrepreneurs at every level of their business thrive. Please let us know which one you liked the most below by finding us on social media @practicalleadership on LinkedIn and Facebook! Please download the FREE summary and watch the full length VIDEO of this episode at: www.practicaleadership.comListen to this episode on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music or anywhere you listen to your podcasts! 

Michael Girdley is an accomplished entrepreneur who has built an incredibly impressive career for himself, comprising roles across a diverse portfolio of companies. He is involved in 9 different ventures currently including serving as Chairman and co-founder of Dura Software, which specializes in so-called hyper-niche software products; he is also a partner at Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund, and he serves in leadership roles at a variety of companies and early-stage ventures including: CodeUp, Effectual Ventures, and Red Runner Coffee to name just a few. Michael is also a well-known personality on Twitter – his handle is @girdley, where you can find him sharing business and life insights and regularly professing his love for the casual dining restaurant, Chili's. In this conversation, Michael talks about the systems that he swears by and implements across all of his companies – systems to handle everything from strategic planning to hiring. If you run a business, you should definitely check out his content. This thread of threads is a good place to start, or check out girdley.com where Michael shares much of his magic. But the real focus of this conversation is how Michael has the time and energy to accomplish so much. He and Greg talk about the systems he uses to manage his own life, things like: sleep fitness time management and making strategic and tactical plans for accomplishing life goals - Don't forget to follow Greg on Twitter @gregorycampion and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter: https://gregcampion.substack.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and reviewing Intentional Wisdom wherever you get your podcasts. Link to (very) raw transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/a2FG2jXY6oa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intentionalwisdom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/intentionalwisdom/support

Michael Girdley is a serial entrepreneur and investor based in San Antonio, Texas. He is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Dura Software, a hyper-niche software acquisition company that currently operates 9 businesses. On the investing side, Michael is Co-Founder and Partner at the Geekdom Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage internet tech startups from pre-seed to seed. He is also the Co-Founder and Partner at Dry Line Partners, a private equity fund focused on B2B recurring revenue technology businesses. Michael is also the owner of Codeup, a coding and data science bootcamp; Red Runner Coffee, a drive-thru coffee chain and Alamo Fireworks, a fireworks retailer and wholesaler. He has also authored several books on programming, his first written whilst an undergraduate at college. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Michael Girdley has become a well-known advisor, commentator, investor, and authority on all things San Antonio business related. He has a huge Twitter following and has a lot to say about our city and what we need to keep progressing. Transcript: Justin Hill: Hello and bienvenidos, San Antonio. Welcome to The Alamo Hour, discussing the people, places and passion that make our city. My name is Justin Hill, a local attorney, a proud San Antonian, and keeper of chickens and bees. On The Alamo Hour, you'll get to hear from the people that make San Antonio great and unique in the best-kept secret in Texas. We're glad that you're here. Michael Girdley: How long do we go? Justin: One hour. Welcome to The Alamo Hour. Today's guest is Michael Girdley. He's kind of all things. I'm going to hit some of the points from his website. His bio, he's currently Chairman and Co-founder of Dura Software. He's a partner at Geekdom Fund. He's been involved in co-founding and leading multiple different ventures in San Antonio and around Texas. He was Man of the Year with San Antonio Business Journal and Geek of the Year with Geekdom, right, in 2016. He's passionate about San Antonio's future. If you follow him on Twitter, you know how much San Antonio and the future of our city matters to him. He's a perfect kind of guest to have on here, so thanks for being here. Michael: Yes, excited. Thanks for having me. Justin: You've listened to a few of my really compelling episodes, so I appreciate it. Michael: Yes, four actually. [unintelligible 00:01:10] Justin: That's more than most people. I start a lot with just some general questions about San Antonio I wanted to ask you about. Michael: Yes. Justin: All right. Do you have any pets? Michael: We have two cats. Justin: Okay. What kind of cats? Michael: Four-legged ones, simple. Justin: Like alley cats? Michael: Ones we got at The Humane Society. Justin: Okay. Some people are into like Persians or these bald cats. Michael: Yes, we're not. Justin: None of that? Michael: We're not fancy. Justin: All right. Favorite hidden gems in San Antonio? Michael: Oh man. I definitely like just the normal taquerias that are like all over the place. Justin: Do you have a favorite? Michael: Man, I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. They're all my favorites. Justin: I had a judge on here who wouldn't give me a single restaurant she liked because she didn't want to endorse them. Michael: I love that we have Tex-Mex. To be totally frank with you, I don't enjoy eating it that much. When my wife and I have options to go out or we go out for dinners like we're ended up at Bliss or Cured or those types of places. We lived in California for a while and we still brought that taste back with us. We want to eat that kind of food and have that kind of dining experience. Justin: Bliss and Cured do it for you. Michael: They're definitely fancy. We love going to the Pearl Food Hall as well. I will be unabashedly snobby about where I like to go. Justin: I like the Food Hall now that you can just sit at your table and order on the QR code and it comes out. I appreciate that, especially during the pandemic. Do you have any odd hobbies other than your Twitter? Michael: Twitter is definitely one. I've really gotten to pasture into plane tracking. Yes, it's a really interesting hobby. Justin: What's the goal of this? Michael: What do you mean what's the goal? Justin: I mean other than just see where planes are going. Michael: How could it not be obvious that plane-- we live in the flight path underneath San Antonio International. The runways are aligned in a way to orient towards the natural flow of air, which is either coming off the Gulf or going towards the Gulf. We get lots of planes taking off and landing all the time. Every...

Leaders get stuck inside a box of their own perceptions. They struggle to see things from other people's point of view and this hinders them from improving and growing their business.   In today's Construction Genius episode, Michael Girdley — an investor and entrepreneur who has built, incubated and sold several businesses — joins us to give his insights about leadership and how great leaders impact their business.   Some of the highlights we deep dive into are the following:   • Why leaders fail when hiring people and how to make the hiring process more effective,   • Balancing the need for sympathy and empathy in leadership,   • Plus many more…   Join me and Michael and discover how great leaders benefit greatly from learning to look at things from other people's perspectives!   Discussion Points:   • 0:00 Introduction   • 5:00 Building a following? Why you should and shouldn't consider Twitter   • 8:07 What do most leaders get wrong about people?   • 9:54 Sympathy, empathy, and leadership   • 14:11 Common misconceptions about a leader that can be damaging   • 15:08 How to become a better listener   • 16:24 Why it's essential to have a team that shares the same perspectives with the leader   • 18:04 Most people asking for advice don't want to have their minds changed   • 19:31 Being able to give constructive criticism without coming off as offensive   • 22:12 Questions leaders need to ask to get honest feedback from the team   • 26:20 Responding to feedback and handling it as a great leader would   • 30:10 How great leaders move on from failure without the loss of enthusiasm   • 32:09 When is the right time to quit?   • 34:25 What successful entrepreneurs focus on that attract and develop young talent   • 36:13 For leaders who are reluctant to invest in their people   • 37:37 The need for assessments when you're hiring   • 40:51 Why qualified CEOs fail   • 43:11 Identifying your vision for the company and pointing it towards that direction   • 48:14 For leaders who know they need to improve, here's where you can start   About Our Guest:   Michael Girdley is the Chairman and co-founder of Dura Software, the second-largest software company in San Antonio. Michael is also a partner at the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. Most recently, Michael led a private equity transaction that created the largest private tech company in San Antonio with Jungledisk buying a set of technology products out of global conglomerate, J2.   In 2015, the San Antonio Business Journal named Michael “Man of the Year,” and in 2016, Geekdom presented him with their first-ever “Geek of the Year” award.  Michael has also authored several books on computer programming which have been translated into four languages.   His passions are his kids, his lovely wife, and growing San Antonio's startup ecosystem.   Resources:   • Michael Girdley's Website: https://girdley.com/playbook/   • Michael Girdley's Twitter: https://twitter.com/girdley   • Michael Girdley LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgirdley/   • Restaurant Recommendation: https://www.losbarriosrestaurant.com/   Do Your Project Executives Need to Become Better Leaders?   • Book a 10-minute call with Eric Anderton to see if/how he can help (https://10minutes.youcanbook.me/)   Connect with me on LinkedIn. For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to the Construction Genius: A Leadership Master-Class Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.   Thank you for tuning in!

In today's world where startups are happening every day with new ideas being tested before going into full-scale production, business owners need to be able to effectuate their company's idea quickly and best play in this fast-paced environment. Once an owner has figured out their desired outcomes, it becomes easier for them to take steps towards achieving those goals and keep moving forward in the right direction until they reach success. As a business owner, an educator, and investor, Michael has been working at the intersection of investing and operations. His approach to fostering multiple businessesLook and see the change you can make in the world and then go test it. And if it works, you double down, triple down, and quadruple down in it. Michael Girdley is the Chairman and co-founder ofDura Software, the second-largest software company in San Antonio. He co-founded and served in leadership roles at numerous companies and nonprofits: Codeup, Effectual Ventures, Toro Coffee,Dry Line Partners, and Alamo Angels. Michael is also a partner at the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. Enjoy! Hang out with the Landing Collective and Expert(ish) Podcast team on the Swing for Our Heroes charity golf tournament at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California on Friday, September 17, 2021, 12pm-6pm PST. Visit Swing for Our Heroes Website to support our amazing friends at STEP (Support the Enlisted Project) raise funds in their mission to help veteran and military families obtain an overall healthier financial well-being.  In This Episode1:09 - Backstory of Michael Girdley 2:46 - How he got involved with multiple businesses 6:57 - Why having more money or more resources does not guarantee success in business 14:16 - What separates a great educator from an average educator  20:59 - How Michael finds opportunity in today's environment 23:53 - What "edge" means in terms of opportunity and investment 31:03 - What Michael's podcasts, Acquisitions Anonymous and Unusual Profits, are all about 35:06 - How he got a lot of twitter followers 41:07 - His perspective about failures and mistakes Favorite Quotes:"I've learned the hard way that you're much better off looking for business opportunities that have tailwinds.  Like one's where the universe is conspiring to help you, and so what does the world want? Which way is the world going? I'm going to swim with that current and that's made a huge difference in terms of how I approach stuff." - Michael Girdley "I'm so glad that I was in the fireworks business because starting with a really hard one taught me how easy other businesses can be." - Michael Girdley "The really wacky thing about entrepreneurship, people think that if you have more money or more resources when starting your business, it will turn out to be a better business." - Michael Girdley "Education is a creative problem-solving exercise where you are trying to share with somebody else something that will make sense in their brain." - Michael Girdley  "A really successful tutor will understand the precise thing that you as the student or the pupil needs to hear next to unblock you." - Michael Girdley "Adopting a model of personality where you understand everyone is different leads me to understand how heterogeneous teams are made of people of different backgrounds, different wiring, different goals in life, and different attitudes. All that stuff is essential. Heterogeneous teams outperform homogeneous teams." - Michael Girdley "The edges are things that you as a buyer of an asset have that other buyers do not that allow you to extract more value." - Michael Girdley Engage with Michael GirdleyTwitterWebsiteUnusual Profits PodcastAcquisitions Anonymous Podcast Connect with Expert(ish) Podcast Host JAY JOHNSONCall (858) 925- 4536WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagram Listen to more episodes of the Expert(ish) PodcastiTunesSpotify  

Michael Girdley is the Chairman of the Board and head of strategy at Dura Software. Previously, Michael was Managing Director of the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund with $24 million under management that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. Michael's firm: https://dura.software/ Michael's blog: https://girdley.com/ Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mgirdley ABOUT THE PODCAST Hi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I've launched a new podcast called The Acquirers Podcast. The podcast is about finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations. We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/ SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/ FOLLOW TOBIAS Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Website: https://acquirersmultiple.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greenbackd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisle ABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLE Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon’s Business and Finance The Acquirer’s Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World’s Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public comp

This episode is brought to you by TIKR. Join the free beta today at TIKR.com/hive This week we chat with Michael Girdley. Michael's list of accomplishments and ventures would take up the rest of this description! In short, he loves building businesses and creating products that resonate with customers. He's the founder of Geekdom Fund, CodeUp and his newly launched fund, Dura Software. The conversation covers all things venture capital, start-up business, as well as Michael's personal background and passions. We also discuss the types of companies Michael looks to invest in, as well as pitfalls of traditional value-based investment strategies. Here's the outline: [2:00] Michael's Early Interest in Computers [7:00] Working For The Family Fireworks Business [16:00] The Struggle with Delayed Feedback in Business & Investing [26:00] Michael's CodeUp Start-up Story [31:00] The Power of A Fully Refundable Education [35:00] Creating Stories Through Brands [37:51] Net Promoter Score & Why It Matters [53:00] What Did & Didn't Work at Geekdom Fund [55:00] What Michael Looks For In Investments [67:00] Zoom & Shopify's Valuation [77:00] The Transition from Geekdom to Dura Software [90:00] Why Value Screens Remove Great, Venture-Like Companies [97:00] Michaels Favorite Books of 2019 [107:00] Closing Questions If you enjoyed this conversation and want to learn more about Michael, give him a follow on Twitter here. Also, if you or someone you know is interested in selling their software business, check out Dura Software.

My guest on this episode is Michael Girdley who is chairman and head of strategy of Dura Software, a holding company that acquires small software companies based in San Antonio. Michael is also a co-founder of Geekdom Fund, a small venture firm, and a co-founder of Codeup, a coding bootcamp in San Antonio.  I’ve had guests from software on the show before but this episode was particularly good and I learned a ton. I’ve wanted to learn more about investing in software and Michael provided a fantastic overview of the space and Dura and their strategy. If you want to invest in software companies, this is an episode you’ll enjoy and get a lot of value from. Episodes of Think Like an Owner are available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, Breaker, and TuneIn.   Links Dura Software Codeup Geekdom Fund Buc-ee’s

The second chat in this series will feature the co-founders of Codeup - Michael Girdley, Jason Straughan and Chris Turner as they share their personal journeys and how the crossing of paths led to their groundbreaking idea. Host - Nick Longo Michael Girdley Managing Director, Geekdom Fund Michael Girdley is an entrepreneur and investor. He is managing director of the Geekdom Fund, an early stage venture capital firm focusing on tech. Michael also sits on the boards of multiple companies including Codeup, the RealCo Seed Fund Program, Grok and Alamo Fireworks. Jason Straughan CEO, Codeup Jason Straughan is the CEO of Codeup, a career accelerator that uses an immersive approach to training software development to students with little to no prior programming experience. Chris Turner CEO, Turner Logic Chris Turner is an engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. After a 12 year career with Lockheed Martin he founded Turner Logic, a San Antonio based software company. Chris is also a co-founder of Codeup and a member of the board for Youth Code Jam. Recorded Thursday October 25, 2018 at the Geekdom Event Centre in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

The second chat in this series will feature the co-founders of Codeup - Michael Girdley, Jason Straughan and Chris Turner as they share their personal journeys and how the crossing of paths led to their groundbreaking idea. Host - Nick Longo Michael Girdley Managing Director, Geekdom Fund Michael Girdley is an entrepreneur and investor. He is managing director of the Geekdom Fund, an early stage venture capital firm focusing on tech. Michael also sits on the boards of multiple companies including Codeup, the RealCo Seed Fund Program, Grok and Alamo Fireworks. Jason Straughan CEO, Codeup Jason Straughan is the CEO of Codeup, a career accelerator that uses an immersive approach to training software development to students with little to no prior programming experience. Chris Turner CEO, Turner Logic Chris Turner is an engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur. After a 12 year career with Lockheed Martin he founded Turner Logic, a San Antonio based software company. Chris is also a co-founder of Codeup and a member of the board for Youth Code Jam. Recorded Thursday October 25, 2018 at the Geekdom Event Centre in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Today on Entrepreneur Effect Dush is Joined by Cristal Glangchai, PhD. Over the years, Dr. Glangchai has worked in intellectual property, technology commercialization, and product development. She received her B.A. in Plan II, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, where she was recently a featured alumni. In addition, she holds two doctoral certificates in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostic and Therapeutics. Dr. Glangchai is a member of Springboard Enterprises, a nonprofit resource hub of entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building high growth, technology-oriented companies led by women. She is also a mentor for the TechStars Austin chapter. In addition, Dr. Glangchai is affiliated with the American Society for Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Controlled Release Society, BioAustin, Austin Women in Technology, RICE Alliance, RampCorp, Geekdom, and Geekdom Fund.

Chris Saum and Teresa Evans are partners in the RealCo Seed Fund Program, based at Geekdom in San Antonio. They oversee the admissions, mentoring, training and fundraising process for business to business technology startups in the portfolio. The program accepts startups on a rolling basis through applications on its website and other sites. Saum also regularly travels to recruit new startups.  The 15-month long program focuses on providing networking, capital, mentors and other resources to early stage startups. The program is currently accepting applications. Startups in the program have the ability to receive up to $125,000 in funding, co-working space at Geekdom, access to investors, mentorship and other training. Michael Girdley, co-founder of Codeup and co-founder of Geekdom Fund, is heading up the RealCo team along with Evans, co-founder of San Antonio Science and associate director of the San Antonio Angel Network and Saum, co-founder and director of business development of MUD Geochemical. In this episode of Ideas to Invoices, Saum and Evans discuss the attributes they look for in an entrepreneur, the path to success in the SeedCo program and more about the growing San Antonio technology industry. 

Michael Girdley is an entrepreneur and investor from San Antonio. He also worked as a programmer in Silicon Valley and he earned a computer science degree with honors from Lafayette College. He is also the author of several books on Java programming with a focus on web applications Michael served as the CEO of his family business Alamo Fireworks, he is also the Chairman of Codeup, a coding bootcamp company he cofounded. And Michael is a venture capitalist and the managing director of the $20 million Geekdom Fund and a partner at RealCo, a seed fund program.