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Conversations about finding success in life, investing, and entrepreneurship.Hosted by Michael Girdley (Twitter:@girdley)

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

    16.09.2022

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

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

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

    09.09.2022

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

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

    57 Min.
  3. Dave Kline, Owner of SkillScouter - How to become a great manager? - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 49

    02.09.2022

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

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

    1 Std. 4 Min.
  4. Joe Wilson, Managing Partner at Undeterred Capital - VC from the ground up - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 48

    25.08.2022

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

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

    55 Min.

  5. 19.08.2022

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

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

    1 Std. 4 Min.
  6. Tai Rattigan, Global Head of Partnerships at Deel and Co-Founder at Partnership Leaders - The Magic of Partnering Well - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 46

    11.08.2022

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

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

    1 Std. 6 Min.
  7. Rohun Jauhar, Co-founder of JT Capital - From W-2 into Real Estate - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 45

    04.08.2022

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

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

    57 Min.
  8. Moses Kagan, Founder of Adaptive Realty - Perspectives on Real Estate - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 44

    28.07.2022

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

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

    1 Std. 12 Min.
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