Season 1
Episodes
Episode 382: Building Enterprise Value Through Fee-Based Transitions with David Lau
From chief marketing officer at the first internet bank to building the leading annuity platform for RIAs, David Lau shares proven strategies for raising capital, navigating public company challenges, and why...
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Episode 381: The Psychology Behind Successful Exits with Dave Hersh
What if losing your life savings on your first investment at age 27 became the catalyst for understanding why 90% of startups get stuck for the same psychological reasons? That's exactly what happened to Dave Hersh,...
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Episode 380: Build a Winning Deal Program with Strategic Planning
From jumping straight to deal structure to building repeatable acquisition programs that scale, Corey Kupfer shares the exact whiteboarding process he uses with clients to create successful deal programs across...
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Episode 379: Democratizing Venture Capital Through VentureStaking with Gerry Hays
From losing his $25,000 life savings on his first startup investment to democratizing venture capital for everyday investors, Gerry Hays shares proven strategies for making early-stage investing accessible through...
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Episode 378: Building Commercial Real Estate Success Through Strategic Partnerships with Nick Jones
From professional wakeboarder to CEO managing $250M+ in commercial real estate investments, Nick Jones shares proven strategies for building successful real estate businesses through strategic partnerships, effective...
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Episode 377: From Wall Street to Coffee Farms: Building Social Impact Businesses with Bob Bush
Think making money and making impact are mutually exclusive?
THINK AGAIN.
Bob Bush went from working on the RJR Nabisco LBO to advising Dubai's government to co-founding a coffee company with NBA legend Dikembe...
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Episode 367: Building a Dealmaker Community: Lessons from Leading the EO Deal Exchange Conference
Just wrapped my second year chairing the EO Deal Exchange Conference, and the lessons were off the charts.
Here's what happens when you put hundreds of entrepreneurs in a room focused on one thing: growing through...
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Episode 366: Founder Regret, Exit Clarity & What Money Can't Buy with Jodi Hume
85% of founders have regrets about their exits. The research is clear. But here's what surprised me most about this statistic: almost none of them regret leaving money on the table.
They regret the clarity work they...
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Episode 365: How One Stock Tripled to Fund a Real Estate Empire With Jaden Sterling
Concentration beats diversification. One stock. That's all Jaden Sterling bought during the 1990s. It tripled, became capital for 125 real estate deals, and eventually funded Sterling Stock Picker, a stock-picking...
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Episode 364: Building Wealth Through Strategic Group Home Investments with Jon Wells
I just had an incredible conversation with Jon Wells on the DealQuest Podcast about a real estate niche that most investors have never even considered.
After 25 years in Denver real estate, Jon discovered something...
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Episode 363: When Mega-Mergers Go Wrong: Lessons from the Kraft Heinz Deal
Warren Buffett called it one of his biggest investment mistakes.The 2015 Kraft Heinz merger destroyed $63 billion in shareholder value while the broader market doubled.Key lessons for M&A professionals:• Consumer...
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Episode 362: Speaking with Power and Authenticity in High-Stakes Deals with Dia Bondi
Think great communication in deals is about having the right words or perfect hand gestures?
After 35 years of negotiating deals, I can tell you this: all the tactical training in the world won't help if you haven't...
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