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The Next Generation

The Next Generation

By Connor Gross & Giovanni Armonies-Assalone

Meet the entrepreneurs in their 20's who are building companies that will shape the future. Weekly episodes range from side hustle ideas to help you build passive income to quit your job or business stories of twenty-somethings having success with their own business.
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#81 Building A Short Term Rental Airbnb Portfolio With Taylor Jones

The Next GenerationJun 03, 2022

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Ice Machines, School Bus Companies, Billions In Tax Credits

Ice Machines, School Bus Companies, Billions In Tax Credits

Episode 1: Business & Banter

• Business of Ice Machines

• School Bus Routes

• ERC Tax Credits

• Shutting down LLCs

• Loyalty Brands

Nov 28, 202337:16
Re-Launching The Podcast

Re-Launching The Podcast

We got bored.

So we're back.

We're rebranding the show next week. Stay tuned if you don't see our faces in the cover are anymore.

Now we're both in NYC full time, so we'll be recording more episodes with great ideas & mediocre hosts.


Oct 05, 202301:21
#110 | What do Boring Businesses, Selfie Museums, and Personality Businesses Have In Common? - Connor and Gio
Dec 14, 202244:08
#109 | 400 Off-Market Real Estate Deals By 24 - Cole Ruud-Johnson
Dec 07, 202245:37
#108 | Building a One Person Business doing $500K/year Profit at 28 - Sean O'Dowd

#108 | Building a One Person Business doing $500K/year Profit at 28 - Sean O'Dowd

Today we were able to hang out with the LEGENDARY Sean O'Dowd. He was able to bootstrap his way to building a solo consulting business that generates over $500K Profit every year! We discuss how he invests it all into Real Estate and exactly how ANYONE can build a reputation doing consulting.

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@SeanODowd15
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Dec 01, 202251:18
#107 | How to Generate Millions From Databases, Doggie Daycares, and Single Name Domains - Connor and Gio
Nov 25, 202250:03
#106 | How To Build a Profitable Newsletter and Compete In A Crowded Market - Tyler Denk
Nov 23, 202243:16
#105 – Podcasting Since 2009, Building a Life of Wealth, and Whether You Should Build to Sell - Dan Andrews
Nov 16, 202250:59
#104 – Building Three 7-Figure Companies, and Finding The Best Real Estate Deals - Jon Rivera

#104 – Building Three 7-Figure Companies, and Finding The Best Real Estate Deals - Jon Rivera

Today we have a special guest return to the show. Our guest from episode 42, a lot has changed! Jon has gone on to build three businesses that all compliment each other. We dive into his tips on finding the best Real Estate deals, how he is planning to take over the insulation industry, and his love for helping other business owners reach their potential. Enjoy the episode!
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@JonathanMRivera
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Nov 09, 202248:60
#103 –How To Build A Great Life – Advice On Health, Relationships & Money with Kevin Dahlstrom
Nov 02, 202254:26
#102 - From Door-to-door Perfume Sales To a $1.5M ARR SaaS Business - JK Molina
Oct 26, 202251:26
#101 - Self-made with MaidThis, Quitting Private Equity To Launch A Remote Multi-Million Dollar Rental Cleaning Franchise - Neel Parekh

#101 - Self-made with MaidThis, Quitting Private Equity To Launch A Remote Multi-Million Dollar Rental Cleaning Franchise - Neel Parekh

Neel Parekh is the founder of MaidThis Franchise, which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts with their cleanings. We get into why he quit his high paying Private Equity job to start his own business and some of the biggest challenges he’s faced. Neel launched his business as a way to travel and work remotely, fast-forward to today, he has generated millions in revenue while having a fully remote team and wants to help other people achieve the same. MaidThis now covers all of Greater Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and at the end of 2020, they launched their first branch location in Denver, Colorado. Neel is now focused on growing the franchise model out and getting branch owners to provide the same high-level quality he has been doing in California. 

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@NeelBParekh

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Oct 24, 202257:42
#100 - Special Episode: Past Guest Superlatives, Podcast Lessons & Mistakes, Future Plans
Oct 20, 202250:26
#99 - How Buying Old Businesses Can Make $30M/yr - Reg Zeller
Oct 12, 202250:20
#98 - From Corporate America To Exploring The World On Real Estate Income - Brian Luebben

#98 - From Corporate America To Exploring The World On Real Estate Income - Brian Luebben

On today’s episode we sit down with Brian Luebben, a successful Real Estate Investor, Podcast host of The Action Academy, and Entrepreneur out of Atlanta, Georgia.

We discuss Brian’s early start building a company, going on to climb the corporate ladder, and why he left. This one is a real gem for those looking for inspiration to get started and need actionable insights to take the leap.

Hit play now to learn more!

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@theactionpod

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Oct 05, 202254:17
#97 - Why Buying A Franchise Is Better Than An MBA - Brian Beers
Sep 28, 202256:26
#96 - The Business & Tactics Of Building A Personal Newsletter Company - Jack Raines
Sep 23, 202254:34
#95 - Should You Start A Shopify Brand or App? - Dennis Hegstad
Sep 14, 202241:31
#94 - $50M In Sleep DTC, Party Buses, And Juice Stores - Aaron Spivak | RE-GEN
Aug 10, 202201:00:22
#93 - Building A $2.5M/yr Cashflowing Machine - David Riggs
Aug 03, 202247:00
#92 - Raising $3.5M for $10M of Real Estate at 24 - Dante Belmonte
Jul 20, 202252:34
#91 - Selling $100M+ Online, Exit From An 8-figure E-Comm Store, And Giving $10M+ Away - Jony Volk
Jul 15, 202249:20
#90 - Building a $50M+, 90 Person Agency + Owning 8-figures of Real Estate at 29 - Daniel Snow
Jul 13, 202241:38
#89 - Early Career Advice, Why You Shouldn’t Be A Jack Of All Trade - Moses Kagan
Jul 08, 202254:07
#88 - How To Get Wealthy (Connors Rant)
Jul 06, 202215:57
#87 - DTC Done Right, From $0 to $32,000,000+ In 3 Years - Ron Shah
Jun 29, 202253:24
#86 - Lessons From Buying and Building $400M of Real Estate - Levi Benkert
Jun 24, 202256:05
#85 – This 25 Year Old Built 7 Cabins Making $550,000 A Year – Isaac French
Jun 22, 202250:49
#84 – How To Buy A Business In Your 20’s Without $$$ – Ryan Condie
Jun 17, 202241:39
#83 — Selling Morning Brew For $75M + How To Use Content As Leverage With Austin Rief
Jun 10, 202248:32
#82 – E-commerce Tactics To Build A 7 Figure Tea Business noonbrew – Andrew Case

#82 – E-commerce Tactics To Build A 7 Figure Tea Business noonbrew – Andrew Case

Andrew Case is Co-Founder at noonbrew, an iced tea with 19 superfoods designed to increase natural energy, boost digestion, and enhance focus. Andrew Case joins us to break down the world of e-commerce; how he’s thinking about the future of e-comm, and the systems behind launching a successful e-comm brand in 2022.
We discuss how to manage inventory and selling out of stock, and why the messaging in your marketing can make all the difference in how customers respond. How Andrew and noonbrew are thinking about the current state of e-comm. As well as the mental models Andrew uses to find high potential e-comm startup ideas.
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Twitter
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Jun 08, 202250:09
#81 Building A Short Term Rental Airbnb Portfolio With Taylor Jones

#81 Building A Short Term Rental Airbnb Portfolio With Taylor Jones

On today’s episode we have STR investor and Head of Acquisition at Superhost Labs, Taylor Jones. Taylor is the leading expert in Short Term Rentals and here we cover all things STR; tricks and tips for getting started and getting deals, important things to look for, acquiring 75 STRs in over 12+ markets and much, much more!
Connect With Taylor here:
Twitter @MrJonesSTRs.
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Jun 03, 202257:31
#80 Buying Off-Market Deals & Making $40k/Mo On Vending Machines - Quinn Miller

#80 Buying Off-Market Deals & Making $40k/Mo On Vending Machines - Quinn Miller

Quinn Miller returns! Ask and you shall receive. Quinn is our most listened to episode to date and so we invited him back to give us an update on his vending machine empire. Quinn discusses the importance of cold calling, and how the vending machine business has been extremely lucrative with very little start up capital.
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Twitter
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Jun 01, 202247:20
#79 Lessons from Buying 14 Co’s Doing $100M+/year with Xavier Helgesen

#79 Lessons from Buying 14 Co’s Doing $100M+/year with Xavier Helgesen

In today’s episode we talk with none other than serial entrepreneur Xavier Helgesen! Xavier Founded Better World Books, bootstrapped to $70m+, ZOLA Electric (brought solar power to over 1 million people in Africa), and Enduring Ventures (perpetual holding company, a self-proclaimed mini-Berkshire, nearing $100m in revenue). We dive deep on creating businesses with impact and the biggest differences in entrepreneurship vs acquiring. Hit play to learn more about the true business polymath and his advise to young entrepreneurs.
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Twitter
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May 27, 202257:60
#78 The Magic Of Real Estate – 5 Reasons Everyone Should Buy A Property In Their 20's
May 25, 202213:37
#77 From Bankruptcy To 6-Figure Agency — Josh Durham
May 18, 202244:41
#76 From A $34 Blog To +$32 Million Flipping Websites — James Camp

#76 From A $34 Blog To +$32 Million Flipping Websites — James Camp

Today we catch-up with James Camp. James buys and flips websites to the tune of $1.1 million a year. From smelting down scrap gold as a teenager and writing about it on a basic blog, to strategy consulting at Google and flipping websites north of $32 Million. James has also been involved in over 10+ acquisitions and exits. All and more is discussed on today’s episode!
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Twitter
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May 13, 202252:54
#75 Rob Fraser — The Difference Between A $1M, $10M, and $100M Ecomm Brand

#75 Rob Fraser — The Difference Between A $1M, $10M, and $100M Ecomm Brand

Socks were boring, but Rob Fraser is proving they can be a viable business. On today’s episode we sit down with Rob Fraser, business founder and ex pro-athlete, who in 2015 enrolled in Camosun College with the goal of learning how to make a career in sports management. “When I was retired and went to school, I was the kid that always wore funky socks. I just kept wearing them,” Fraser said. “I was literally, ‘the sock guy.’” In September 2016, Fraser founded the athletic apparel company endūr, now Outway. Fraser saw the opportunity as a way to stay in sports and create a brand that helped athletes express their own creativity. He also saw a lucrative chance to carve a niche in an industry that wasn’t keeping up with a changing athletic apparel industry in the 2010s. In five years, endūr has grown from a company that began with an initial $1,000 investment into one that has earned millions. Connect With Rob: Twitter Want to hear about new episodes? Subscribe via email and check us out on Twitter: @TheNextGenPod

May 11, 202258:17
#74 Adam Hascall — Turning A D*ck Prank Into A Multi-Million $ Chocolate Business

#74 Adam Hascall — Turning A D*ck Prank Into A Multi-Million $ Chocolate Business

Sitting down with Adam Hascall, Founder of Rain Parade, we discuss launching a prank company that, well, sends dicks to people’s doors anonymously as a prank — Dick At Your Door. What started as a joke turned into a multi-million $ business generating over $125k/month.

Adam also talks about the restrictions he faced due to his company's name, plus the hardships of starting a perishable-goods company.

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Twitter

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May 06, 202249:53
#73 — Brainstorming Niche Business Ideas with Johnny Robinson
May 04, 202251:05
#72 Over 15 Ideas For How To Use a Virtual Assistant — Bryant Sullentrop

#72 Over 15 Ideas For How To Use a Virtual Assistant — Bryant Sullentrop

Bryant Sullentrop is a founder of Elevate and Delegate a virtual staffing company. Bryant’s company goal is to provide the best and most skilled virtual assistants that help manage business needs. Helping business owner to get their life back, grow and lean towards success with the help of their Virtual Assistants.
In this episode, we talked about the in-and-outs of hiring worthy and top talented virtual assistants. From measuring their knowledge in building Notion Boards, screening candidates, job postings, and appropriate compensation. Aside from business, we discussed Bryant studying for being a Duolingo, he’s learning Spanish which I found interesting.

Quotable Quotes:
“We have a series of 200 tests in this software that we use that we can give to them. And so like all of our everyone that like we vet, they take a personality test, an IQ test, and a test on the actual and then a test on the actual things that they'd be doing.” (12:33)
“When you're looking for contractors, look in either local Facebook groups or Facebook. Facebook marketplace type stuff for Craigslist, because there are a lot of contractors that they don't have websites, and I'm nothing like unless you wouldn't know that they exist.”
“We have to do more to figure out and make sure that they're actually going to be good, you know, a good fit” (12:08)

Don’t Miss:

Book Keeping (9:42)
VA Compensation (25:52)
Getting Reviews in Local Businesses (34:01)


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Twitter
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Apr 29, 202243:53
#71 Nathan Resnick — Building Boutique Bubble Hotels And An 8-Figure YC-Backed Sourcing Platform

#71 Nathan Resnick — Building Boutique Bubble Hotels And An 8-Figure YC-Backed Sourcing Platform

Any time is a good time to start a company. In this episode, I talked with Nathan Resnick who started young as 15 for being a businessman and entrepreneur. After graduating college in 2017, he founded Sourcify - an international sourcing company that has remarkably brought approximately 10% of savings on costs and production to hundreds of brands around the world.

Nathan Resnick is the founder and CEO of Sourcify, a platform that simplifies manufacturing. Throughout his career, he has developed dozens of products. He’s now running his 8 figure company Sourcify and Bubble Hotel. In this episode, we discussed hows the supply chain internationally during pandemics, his a venture into real estate, and many more. 

Quotable Quotes:

"We're always looking to help our customers cut costs, while also improving quality and lead time. So those are kind of the three main pillars, we look at cost, quality, and lead time. (15:17)

“I was never a good writer, like, I got to actually D in English. My junior year of high school, I was like, so bad in English class, my teacher was like; “Hey never going to publish, never going to be an author or whatever.” (11:08)

“In real estate, in general, it's all about finding the deal. You know, it doesn't matter if you're doing duplexes doesn't matter. If you're doing storage units, it's literally all about finding the deal.” (29:10)


Don’t Miss:

  • Nathan’s E-commerce Journey when he’s 15  (1:26)
  • Supply Chain Difficulties during pandemic (12:24)
  • Unique Glamping Hotel Experience with Bubble Hotel (19:55)
  • E-commerce to Real Estate Venture (21:55)
  • Hospitality Business (27:44)
  • Nathan’s Bussiness and Personal Goal (40:47)


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LinkedIn

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Apr 27, 202248:53
#70 Dan Soviero — Making Millions Dominating The Sport of Business

#70 Dan Soviero — Making Millions Dominating The Sport of Business

In this episode, we talked to a 20-something young Dan Soviero. Who’s rocking and dominating the business of sport and making millions through it. He started as a three-sport athlete – basketball, soccer, and football before he discovered Lacrosse. He entered the entrepreneurship world and enjoyed the moment of building relationships with customers like cold calling, and cold knocking on doors until he sold millions of balls in a year.
Dan founded Signature Lacrosse in 2015 with the goal of creating the first "premium" lacrosse ball. His athletic ball brand is now used by more than 300 college lacrosse programs worldwide. Over the years, Signature has expanded its services beyond lacrosse to include the customization of team apparel and equipment through an easy-to-use process.
Quotable Quotes in this Episode
“I was pretty good at inside sales, I learned how to, build the call scripts, build the touchpoint processes, train sales reps, hire all of that. So that felt like the most natural-like growth strategy for us.” (31:01)
“But the biggest changing point for me was like learning that I always was very competitive. And I always had goals.” (47:29)
“I was a freshman. And I was like, why am I depressed? Like, I have all these, this amazing family, all these amazing friends. Like, I've been lucky with the ladies like no reason at all to be depressed. But for some reason, like, I feel like this. I don't know what it is.” (47:58)

Don’t Miss:

Dan’s Sports Background (1:35)
Sales Gig over College internship (14:50)
How Dan sold his Lacrosse Ball (23:41)
Freshmen Dan Mental State (47:07)


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LinkedIn
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Apr 20, 202251:35
#69 Oliver Brocato — This College Sophmore Is Selling $400k+ In Sex Chocolate

#69 Oliver Brocato — This College Sophmore Is Selling $400k+ In Sex Chocolate

For the past series of episodes, we had amazing people with small businesses, real estate, software, and other forms of entrepreneurship. We're excited to bring you Oliver Brocato, a 20-year-old Sophomore at the University of Michigan who’s building a million-dollar sex chocolate business. 

Usually, people start off selling t-shirts or trying to build websites. Thus, Oliver's entrepreneurial venture didn’t start with sex chocolate. In this episode, we unpacked his business ventures and how Oliver come up to build a sex chocolate business. Challenges, pros, and cons of running food-based products and how they market them online in spite of community guidelines experiences, and other problems. We also discussed ways and funnels to win the marketing campaign. 

Quotes from this episode:

  • "Not being able to run PPC, we thought it was gonna be like, pretty brutal, but it actually ended up being like a blessing in disguise. The reason why it's because it made us focus on the fundamentals and made us focus on organic.” (22:06)
  • “So I love working with micro-influencers, like Tiktoker with 200,000 followers to 600,000 followers. For me, that's kind of the sweet spot where I think you're able to extract the most value from a brand perspective.” (39:45)
  • “Instead of selling like 50 chocolates in a box, we sold three, this creates like scarcity and value, we sell it, we put in a super sexy and luxurious box,” (18:11)


Don't Miss:

  • Business venture before Sex Chocolate (00:50)
  • How Sex Scholate Business Ideas Come up (16:44)
  • Shitty PArt of Business (20:13)
  • How Mobile-Only Website work for Oliver’s business? (29:19)
  • Funnel of getting the right Influencer (45:55)


Connect with Oliver:

Twitter

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Apr 13, 202254:32
#68 Colin Landforce — Building An 8-figure Cannabis Company

#68 Colin Landforce — Building An 8-figure Cannabis Company

In this episode, we have Colin Landforce, CTO for a publicly-traded cannabis company, UnrivaledBrands. Colin has built a career hustling to build one of the biggest names in the cannabis industry and still finds time to work on miscellaneous projects from selling physical goods to even building software. He loves the play of building an agency and then building SaaS and all the systems behind it.

We discussed how Colin started becoming an entrepreneur and its challenges especially he built a Cannabis Brand where there are a lot of regulations needed to follow to operate. How to market high ticket sales like firearms amidst the digital marketing environment.

Quotes from this episode:

  • “The way you make it work with any partner, even if they are a friend; you communicate clearly and you set expectations with each other, you speak candidly with one another. Put people in roles based on their merit not based on it being the homie.” (7:15)
  • “Cannabis hasn't even come close, like entering pop culture and culture in general in the future, I see tons of loads happening.” (20:47)
  • “I think focus is a little bit of a scam. I jumped into this business, I had my moment of I'm finally going to focus on something. But I did not get outsize results out of it.” (32:26)

- Colin Landforce

Don’t miss:

  • First Dollar Income Stream (1:22)
  • Why Agency is a Trap? (3:14)
  • Marketing high ticket sales like Firearms (9:17)
  • Will Cannabis catch up to alcohol sales? (18:31)
  • Business idea in Cannabis Space (23:53)

Connect with Colin:

Twitter

Unrivaled Brands

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Apr 08, 202238:25
#67 — How To Sell A 7-Figure Agency & Brainstorming Business Ideas - Marketing Max
Apr 07, 202256:18
#66 — Unconventional Advice For Entrepreneurs In Their 20’s - Michael Girdley

#66 — Unconventional Advice For Entrepreneurs In Their 20’s - Michael Girdley

In today’s episode, we are joined by Michael Girdley, an entrepreneur and investor who buys, starts, and operates companies in San Antonio, Texas. His ventures include everything from tech and software companies to coffee shops and even to fireworks. Yes, you read that right, fireworks!

Michael shares with us how he takes business concepts and turns it into reality by incubating or putting up businesses. Though he’s no longer 20-something, his age and experience have helped him amass a huge amount of wisdom and experience over the course of his career, including how his early entrepreneurial beginning led him to where he is today, the struggles he faced on that journey, and some very important lessons. Listen to find out more.

Quotes from this episode:

“Nothing gives me more joy than that process of creating support and then supporting the right team as they go on.” (6:44)

“That's ultimately the number one thing. How can you find that culture of people that are pursuing entrepreneurship?” (14:36)

“What I learned over a number of years is this roller coaster, you need to make it like a sloping road that you're going up and down. Never get too high. Never get too low. I don't take the good things personally. I don't take the bad things personally. Just keep it all in perspective.” (22:37)

“The core of every great business person is a combination of curiosity and humility.” (30:44)

-Michael Girdley


Don’t miss:

● What Michael does (1:09)

● The advantage of having an entrepreneurial family (10:30)

● Building strong and solid relationships with business partners (25:57)

● How to become a good entrepreneur (30:43)

● Sound advice from Michael (40:240)


Find out more about Michael here:

Website

LinkedIn

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Apr 01, 202242:52
#65 — Going From 0 to 18 Rental Units At 24 Years Old – Grace Gudenkauf

#65 — Going From 0 to 18 Rental Units At 24 Years Old – Grace Gudenkauf

Grace Gudenkauf is a 24-year-old who originally worked as a mechanical engineer then switched careers and founded Good Morning Investments, a real estate business in Eastern Iowa. In an amazing feat, Grace was able to acquire 18 rental properties, and she shares how this career change and founding a business happened accidentally, which she explains more about in this episode.

Grace talks about creative financing and what it means, the huge impact getting a mentor had on her business, mistakes she’s committed that you should avoid, and so much more. She also offers great advice for anyone who’s starting out or interested in the real estate industry such as how to find your first house and tips on negotiation and community engagement. You won’t want to miss this episode.


Quotes from this episode:

“Do you want to do a little bit more work and hopefully get a better deal? Or do you want to take maybe a little bit of an easier way, maybe pay a little bit more, but somebody is doing a lot of that work for you? So, there's no right answer.” 8:37)

“When I was only three months into real estate, I decided to enroll in a mentorship that was $5,000, which is a lot of money, and that exponentially grew my business.” (12:12)

“Under promise and over deliver to yourself, to your investors, to your team.” (22:44)

“If you're a newbie, start with a cosmetic rehab. Look for that orange shag carpet and the pink painted kitchen and the oak cabinets… That can be a great first deal to start out with.” (40:59)

-Grace Gudenkauf


Don’t miss:

● How Grace got into real estate (2:24)

● Lessons learned from her first sale (9:15)

● Creative financing (14:14)

● What you need to know before getting into real estate in Iowa (26:22)

● Streamlining operations through apps and tools (36:46)


Find out more about Good Morning Investments here:

Facebook

Connect with Grace here:

LinkedIn


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Mar 30, 202242:27
#64 — Building A Community For Your Festival Brand – Tom Worcester

#64 — Building A Community For Your Festival Brand – Tom Worcester

On today’s episode Tom Worcester, founder of Lunchbox, joins us to discuss music festivals and how to find a niche.
Based in Washington, D.C., Lunchbox went from $0 to $40k+ MRR in a matter of months and is the only festival hydration bag you'll ever need, designed to prevent the top issues facing festival attendees around the globe, pickpockets. The Lunchbox is the most lightweight, military-grade, compact festival bag available, with unique, personalized aesthetics that allow each user to create their own Lunchbox experience.
At the core of Lunchbox’s mission, Tom and the team want to improve the festival experience by extending not just their product, but also their operations to bigger horizons. “We want to be partnering with these festivals, take over their operations, take over the Lunchbox water line, put these bags in the hands of medical and security for visual identification.” With big ambitions in mind, the best of Lunchbox is yet to come.
Connect with Tom here:
Twitter
LinkedIn
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Mar 23, 202252:34
#63 Codie Sanchez — Building Wealth Through 26 Businesses; How To Buy, Build, And Sell 8 Figure Cos

#63 Codie Sanchez — Building Wealth Through 26 Businesses; How To Buy, Build, And Sell 8 Figure Cos

Meet Codie Sanchez, a self-made contrarian investing guru who wants to help you get rich. Codie is a reformed journalist turned investor who over the course of her career has bought and sold 66+ businesses, built x2 8 figure and x2 7 figure businesses and now runs a portfolio of 26 companies, ranging from car washes to laundromats to a paid newsletter business. It may not sound glamorous, but you can earn a healthy income from owning trailer parks. Or maybe investing in laundromats, car washes, or tiny home Airbnbs is more your speed. These are the kinds of straightforward, but perhaps overlooked money-making ideas that Codie Sanchez both practices and preaches. The 34-year-old self-made and self-styled investment expert is the co-founder of Unconventional Acquisitions, an educational provider that helps people learn how to buy small businesses. She also founded Contrarian Thinking, a newsletter that discusses investment themes and trends, as well as offering a “how-to playbook on ways to cash flow.” But she quickly shifted her professional focus from journalism to the world of high finance — working for Vanguard, Goldman Sachs and State Street, and becoming head of Latin American investments for First Trust. She also served as a partner at Entourage Effect Capital, investing in the growing cannabis industry. We caught up with Sanchez and asked her to explain a little more about what she does and how she became an investing expert. 

Connect with Codie here: 

Twitter

LinkedIn

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Mar 18, 202230:05