Let’s talk about private equity for a minute. Full disclosure, i’m not an accredited investor. Still, through a myriad of circumstances I’ve been able to hold private assets with other parties as a Limited Partner. There are some times that being an LP or telling someone you’re an LP sounds good. Reality wise, it’s
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Financial Measures and Levers
There are two primary levers that you have in your life for financial measures.
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1) Income
2) Expense
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Vehicles for Growth
Everyone has a wall they hit with growth. The question is what to do once you get there? I’ve found these tools help me a ton as I look for ways to grow.
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High Performers and Self-Feeding
I had a conversation about growth with one of my staff the other day about the fact that he is incredibly smart, talented, and hardworking. That sounds like a good thing and in a vacuum it is. Here’s the thing though, he has currently refused
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Leveling Up is Your Decision
If you don’t know who Chris Lighty is, that’s ok. Chris was the business manager for most of the large names you would have heard of coming out of the HipHop scene from the late 90’s early 00’s. He was known for his incredible work ethic. The thing is, no one would have known about it if it weren’t for this one moment. There was a point he was
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Technology Business or Technology Enabled Business?
Over the past few years I’ve had to rethink my understanding of the underlying finances of a business. This is necessary when developing your investment thesis. FinTech is a good example. If you look at the trajectory it shows what people are discovering. A NeoBank that was treated as a
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Extractors and Fillers
Steven Freidkin posted about the tension you find from being in the privileged place of being good at solving problems that also counterintuitively will bring you more problems to solve.
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Empty Space
How redlined are you?
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Empty space is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. Some call it shower time, I think in terms of social gears where this is gear 1. It’s a big deal. It’s in those moments that your brain is able to -
TPG and Ntiva
I started with The Purple Guys late last year knowing that our previous PE partner was towards the end of their hold time. That can make some people nervous, but all I’m seeing is greater opportunity invest in others and
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Desk Setup
I love the pics insta sends my fees of really slick desk setups. Would love to be one of those people with the really nice desk setup. The thing is
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