The Michael Girdley Show – Details, episodes & analysis

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!

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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?

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#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

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.

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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?

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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

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Justin Hill (@jahlawfirm), a lawyer in San Antonio. We talked about how personal injury works and discussed three business ideas. Not only that, but we also talk about our San Antonio experiences, the history, and projects on how to improve the city’s lifestyle.

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The Michael Girdley Show Episode 41

Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(00:37) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital.
(02:15) - What’s going on in Corpus Christi, Texas?
(03:52) - What brought Justin to San Antonio?
(06:46) - Which are the San Antonio Trade-offs?
(12:22) - The most British prank ever
(14:32) - How was San Antonio’s Immersive Art?
(17:00) - Where’s the best place to go Mountain Bike riding?
(20:33) - How did the Tour de France experience go?
(23:16) - Mayor, how about Health and Fitness transformation for your San Antonio people?
(25:38) - How much work does it take to be a good politician?
(29:40) - In what aspects can San Antonio improve on?
(33:35) - How to manage time & a hack to make your phone less addictive
(38:40) - What is it like to be a Personal Injury Lawyer?
(43:47) - What are the differences between big and small law firms?
(45:43) - Can you be more achievement-oriented when moving to New York?
(51:00) - How is the law firm ownership situation in Texas right now?
(52:59) - What is the subscale for a Personal Injury Law Firm? What is the process of analyzing what to give or take?
(56:28) - For someone who moved to Big Cities such as Dallas or LA, is it worth moving back to San Antonio to build a business?
(1:00:42) - What is the situation with the San Antonio housing market?
(1:03:01) - The truth about Millennials

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Links:

* Harborcap.com
* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-alamo-hour/id1504139910
* https://www.jahlawfirm.com/
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#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

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Kevin Dahlstrom (@Camp4), we talk about how to become multi-dimensional, get to identify the cliches and what it is like when GenX-ers joins in the Twitter Community, how leaders and CEOs work to be where they are now. Kevin also talks about his banking app business, Swell, that grew over time and became an LP in great Real Estate deals.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(00:56) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital
(02:10) - Are all generations really the same? What makes Gen X the OGs of tech generation?
(06:00) - What makes GenX-ers uncomfortable in the Twitter Community? How does one adapt to the platform?
(08:55) - In what ways can Twitter be therapeutic?
(11:11) - Staying fit in the middle age: How to make it work?
(14:30) - On The Road by John Kerouac: How to get the energy to strive?
(17:55) - How does each Generation think about stuff? Understand mindsets through generational lenses
(22:50) - Elon, like him or not, he’s doing cool stuff with his money!
(23:47) - What is the key to continuous development?
(29:45) - What makes a great product?
(30:56) - Why did Kevin get back to an operational role in Swell?
(32:02) - How is Bezos’ famous quote relevant to Swell?
(35:54) - How would you describe the prototypical striver?
(39:30) - What is it like to be a zero-to-one visionary type CEO?
(42:00) - How does Swell plan to become a billion-dollar business? What is innovative in your approach?
(47:28) - What are the challenges, especially with less sophisticated investors?
(49:30) - How do you plan to start strivers in PE?
(52:40) - What is the biggest problem with Neo banking?
(55:20) - A secret to getting someone strong as the First Podcast Guest!
(1:22:00) -  Life hack: How to kick ass at everything?

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Links:

* Harborcap.com
* https://www.swellmoney.com
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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

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Pine Baron (@SpiritofPines) the first anonymous guest on the podcast. We talked about his journey to develop wealth and get into real estate buying, why Pine wished to be anonymous on Twitter, why people trust corporations so much these days and which corporations we trust.

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Thanks to our sponsor!

* Harbor Capital is a hyper-focused Class B industrial real estate investment firm. They are building a portfolio of quality industrial assets in the four big cities in Texas. Their work is focused on generating strong cash flow, while being hyper-focused on safe and secure assets that could weather a downturn. The founders have built a reputation for delivering consistent value to investors with more than $400M in real estate investments in the last 20 years.

https://harborcap.com/contact/index.html
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* 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!
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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(00:56) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital
(02:10) - Why be Pseudonymous on the internet?
(05:17) - Why be concerned with the Cancel Culture on Twitter?
(08:55) - Why was it unexpected for corporations to do leadership like societal and governmental?
(12:09) - Do large corporations have historically shaped the discourse and our values as a nation?
(18:51) - How do your sales funnel look like? Where does Twitter fit?
(22:10) - Let’s hear the Pine Baron Biography!
(25:17) - What is the strategy for real estate?
(29:42) - Talk us through marketing agencies as scalable businesses and income source
(32:14) - Book Smart or People Smart? Which one is most applicable for business?
(38:41) - How did a Tuna Fish Sandwich at a gas station give the realization that there's a whole different set of lives that people are living across the city?
(41:05) - Poker as a marketing experience & Pine’s American Dream experience
(44:53) - Start doing the job before you get the job
(54:22) - College education, institutions & the ROI analysis
(1:01:00) - What is wrong with educational institutions today?
(01:08:37) - What is it like living under your means in your 30s

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Links:

* signup.wealthpin.com
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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
#13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending

Michael Girdley @Girdley is joined by Eric Jorgenson @EricJorgenson, author of the book Navalmanack. We talk about his new book, generational differences, we recap the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, why he takes photos of sandwiches and puts them on social media, his career and how he's established a career as an information dealer.

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Thanks to our sponsor!

* Harbor Capital is a hyper-focused Class B industrial real estate investment firm. They are building a portfolio of quality industrial assets in the four big cities in Texas. Their work is focused on generating strong cash flow, while being hyper-focused on safe and secure assets that could weather a downturn. The founders have built a reputation for delivering consistent value to investors with more than $400M in real estate investments in the last 20 years.

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* 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.
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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(01:04) - Our sponsor is Harbor Capital
(02:14) - Intro
(03:30) - Let’s recap the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting and it’s different cultures
(07:12) - Nuclear war, inflation & Bitcoin
(12:05) - What is it with sandwich photos on Eric’s website and Twitter?
(15:40) - What are your experiences living in San Francisco vs. Kansas City?
(19:10) - Habits and culture from New Jersey lifestyle
(23:57) - Are generations different from one another or is it rather age groups?
(33:50) - Different theories of personality & personality traits: Is there a professional use for hiring? How do you assess grit?
(40:38) - Living as an information dealer, publishing books & creating content.
(44:00) - Original creation, curation, selection & the different thought processes around it
(49:27) - What are the steps on Curating? What are the similarities with creating?
(53:36) - Is it possible to build a franchise around this?
(59:00) - Academic readings frustrations
(01:05:30) - Can you get rich publishing books? When does Balmanack come out?
(01:11:21) - Why does @Girdley loves Chili’s?
(01:13:21) - How does @Girdley organize his time and projects? How many boards is he on? What does a normal calendar week looks like?

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Links:

* Harborcap.com
* ejorgenson.com

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#31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one - The Michael Girdley Show
#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly - The Michael Girdley Show e24
#19 Grocery Store Chain Business - Rob LaBonne of Labonne's Markets - The Michael Girdley Show

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Tyler Tringas (@tylertringas), Calm Fund GP & Founder, to talk about how the calm fund works as an alternative to VC, lessons running in-person & online events, why to live in CDMX, how to raise money as a founder, how to hire as a tech founder, and much more!

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Thanks to our sponsor!

* Harbor Capital is a hyper-focused Class B industrial real estate investment firm. They are building a portfolio of quality industrial assets in the four big cities in Texas. Their work is focused on generating strong cash flow, while being hyper-focused on safe and secure assets that could weather a downturn. The founders have built a reputation for delivering consistent value to investors with more than $400M in real estate investments in the last 20 years.

https://harborcap.com/contact/index.html

https://harborcap.com/

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* Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:

0:39 - Harbor Capital
1:50 - Tyler Tringas
4:01 - How can you define a “Calm” company?
6:24 - How do you incubate non-high-growth companies? Can you translate the model out of software companies?
10:02 - The economics of online membership communities are insane
13:30 - What is Calm Fund really doing? Is it a smart version of growth PE?
21:20 - Where do you find passion in entrepreneurship?
26:00 - What are the challenges of raising money and trying to grow superfast in current market conditions? Are there systemic risks? How do you manage effective communication?
33:50 - In person events: How do you make it work? What is the impetus for this?
38:30 - What is your goal with the events? Are you seeking profit, beaking even? Which structures did you put in place for it to work accordingly?
44:00 - Best practices on running your own conference
49:40 - Let’s talk about running and scaling a company
53:00 - What’s so special about hiring people from SMBs?
57:11 - Any mental models on bootstrapping a company?
1:00:30 - Long term compounding: What sets a brand apart from the competition?
1:07:15 - How do we think about burnout in the tech industry?

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Links:

* https://calmfund.com/

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Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

#31 I wish I had learned 10 years ago about Pricing Power - Jay Vas shares his clear thinking in this one - The Michael Girdley Show
#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly - The Michael Girdley Show e24

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Levi Benkert (@Levijameshere) to talk about Harbor Capital, hiring architects overseas, his real estate endeavors, starting Verde Beef in Ethiopia (& his story with the Prime Minister), fundraising: tricks & techniques, outlook on America’s future, and more.

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* 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.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) - Intro: Levi Benkert

(1:29) - Hiring an overseas architect: How was your experience? Why consider it?
(7:16) - Levi’s latest Real Estate Project

(13:04) - What are the risks in this Deal? What are customers looking for in the space?

(16:36) - What are reasonable cap. rating expectations? What about costs?

(22:15) - Would you recommend it as a business model? Where do you think the market is at right now?

(24:54) - Is it OK to be in it for the money?

(33:26) - Fundraising: Tricks & techniques

(39:03) - Interest rates, financial planning and our outlooks on America’s future

(44:49) - How do you know when someone is being too greedy?

(47:35) - What is the @Girdley flywheel? Why is he on Twitter?

(57:00) - Starting a beef company in Ethiopia and crashing the Prime Minister’s office

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Links:

* Harbor Capital

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Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly - The Michael Girdley Show e24

#19 Grocery Store Chain Business - Rob LaBonne of Labonne's Markets - The Michael Girdley Show e19

#13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending - The Michael Girdley Show e13

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Steve Ressler (@steveressler), we talk about building the Brydon Group to combine Private Equity with Entrepreneurship through acquisition, the sentiment flip on social media, how much attention should you pay to Social Media, networking & learnings at annual shareholder meetings, and much more.

Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!

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* Do you love The Michael Girdley Show and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel
* Follow us on Twitter @GirdleyShow Find success in small business investing and entrepreneurship.

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Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Support our show with a review on your favorite platform! Thanks :)
1:47 - Sentiment has flipped! How much should we pay attention to social media? How do we find balance?
7:00 - Being a half step ahead: Getting informed instantly on social media
8:55 - The Spurs Entertainment Group: What happened after the Covid hit?
10:42 - The Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting: A learning opportunity?
16:00 - Networking at annual shareholder meetings: Pro tip from Steve
18:20 - Learning through osmosis strategy
24:32 - The Brydon Group: How do you choose your candidates?
29:27 - Structure of the process? Which assessment tools do you use?
34:24 - The adverse selection idea around entrepreneurship on mid-career professionals.
37:22 - How do you structure salary and incentives short and long term? Are applicants taking pay cuts?
42:00 - Whos’ investing in Twitter?
44:50 - College Entrepreneurship through Acquisition programs: What’s so interesting about them?
47:10 - CEOs as operators or allocators: Where are you in the infinite spectrum between them?
53:50 - Working with Baby Boomers
57:00 - Michael’s SWAG standards.
1:02:15 - Connect with Steve: Twitter, Linkedin, and his newsletter

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Links:

* https://www.brydon.com/for-searchers
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/ressler/
* bit.ly/etamusings

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Past guests on The Michael Girdley Show include Jesse Tinsley, Rob LaBonne, Matthew Weidert, Craig Fuller, Sam Bacon, Cayse Llorens, and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

#24 The recruiter of choice: How JobMobz helps Silicon Valley companies grow so quickly - The Michael Girdley Show e24
#19 Grocery Store Chain Business - Rob LaBonne of Labonne's Markets - The Michael Girdley Show e19
#13 The Hard Money Lending Business - Matthew Weidert of Longleaf Lending - The Michael Girdley Show e13