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How I Raised Twenty Million to Take Control of a Fifty Million Dollar Company
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 19:52
Tom and I talk about the moment I turned down a multimillion dollar cash-out offer and instead decided to raise twenty million dollars and buy control of Somewhere.com. I walk through how that deal came together, how I borrowed nine million from the founder, structured the investor tranches, and rebuilt the leadership team while still running Bolt Storage and RE Cost Seg. We get into why I believed the company could become a publicly traded business and how my media brand helped me raise over forty million for storage, somewhere and other deals. I also explain how I split my time across multiple companies, why I spend 350k a year on my personal media team, and how building a brand on X completely accelerated my career. This episode is about unreasonable ambition, calculated risk and making moves even when nobody gives you permission.
How I Pulled Off a $52M Acquisition | with Acquiring Minds
Sunday, December 14, 2025 • Duration 01:41:01
This is the full conversation I had with Will Smith and Niklas James on the Acquiring Minds podcast in April of 2025. We broke down how I bought Somewhere.com, how I run my real estate private equity firm, and how I leverage offshore talent to scale revenue while saving costs.
We discussed how I think about building teams, why sales is the foundation of all businesses, and why buying a company isn't a shortcut, it's a challenge most people aren't ready for.If you're thinking about buying a business, this episode will show you the side of acquisitions people rarely talk about.
Also shoutout to Niklas James from Minds Capital for co-hosting this conversation with Will. https://x.com/NiklasWJ
In the intro, I mentioned that you should check out this episode from Acquiring Minds that came out just before Thanksgiving, episode 407 with Linh Tran. He quit corporate, bought a small HVAC business, scaled it, and now makes over $5M a year with a CEO running it for him. It's a really good episode: https://acquiringminds.co/articles/linh-tran-advanced-commercial-group-apex-fund
How I Built a Multi-Million Dollar Company by Hiring Talent in Walmart Parking Lots
Saturday, September 20, 2025 • Duration 23:50
I sat down with Shawn Nelson to talk about what it really takes to build something that lasts. We covered everything from spotting talent in the wild to shaking every tree to raise capital. I share the story of recruiting one of my best hires in a freezing Walmart parking lot and how that same mindset applies to building wealth through sweaty startups. If you're serious about business and tired of startup fantasy, this one's worth your time.
367: How to build a valuable business that sell - Part 1
Season 1 · Episode 367
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 • Duration 15:16
In this clip, I talk with my friend Sieva Kozinsky about experiencing success and building a business that sell.
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366: How to manage new hires
Season 1 · Episode 366
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 • Duration 08:20
The most powerful thing that you can do when an employee shows up with a problem is ask "what would you do?" As soon as you ask, you'll get a look inside of their mind to see whether or not they have what it takes to solve problems at scale.
P.S. this is a clip from a workshop I did with Shaan Puri for Support Shepherd. You can get a copy of the full recording by clicking this link - https://youtu.be/lQ3-QlAmZPk
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In this clip, I talk with Chris Powers about how I'm building my holding company and all of my businesses
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364: Get your business Found on Google
Season 1 · Episode 364
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 • Duration 01:06:13
In this episode, join Nick, Barrett, and Simon for a workshop on how to get your business found on Google with SEO! They cover the fundamentals of link building and why it matters for growing SMB and RE businesses.
They discuss:
-How Google ranks companies
-Organic rankings
-Map pack
-Off-page vs On-page SEO
-How to structure your web page to rank
-The importance of Google Reviews and how to get them
Things you can do to rank higher:
-Directory Listings
-Organic Links
-GMB Optimization What makes a good backlink?
-Traffic
-Domain authority
If you are interested in SEO for your company, check us out at www.boldseo.com
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The best founders don't "hope" to magically stumble upon great talent for their companies. They hunt for it. They actively search for top talent and make them an offer they can't refuse.
P.S. this is a clip from a workshop I did with Shaan Puri for Support Shepherd. You can get a copy of the full recording by clicking this link - https://youtu.be/lQ3-QlAmZPk
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In this episode, Shaan Puri and I discuss why delegation is the key to leverage and growth for all businesses. We talk about how we've personally used https://www.supportshepherd.com to hire 50+ employees over the last few years and how you can too.
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I did an incredible interview with my friend and mentor, Chris Powers all about my life and business. In the middle of the interview we spent 30 minutes talking about my family and the impact that my dad had on my life. This was one of the best segments about him and his impact on me getting started in the business world.
Check Chris Power's The Fort Podcast: https://shorturl.at/dkuxT
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Thank you again for joining me on my Sweaty Startup journey.
Onward and upward!
-Nick
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