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Interview with Chris Van Dusen From Building & Exiting Companies to Investing in Billionaire-Backed Strategies with Chris Van Dusen Today, I’m joined by Chris Van Dusen—serial entrepreneur turned Senior Equity Partner at SoCo Capital. Chris built and sold multiple companies, including one of the world’s largest CBD brands, before stepping into the world of…
For decades, the 60/40 portfolio—an allocation of 60% stocks to 40% bonds—ruled retirement planning. This was the conventional financial strategy taught in business schools and promoted by countless advisors. To be fair, it’s easy to understand why. It was a simple strategy: stocks provided growth, and bonds provided stability. And, historically, bonds and stocks were…
Interview with Alex Bean Why a $2.5B Exit Didn’t Lead to Happiness with Alex Bean Every entrepreneur dreams of the big exit, yet for many, the American Dream can quickly turn into the American Nightmare. Within five years, Alex Bean went from startup founder to selling Divvy for $2.5 billion to Bill.com—making enough money…
Suppose the life of fame you dreamt of turns out to be less fulfilling than you expected? Do you feel empty after receiving accolades and applause? This wasn’t a philosophical question for Christian Ray Flores; it was his life. With his international fame, chart-topping hits, and sold-out arenas in post-Soviet Russia, he had it all.…
Interview with David Bayer Rewire Your Mind: The Simple Formula for Wealth & Freedom with David Bayer Success in business and investing often gets framed as tactics, strategy, or sheer hustle. But according to David Bayer—renowned mindset and performance coach, transformational speaker, and founder of the Powerful Living Experience—the real driver isn’t what you…
What happens when successful entrepreneurs decide that building businesses is not enough, and focus instead on building people? For Nick and Molly Pastermack, who turned early failures into stepping stones for building businesses across a wide array of industries, Lifestyle Investor Foundations is the answer. For those who are unfamiliar, this is an energetic community…
Interview with Jay Jacobs How to Protect and Grow Wealth After Selling Your Business with Jay Jacobs Building and selling a company is hard—but managing wealth afterward is a completely different challenge. Jay Jacobs knows this firsthand. An OG member of The Lifestyle Investor Mastermind, and my very first Private Client, Jay founded RAPID…
When a traditional job isn’t fulfilling, regardless of how well it pays or what it appears to be on paper, what do you do? When you’re Marco Mereu, you follow your gut, chase your passion, and build something that hasn’t been seen before. While working as a real estate lawyer in Boston for nearly a…
Interview with Adel Sayegh They Stole His $1B Company While He Was on His Deathbed with Adel Sayegh He was dying. They thought he wouldn’t survive. So they stole his $1B company. Adel Sayegh built a billion-dollar business from nothing—pioneering security tag technology, facial recognition, and GPS tracking. But while he lay on his…
For years, Geoff Woods served as Vice President of The ONE Thing, a bestselling leadership brand and book. It was a career-defining position that gave him success, visibility, and a sense of purpose. However, Geoff made a surprise move in 2023: he walked away. Rather than stay in his current role, he sold his equity…