John is Chief Executive Officer of Venture First and has focused his career on working closely with
venture-backed companies. He has worked with hundreds of early- and growth-stage companies across
many industries, many of them dealing with highly-technical products or business models. He believes
strongly in the use of carefully-applied rigor to rationalize financial models, business plans, valuations,
and other quantification tools. He has over a decade of financial experience, including buy-side and sell-
side mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity capital raises; strategic consulting; complex financial
modeling; business plan development; equity and derivative valuation; and venture incubation. John
attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics
and dual concentrations in Finance and Management.
In this episode you’ll discover…
What are some of the most exciting things happening in the venture market
What the overall early-stage business climate is like now
When you should have your company valuated
How early-stage valuations are conducted and what are the current trends
Why most startups fail
Tips for new entrepreneurs
The process for a capital raise, and how any company can do it
Awesome tips for successful capital raising
Cool tips for closing capital deals
Things a business owner should do in the beginning if the exit plan is to sell the company
The first step a business owner should take to sell their company
The type of financial consulting a business owner, even a new business owner should have
The process a business owner take to determine the value of their business
And much more...
Todd Tresidder is a former hedge fund manager who “retired” at age 35. He loves playing the money game like a kid loves playing Monopoly and remains an active investor to this day. He is also a financial educator and pro-consumer advocate having authored 5 personal finance books. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Forbes, NPR, and market Watch, among other places. If you like what you hear from him today, you can get more of his insights on the Financial Mentor Podcast, or get his free email course, “52 Weeks to Financial Freedom,” teaching you how to invest smart, build wealth, retire early, and live free at - FinancialMentor.Com.
During this show we discuss…
What the “7 Steps to 7 Figures” wealth building process is and how it works
How your financial picture is a mirror of your habits and attitudes
How to develop your wealth plan connected to how you really run your life
How to take massive action to accumulate massive wealth
How to structure your life to pull you towards your financial goals
The 5 steps you really need to build your wealth
How much money does someone really need to retire
How retire really is financial independence planning
How to accomplish financial independence at a young age
The dangerous myths you should know about retirement calculators and how to use them wisely
How to get access to 80 different calculators to map out your wealth and goals
Why you need to save $300,000-$ 400,000 for every $1,000 in retirement income you want to have
How owning a business and real estate can help you catch up on retirement planning if you are behind now
The difference between a fast and slow path to wealth
How someone designs a plan to achieve financial independence that will actually work
How to accomplish true wealth
The 3 asset classes you must know about
Justin is a father, husband, speaker and entrepreneur. A 13-year digital marketing veteran and self-proclaimed numbers junky, Justin is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of Conversion Fanatic: How to Double Your Customers, Sales and Profits with A/B Testing. He is also the co-founder and President of Conversion Fanatics, a full service conversion rate optimization company.
During this show you will discover…
The difference between SEO and SEM?
Best tips to optimize your website
The kind of leads that can be produced from a properly optimized website
The types of analytics an entrepreneur should check to properly manage their website
How landing pages should best be used versus regular web pages
The importance is A/B split testing
Conversion tips for mobile
Some things every business should have on their website
Best tips for getting your website to move up the ranks in Google
How to stay ahead of Google with their constant changes
How to get an edge in todays busy digital world?
The 5 pillars of success