Frank Cottle is CEO and founder of Alliance Business Centers Network, a digital-age workplace solution for businesses, particularly startups, in need of a virtual office. Prior to his 25 years of experience within the Office Business Center industry, Frank was EVP with the investment banking firm of L.E. Peterson and company, where he managed US syndicated real estate operations. Frank can speak about how to start a business from anywhere, the inception and growth of his own company, and much more!
During This Show We Discuss…
What a virtual office is, the benefits it provides, and what they can do for your business.
What’s behind the growing revolution of flexible and group work spaces
The types of services virtual office companies provide and how they work
The importance perception of credibility is to a business
What types of virtual officer solutions are available and the range of investment options
How virtual offices can help startups and home-based businesses
How you can use virtual solutions to access meeting rooms, reception services, and office space
How to use virtual offices to get mail and improve credibility on loan applications
The benefits of a virtual address compared to a UPS box
And much more...
Kevin Bupp is a Florida-based Real Estate Investor, top iTunes podcast host and serial entrepreneur with over $40 million of real estate transactions. His extensive investment experience spans the gamut of apartment buildings, single-family homes, office buildings, raw land, condos, and his favorite and by far the most profitable, Mobile Home Parks. With over 16 years of experience, Kevin now educates investors to locate, acquire, and create “higher than average” returns from this widely-misunderstood niche of Mobile Home Park Investing. He shares his expertise through the Mobile Home Academy and as the host of The Investing for Cashflow Podcast which has become one of the hottest podcasts on iTunes, often in the top 100!
During This Show We Discuss…
Why you should consider investing in mobile home parks versus residential homes or commercial properties?
What is involved with owning a mobile home park
What you are responsible for when owning a mobile home park
The unique benefits that exist with parks that doesn’t exist with the other commercial asset classes
How a novice can get started with investing in mobile home parks
The best size park to start with
Whether you should consider a park with private or public utilities
What other considerations a new investor should be aware of
How to find parks that are for sale and know you’re getting a good deal
How to get financing for mobile home parks
And much more!
Kate Stalter is a licensed investment advisor representative, and the founder of Better Money Decisions, a fee-only investment advisory firm with offices in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Scottsdale. She is an investment columnist for Forbes, US News & World Report, TheStreet.com and Seeking Alpha, and host of the America Talks Money financial podcast. She previously hosted the “Small-Cap Roundup” radio show, the “Daily Guru” feature on MoneyShow.com and served as an investing coach for Investor’s Business Daily.
During This Show We Discuss…
What financial planners really do
When someone should consider using a financial planner
What many people misunderstand about financial planning
Why so many Americans seeing inferior returns on their investments and how to fix it
How fees and expenses hurt investors
The kind of returns someone gets who manages their own portfolio versus working with a pro
What you should know about diversifying investments globally
How to put together a well-balanced portfolio
The biggest challenges you have seen for those trying to save for retirement
How to figure out what you may need for retirement
The smartest investments people should make and why
What you should know about investing in real estate versus investing in the markets
Spencer Shaw is the host of the Business Growth Podcast and founder of a podcast network.
Spencer has started and sold several businesses in real estate, retail, software and publishing
industries. He has had more failures than you can imagine and shares the fun stories and hard
lessons learned on his podcast. He enjoys extreme sports and is married with three kids.
Recently their family lived on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.
During This Show We Discuss…
What can be learned by interviews with hundreds of leading entrepreneurs
Patterns or commonalities that the most successful people share
The worst advice business experts share that you should ignore
The best advice business experts share that you should follow
Advice from leading entrepreneurs you should take action on immediately
The secrets to operating a remote company living in the Caribbean
The keys of building and scaling a company quickly
Things a business owner must accomplish to be able to sell their business
How to find the right buyer for your business
The most important thing business owners should focus on if you even think of selling your business
Things investors or buyers find important in your business that you may not think are important
Things business owners do not focus on that you should be
And much more...
John Livesay is a top sales expert and funding strategist with over 20 years of experience. He hosts The Successful Pitch podcast with investors from around the world and is the Pitch Mentor at Startfast.net, the number one accelerator in Upstate New York. John gives startups the pitching secret to become irresistible to investors. When John works with startups, they become master storytellers so that they can inspire investors to join their team. John has been featured by both Entrepreneur and Inc., and is the author of The Successful Pitch: Conversations on Going from Invisible to Investable.
During This Show We Discuss…
Whether investors are typically interested more in the business owner, the idea, or the company itself
The best way to find and meet investors
How to find the right investor for your business
What you should look for when deciding which investors to take on as partners
Whether most investors actively involved in the running of the business after they invest
The best way to make initial contact with those investors
How someone should prepare for investor meetings
The secrets to a great investor pitch
How to craft the perfect pitch
The types of materials someone should have for a pitch
The most important aspects investors look at before investing
When to start looking for capital for your business
The amount of capital that’s typically available through seed capital
The percentage of a company that may provide to an investor in exchange for funding
How quickly you can get money from making first contact with an investor to obtaining capital
The 3 secrets to increasing your confidence
Why storytelling is important to making sales
How storytelling helps increase sales