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Has imposter syndrome ever held you back? On today’s episode, I tackle the issue of imposter syndrome. I share my personal experience with imposter syndrome and give you a little interesting background on the history of it.  I also share 3 actionable tips that you can take to overcome it, so that you don’t stay stuck! Tune in to hear more!

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In this episode of the Pipeliners Podcast, Jim Schauer of Energy Worldnet (EWN) joins to discuss Operator Qualifications (OQ) and record-keeping in the pipeline industry. 

This episode explores the challenges faced by auditors and inspectors, emphasizing the industry's move towards electronic, cloud-based systems for real-time tracking of OQs.

Additionally, this episode also covers the complexities of Abnormal Operating Conditions (AOCs) and the need for continuous improvement in safety and compliance practices.

Visit PipelinePodcastNetwork.com for a full episode transcript, as well as detailed show notes with relevant links and insider term definitions. 

With today's economy, staying informed, adapting to market conditions, and building relationships is key in investing. Learn all that today as Vessi Kapoulian shares how she started passive and active investing with her lending background. Stay tuned to discover her tried and true tips for multifamily syndication rookies like you!

Key takeaways to listen for:

• First steps to take to get educated in real estate investing
• How commercial lenders evaluate qualified deal operators
• Current trends in the commercial lending space and its evolving dynamics
• Vessi’s insights on interest rates and how she looks for deals today
• Newbie-friendly advice for aspiring passive real estate investors

Resources:

• LoopNet
• The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin | Paperback and Hardcover
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill | Kindle and Paperback
• The ONE Thing by Gary Keller | Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover

About Vessi Kapoulian

Vessi Kapoulian has 18 years of business experience, including 14 years of commercial lending and four years of business management/sales/marketing. Vessi started her real estate journey in 2017. Today, Vessi controls a portfolio of investor real estate properties in Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia (161 doors, six properties). Her experience has helped her develop a solutions-oriented and execution-focused approach, which has served her well in managing her portfolio. Vessi is active in various real estate professional networks and frequently speaks at meet-ups or podcasts.

Vessi's mission is to help others attain their financial freedom while at the same time providing a clean, safe, and pleasant home environment for her clients (tenants) and improving the local communities she invests in. Vessi has earned a Bachelor's Degree in business from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from Northwestern University.

Connect with Vessi

• Website: DBA CAPITAL GROUP
• LinkedIn: Vessi Kapoulian 
• YouTube: Dream Believe Achieve Capital Group
• Facebook: Dream Believe Achieve (Real Estate) 

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Zack Hughes- How Being A Green Beret Helps in Business

Why do veterans make the best entrepreneurs? Because they are the hungriest, the toughest, the most persistent, and the most resourceful people in existence. And even if you've never found yourself in a literal battle, picking up some of those skills will change the way you show up in your business forever.

Zack Hughes is a former Green Beret with the Special Forces, whose military career ended with an injury sustained during a tour in Afghanistan. Following his time as a soldier, Zack became the COO of Elite Meet and was inspired to co-found the Operators Association, a community designed to motivate, mentor, and support up-and-coming Special Operators.

On this episode of No Bull Business and Brews, hosts Jason and Steve jam with Zack on Zack’s early days as a young man who wanted to serve and who became a leader very quickly (and unexpectedly), the ambush that left Zack injured and set him on a new trajectory, the ups and downs of transitioning to civilian life and business, how soldiers and businesses can each benefit from the other's skills and experience, and how Zach and his team are preparing the next generations of exceptional operators. Tune in for an impactful interview with an American warrior who's been at the top as a soldier and an entrepreneur.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Zach earned a solid reputation with his new team through a combination of hard work, life experience, and a sense of how to provide real value to others

• What combat looks like in real life to those in the middle of it (because it's nothing like the movies)

• Why the most famously "cringe-y" social media platform out there actually ended up being one of the foundations of Zack's incredible success on social media

• And much more!

Favorite Quote:

"And truly, what I found big-picture here is another mission, something to get behind, something to be passionate for… I don't know how many of those you get in life. And so for me to be able to be still with my guys, I get to be around people that are constantly fighting for their dreams and their purpose. And I gotta be honest with you guys, I'm just glad to be around people that are hungry as shit every day now."

-Zack Hughes

Connect with Zack:

Instagram

Facebook

LinkedIn

YouTube

TikTok 

Elite Meet

Operators Association

How To Get Involved:

Jason on Instagram

Steve on Instagram

Get ready for an insightful episode with Marshall Sykes as we chat about the benefits of joining coaching programs and mastermind groups when investing in multifamily real estate. Don’t miss his advice to seamlessly transition into new career paths and navigate the ever-changing market landscape. So, tune in and embark on a journey toward the extraordinary life you deserve!

Key takeaways to listen for:

• The importance of having the right mindset in real estate investing
• Benefits of having a mentor when transitioning to a real estate career
• Lessons and opportunities you can gain from your first RE deal
• Expert tips new investors should remember when investing in multifamily syndications
• Why you should ask questions and build trust with your operator 
  

Resources:

Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller | Hardcover

About Marshall Sykes

Marshall is a retired Navy Captain and a real estate investor who grew up in a family involved in real estate development and investing. He has 30 years of construction project and asset management experience, including a career in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps and at ExxonMobil. While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he led a team in planning and designing new multifamily facilities, upgrading existing properties, and managing over 10,000 units.

In recent years, Marshall and his wife, Cindy, have shifted their real estate investment focus toward multifamily properties. They own over 3000 apartment units, having previously owned single-family rental properties for over two decades. Marshall is enthusiastic about sharing the potential of investing in large multifamily properties through syndications, something he only recently discovered after being interested in it for over 15 years.

Connect with Marshall

• Website: Capitano Investing Group
• LinkedIn: Marshall Sykes 
  

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On the PreSales Podcast, James Kaikis and Dini Mehta connect on "CROs Perspective: Unlocking the Solutions Consultant." Dini, Former Chief Revenue Officer at Lattice and Part Time Operator at Operator Collective, discusses how and why she believes Solutions Consulting is a strategic component of the Go-To-Market organization. Dini shares her strategy to scale Solutions and use the role as a conduit to other parts of the organization.

In this GASB Podcast episode, Troy interviews Molly Keyser, a photographer for 16 years, now the Founder of Profitable Courses. Molly’s based in New Mexico, United States. Before Profitable Courses she also founded Boudie Shorts, an educational resource for Boudoir Photographers to get more clients.

After working in the photo industry as a photographer for 16 years. Molly decided to pivot into the world of digital education. Started Profitable Courses in 2021; helping small-medium business owners create their own digital products, fine-tuning them, marketing them, and getting traffic, in order to generate a nice stream of cash flow. 

Molly advises that small-medium business owners, need to develop good habits and discipline. In order to focus on one thing at a time. A piece of advice that she also once received. “You need to pick one product to focus on and scale that up to a million at least first.”, her mentor said.

This Cast Covers: 

• The identity of Molly Keyser.
• How Troy and Molly knew each other.
• Transitioning from being a photographer to digital course education.
• Molly’s businesses before Profitable Courses.
• Molly’s business, Profitable Courses.
• Nothing is completely passive; after product creation, traffic is required.
• The definition of Shiny Object Syndrome.
• How Molly gets past a certain revenue mark.
• The number one thing small-medium business owners should apply.
• Overall growth of Profitable Courses.

Links:  

• Molly’s Linkedin
• Molly's Instagram
• Molly’s Twitter
• Molly’s TikTok
• Profitable Courses

Additional Resources:

• Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Creating a Mass Movement of People Who Will Pay for Your Advice (1st Edition) by Russell Brunson
• Vivid Vision: A Remarkable Tool For Aligning Your Business Around a Shared Vision of the Future by Cameron Herold

Quotes:

“Nothing is 100% passive, you have to traffic and create the products and do the work upfront.” — Molly Keyser.

“You need to pick one product to focus on and scale that up to a million at least first.” — Molly Keyser.

“With every failure and everything that goes wrong, you learn.” — Molly Keyser.

“Assign yourself tasks, so you can get in the habit of it. Because otherwise, you're just not going to get a lot done very quickly.” — Molly Keyser.

“You need to have that discipline.” — Molly Keyser.

Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

A call to a sex hotline goes horribly wrong. 

Dave Penner as "Mike" - Angela Iris Acosta as "Marissa" - Written by Eli Chance and Dave Penner - Editing and Sound Design by Dave Penner - Album Art by Kirk Diedrich - Theme by Pietro Milanesi 

Email Us At: ChanceAndPenner@gmail.com 

Host Spencer Rascoff speaks with Ian Siegel, CEO and co-founder of ZipRecruiter on this episode of Office Hours. ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace that uses artificial intelligence to match businesses with job candidates in every industry. More than 1.8 million employers have used ZipRecruiter since its founding in 2010. Ian previously held leadership roles at CitySearch, Stamps.com and Rent.com. He received his B.A. in sociology from Oberlin College. He's now based in Santa Monica, California. His book “Get Hired Now!” is a Wall Street Journal bestseller. 

-We talk to him about tips for finding the right operator

-Importance of consistent marketing and lead flow

-Market trends moving forward in todays real estate environment

Tune in now or watch the full video podcast at www.privatelenderspodcast.com

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Matt Kurman is the Director of Growth Programs at Convoy, a digital freight network transporting the world with endless capacity and zero waste (akin to "the Uber of freight"), as 1 of the 1st 15.

Which makes sense, given Matt formerly came from Uber , where he cut his teeth in the high octane world of marketplace startups. At Uber Matt was part of the hearty Ops team, the "beating heart" of Uber Seattle.

Back to Convoy! Over the course of 8 years, Matt went from founding member, to supply-side expert in physical marketplaces, has been a diehard evangelist of the company, while coming from the performance heavy world of college basketball where he was a "1000 point scorer".

This conversation was…full throttle (pun intended)! Very entertaining! It's loaded with gems of amazing stories of marketplace scale & challenges; Matt brings the ruckus and energy of an athlete to a marketplace, we love it.

We dive deep into…Taking the "road less traveled" (and what that meant for Matt), the "Dance" of building hard-earned trust & respect of trucking co's, 6 key principles of ops for a physical startup marketplace, breakthroughs in acquiring Supply & operating in a "Demand-lead" market, Convoy's ingenious flywheel that just KEEPS ON GIVIN!

This episode is particularly valuable for any founder, operator, or marketer who's involved in a PHYSICAL marketplace and needs to know the nitty gritty of a proven blueprint for scale. Booby traps are called out; you'll definitely want to listen to this one.

BON APPETIT! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review! You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/matt-part-2

Matt Kurman is the Director of Growth Programs at Convoy, a digital freight network transporting the world with endless capacity and zero waste (akin to "the Uber of freight"), as 1 of the 1st 15.

Which makes sense, given Matt formerly came from Uber , where he cut his teeth in the high octane world of marketplace startups. At Uber Matt was part of the hearty Ops team, the "beating heart" of Uber Seattle.

Back to Convoy! Over the course of 8 years, Matt went from founding member, to supply-side expert in physical marketplaces, has been a diehard evangelist of the company, while coming from the performance heavy world of college basketball where he was a "1000 point scorer".

This conversation was…full throttle (pun intended)! Very entertaining! It's loaded with gems of amazing stories of marketplace scale & challenges; Matt brings the ruckus and energy of an athlete to a marketplace, we love it.

We dive deep into…Taking the "road less traveled" (and what that meant for Matt), the "Dance" of building hard-earned trust & respect of trucking co's, 6 key principles of ops for a physical startup marketplace, breakthroughs in acquiring Supply & operating in a "Demand-lead" market, Convoy's ingenious flywheel that just KEEPS ON GIVIN!

This episode is particularly valuable for any founder, operator, or marketer who's involved in a PHYSICAL marketplace and needs to know the nitty gritty of a proven blueprint for scale. Booby traps are called out; you'll definitely want to listen to this one.

BON APPETIT! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review! You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/matt

I have heard some honest discussions from Operators who prioritized Career over Fatherhood. You can do both, it just has to be a conscious effort.

Marcus is doing research and creating a practice to coach men how to be better Dads. This is a phenomenal idea, parenting does not always come naturally, and having a coach may be just the answer. In this 2 part discussion Marcus addresses:

1. Creating a Dad-Identity- seeing yourself as a Dad; understanding the importance of the role.

2. Consistency- discipline, routines, keeping promises.

3. Importance of play.

4. Not perfect, PRESENT-putting Dad time on the schedule; focusing attention on them; listening.

Holiday season is an important time to reflect on family, and what we can re commit ourselves to.

I hope this is meaningful during this time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Who is Pinga? This is a very special episode that catches a marketplace at the END of it’s journey.

Michael Goulden is the founder & CEO of Pinga, the original courier service in the UK that would bring any needed item to your hand from 15-120 mins, from your neighbor next door, AKA "The High Street in your hands", AKA "The Uber For Everyday Tasks" (~Evening Standard).

Before Pinga, Mr. Goulden was a Senior Manager & business consultant at KPMG where he had an itch in the startup marketplace world he needed to scratch.

Over the course of 5 years Pinga grew to over 40K downloads, 10K active customers, raised over 700K pounds, and was live across every neighborhood of London

This conversation was fascinating! Like listening to….the Pinga “discography”. We dives deep into... beta launching at a UNI, the evolution of pricing through algorithms, NETWORK EFFECTS and PLOT TWISTING pivots to make a marketplace successful, Pinga’s flywheel and the constant battle, partnering with Co-op grocery stories, and so much more.

This conversation is particularly valuable for FOUNDERS, a startup junky wanting to study the marketplace dynamics at play and how complicated (yet fun) it can be to play with.

Enjoy this special episode! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/michael

Who is Pinga? This is a very special episode that catches a marketplace at the END of it’s journey.

Michael Goulden is the founder & CEO of Pinga, the original courier service in the UK that would bring any needed item to your hand from 15-120 mins, from your neighbor next door, AKA "The High Street in your hands", AKA "The Uber For Everyday Tasks" (~Evening Standard).

Before Pinga, Mr. Goulden was a Senior Manager & business consultant at KPMG where he had an itch in the startup marketplace world he needed to scratch.

Over the course of 5 years Pinga grew to over 40K downloads, 10K active customers, raised over 700K pounds, and was live across every neighborhood of London

This conversation was fascinating! Like listening to….the Pinga “discography”. We dives deep into... beta launching at a UNI, the evolution of pricing through algorithms, NETWORK EFFECTS and PLOT TWISTING pivots to make a marketplace successful, Pinga’s flywheel and the constant battle, partnering with Co-op grocery stories, and so much more.

This conversation is particularly valuable for FOUNDERS, a startup junky wanting to study the marketplace dynamics at play and how complicated (yet fun) it can be to play with.

Enjoy this special episode! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/michael

Alex Rodriguez is the General Manager of Abodu, the premiere DADU company. What's a DADU? Stay tuned and you'll find out.

Before Abodu, over the course of 4.5 years Alex worked at some impressive marketplaces he was the Partnerships Lead and Operator @ UberEATS for Seattle & Portland and Regional Market Ops Manager @ Bungalow (co-living spaces).

Alex Rodriguez holds a bachelor's degree at an American College in Greece, which you'll hear more about soon!

This conversation was a delight! Alex comes from a unique background that brings a KEY perspective to marketplaces. This episode is particularly valuable for an Operations Manager or Specialist in a physical marketplace and interested in hearing from someone who's rolled up their sleeves & improvised at some fascinating marketplaces. 

As well, a founder or entrepreneur who wants to be the front-runner in a market and everything it takes to get there.

We dive deep into…studying & living in Greece, equine therapy, operating a 3-sided marketplaces, getting his hands dirty building partnerships w/ UberEATS restaurants, building supply AND demand @ Bungalow, How Abodu is a game changer for both families + investors, and the well-oiled machines of standing up an DADUs.

We think you’ll like this one! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/alex-rodriguez-part-2

Alex Rodriguez is the General Manager of Abodu, the premiere DADU company. What's a DADU? Stay tuned and you'll find out.

Before Abodu, over the course of 4.5 years Alex worked at some impressive marketplaces.He was the Partnerships Lead and Operator @ UberEATS for Seattle & Portland and Regional Market Ops Manager @ Bungalow (co-living spaces).

Alex Rodriguez holds a bachelor's degree at an American College in Greece, which you'll hear more about soon!

This conversation was a delight! Alex comes from a unique background that brings a KEY perspective to marketplaces. This episode is particularly valuable for an Operations Manager or Specialist in a physical marketplace and interested in hearing from someone who's rolled up their sleeves & improvised at some fascinating marketplaces. 

As well, a founder or entrepreneur who wants to be the front-runner in a market and everything it takes to get there.

We dive deep into…studying & living in Greece, equine therapy, operating a 3-sided marketplaces, getting his hands dirty building partnerships w/ UberEATS restaurants, building supply AND demand @ Bungalow, How Abodu is a game changer for both families + investors, and the well-oiled machines of standing up an DADUs.

We think you’ll like this one! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd PREFER to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/alex-rodriguez 

Brooke Steger is the founder and CEO of Vivian & Co. But more importantly, Formerly she was Uber's General Manager of the Pacific Northwest region, where she took it from 1 to 100 in a rapid speed. Seattle was the 3rd market for Uber, where Brooke took it from an unknown brand to a 10-figure business.

Before Uber, she was the Director @ Lockerz, and is currently on the board of several other startups that are trying to make a splash.

Back to Uber: over the course of 5 years Brooke took the PNW region from a 1 million to 1 billion dollar P&L, spoke @ State Congress to get ride-share bills passed, and built the team from the ground up.

This conversation was incredible. Brooke HUSTLES and pursues what she's passionate about which is a constant thread through her life. 

We dive deep into…inception days of Uber Seattle, fixing "supply" & growing an UberX solution, sacrifices of scaling, marketing to drivers & borrowing from different cultures, pop-ups & other experiments during early Uber, and life-after-Uber.

This episode is particularly valuable for a startup founder or marketer who's curious of what the behind-the-scenes of an extremely successful marketplace looked like.

Learn from a leader who is confident in who they are, but didn't know what she was getting into (really) when it was getting started.

Have a hoot with this one! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd prefer to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/brooke-part-2

Brooke Steger is the founder and CEO of Vivian & Co. But more importantly, Formerly she was Uber's General Manager of the Pacific Northwest region, where she took it from 1 to 100 in a rapid speed. Seattle was the 3rd market for Uber, where Brooke took it from an unknown brand to a 10-figure business.

Before Uber, she was the Director @ Lockerz, and is currently on the board of several other startups that are trying to make a splash.

Back to Uber: over the course of 5 years Brooke took the PNW region from a 1 million to 1 billion dollar P&L, spoke @ State Congress to get ride-share bills passed, and built the team from the ground up.

This conversation was incredible. Brooke HUSTLES and pursues what she's passionate about which is a constant thread through her life. 

We dive deep into…inception days of Uber Seattle, fixing "supply" & growing an UberX solution, sacrifices of scaling, marketing to drivers & borrowing from different cultures, pop-ups & other experiments during early Uber, and life-after-Uber.

This episode is particularly valuable for a startup founder or marketer who's curious of what the behind-the-scenes of an extremely successful marketplace looked like.

Learn from a leader who is confident in who they are, but didn't know what she was getting into (really) when it was getting started.

Have a hoot with this one! You can like & subscribe if you like to, but ultimately we'd prefer to hear your thoughts: so tell us what you think of the episode & leave a review. You can also find show notes @ https://jakubkubicka.com/brooke