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060: Joseph Williams: How to Raise 180 Million Dollars

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Today's guest is Joseph Williams, founder, president and CEO of InDev Capital, a real estate investment advisory firm that specializes in emerging markets in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Joseph is an entrepreneur with experience in investment banking and was the founder of a residential supply company serving developers in the U.S. and Canada.  He  has lived in Brazil for the last five years while studying the marketplace and building his firm. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School and speaks and reads Portuguese and Japanese.

In today's conversation we discuss:

  • How Joseph Williams sticks out in a crowd
  • What rain, internet and emerging markets have to do with one another
  • where Joseph says half the world's capitol is
  • How Vonage allows you to work in a foreign country on the cheap
  • Hear how JW overcame "working for the family business" when there was no "family business"
  • How spite for Goldman Sachs triggered JW to move to Japan
  • How far will Chinese interns bike along a freeway to save money after a night of drinking
  • Harvard Credit Card Roulette
  • How a Harvard MBA graduate ends up delivering meat for Cowboys pride
  • How head trash can be so dangerous
  • How lacking money provides clarity
  • The power of asking
  • Hear how JW leveraged a relationship for a 180 million dollar deal
  • How big people revolve around big things
  • How it's easier to raise $100M than $2M
  • Why you should ask what pain can you solve?

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