Kevin van Eekeren has a podcast called the State of Logic podcast in Fulcrum Investing. Kevin is an investor in seed and Series A companies, a farmer, and owns a few other businesses, as well. He started out training police officers and SWAT teams, but has grown from the initial non-profit he started, to running a rock solid investment company. Join Kevin and John on this episode to find out more about Kevin’s journey, the things he’s learned from successful and unsuccessful companies, and what investors are looking out for in companies.

 

Key Takeaways:

[:18] John welcomes his guest for this episode — Kevin van Eekeren.

[1:21] Who is Kevin and what does he do?

[2:37] Kevin is currently less of an entrepreneur, and more of an investor and a farmer. How did that happen?

[5:13] Where did Kevin’s foresight to go down the path he took come from?

[7:17] How did Kevin make the jump from training SWAT teams to being a farmer?

[9:04] Kevin manages his farm business while still being an investor running Fulcrum Investing.

[10:02] How does Kevin determine if a company is going to be a good investment for his portfolio?

[15:58] Kevin’s team removes emotion from the decision making process of whether to invest, by making their system very clinical.

[17:25] What’s next for Kevin?

[18:10] Is Kevin’s approach to companies he’s investing in more hands on or hands off?

[20:17] Why does Kevin choose to focus his team’s time and energy on the companies that are doing well instead of those who aren’t doing as well and may need help?

[23:20] What are some of the lessons that Kevin has learned from his experience investing in and working with successful and unsuccessful companies?

[26:39] Were there any companies that Kevin thought would fail but that ended up being successful?

[30:07] Investors try to apply as much science as they can to the process of investing, but it’s also an art.

[32:00] Kevin shares his own start up failure and where he went from there.

[36:28] There’s more to be gleaned from the failures than the successes. Kevin talks about his first (and only) investment ever with Fulcrum Investing that failed.

[41:30] What an investor is looking for is also if they can help you take your business further.

[43:07] Check out Kevin’s podcast, The State of Logic, and visit his website at Fulcrum Investing!

[43:24] Kevin highly recommends using the app Headspace, which has been a game changer for him.

[45:44] What kind of companies is Kevin looking for to invest in? If you think you’re going to knock it out of the park, reach out to him!

 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Financial Gravity

The Financial Gravity Podcast with John Pollock

State of Logic Podcast

Fulcrum Investing

Rocket Fuel, by Mark Winters

Headspace app

Abundance 360