Payback Time

My next guest has a background in investment banking, mergers, and acquisitions, and investing. In fact, he lead a successful career in investment banking that allowed him to retire at age 39 and thereafter start several small businesses. This eventually led up to a career as a course creator. Now today, he has dozens of courses on Udemy with over 100,000 students over and 9,000 reviews. Please welcome John Colley.

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

Passive income, life insurance, and diversification. We cover all these topics and more as we discuss 7 myths of finance and investing. My next guest is a certified financial planner who left his job as an advisor to start a tech company that serves the financial industry. This episode flips some of our thoughts on finance, on its head. Please welcome Rob Cook.

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Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

If you are building a business, you need to put systems in place early, to make sure you have an exit strategy that actually pays off. My next guest has a history of building and selling 2 different service businesses. In this episode, we talk about how to structure the payment models, how to improve operations, and how to add more value for the buyer. Please welcome Jason Skeesick.

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

My next guest is a health, life, and business coach and in this episode, we talk about the importance of creating multiple streams of revenue in your business. We also talk about the importance of increasing your prices to the point where it may push you outside your comfort zone. The more you charge, the more people will pay attention, especially the right people you want to work with. Please welcome Holly Jean Jackson.

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Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

As investors in the stock market, we have two high-level strategies. One is wealth building while the other is wealth protection. My next guest is a wealth manager who helps his clients with 2 products that have decent upside potential and minimal downside risk. In this episode, we break down the returns, the costs, and how you can get started. Please welcome Rich Kasparian.

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

My next guest has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Feld Technologies. He is also a co-founder of Techstars is a writer and speaker on the topics of venture capital and entrepreneurship, and co-authored the second edition of Startup Boards. Please welcome Brad Feld.

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Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

Ben Currier - Why failure is a stepping stone for something bigger.

Failure doesn’t have to set you back. In fact, it can be used as a tool to set you apart from the competition. My next guest shares his past failures and how he’s used those failures as a marketing tool. In this episode, we talk about how and why he failed, how he uses failure to stand apart, and why we all should not be trying to look perfect in a world that’s cluttered with prideful behavior. Please welcome Ben Currier.

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Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

Do you want to generate passive income with real estate but don’t have any money to invest? Not to worry, my next guest uses a common strategy of partnering with investors. In this episode, we talk about where to find investors, how to build an audience of investors, how to structure deals, and small improvements you can make to double the property value. Please welcome Jennings Smith.

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This is the beginning of season 3. I provide background on where we’ve been and where we are going along with a market update.

If you’re an entrepreneur, you may be thinking you should put all your eggs in one basket. In other words, you should build your business and sell it for a big chunk of change. Unfortunately in most cases, that’s not how it works. In this episode, we talk about diversifying your income in stocks, funds, fixed income, and your own business. Please welcome Michael Ringel.

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.