What it Takes To Be an Alternative Investor - EP.22

Just in case you were wondering if you have what it takes to be an alternative investor, today we thought we’d share with you all of the things — the behaviours, the attitudes, and the skills — that go into sourcing and doing diligence on closing a deal!

There’s a lot of aspects that go into shaping an excellent alternative investor — from qualitative to quantitative skills. You need to be an expert generalist, while also having strong project management skills, lots of optimism, and most importantly: be able to make STUFF happen. In this episode we cover the three major buckets of the skills you need to have, as well as the three specific parts of what goes into making a deal, such as sourcing, diligence, and the closing process. Tune in!

Key Takeaways: [:11] About our topic today:  [:55] The first of the three big buckets that fill the skills of what an alternative investor needs to be: an ‘expert generalist.’ [2:46] The second: being a ‘professional cat herder.’ [4:38] Our third bucket: make ‘stuff’ happen. [5:54] The three specific parts of what goes into doing a deal: sourcing (find the deal), diligence (analysis and doing the work), and the closing process (getting the deal over the finish line). [6:24] Firstly: the skills, behaviours, and attitudes that go into sourcing a deal. [8:38] Secondly: the diligence side and its related skills, behaviours, and attitudes. [13:06] Thirdly: the skills involved in getting the deal closed!

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