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Holding Company For Internet Businesses, 150 People And Personal Branding | Daniel Priestley Interview
Description
My conversation with Daniel Priestley about how to become a "key person of influence" in the world of private equity, investing or small business acquisition.
Being known in your own little world makes three things possible:
- Finding better deals
- Attract more capital on better terms
- Have more talent wanting to partner with your companies
Daniel manages a portfolio of internet companies and has a team of 150 people.
We discuss:
– The biggest leverage is not capital, its enterprise - the ability to run a business
– Becoming a key person of influence niche industry (hint: Buffett’s annual letters)
– Growing portfolio companies using cold calling and email
– Raising millions for your company by using cold outreach to content strategy
Show Notes:
00:00:00 - Intro00:01:07 - Growing the first company to $10 million in revenue in 3 years
00:02:23 - Building a personal brand in the M&A, PE or small business acquisition world
00:10:10 - Sending 150 messages per day to test the product, build the relationships
00:13:39 - Cold outreach to content
00:15:11 - Use waiting lists when raising capital; making transactions
00:23:01 - Providing immense value to your peers
00:31:03 - Going from online to offline to ACTUALLY raise capital and do the deals
00:47:52 - The biggest lever is not capital, its enterprise - to run the business
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