BiggerPockets Business Podcast

BiggerPockets

Welcome to a real-world MBA, where entrepreneurs guide you through what it really takes to start, scale, and sell your own business.

Your hosts: J and Carol Scott, who left careers in corporate management to launch their own house-flipping business. Every Tuesday, you'll meet a new guest and learn actionable tips for hiring, firing, marketing, raising capital and more.

So whether you're looking to boost profits or bring a new idea to life, you'll come away informed and inspired. Tune in, and learn how to treat your business like a business!

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107 episodes
Updated Apr 27, 2021

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Apr 27, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
105: The MOST Profitable Skill to Learn (From a $200M+ VC Investor) with Codie Sanchez
Successful business owners are addicted to building businesses, sometimes to their folly. For someone like Codie Sanchez, this isn’t a problem, but a superpower. Codie is a journalist, a venture capital partner, an angel investor, and an entrepreneur. She loves, as she puts it, “building herself out of a job”, which means creating businesses with huge potential, getting a team in place, and heading on to better things. Now, managing many millions of dollars, she has to look into which businesse
Apr 20, 2021 · 57 min
104: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Start Buying Profitable Real Estate with Andrew Luong
It’s hard for real estate investors to get started, especially without a mentor, a background in real estate, or an existing network. Many of those interested in buying profitable, cash-flowing real estate are busy with their 9-5 job or even running their own business. This was at least the case for landlord and founder of Doorvest, Andrew Luong, when he talked to his friends about buying rental properties. Andrew had a passion for real estate and knew that it was one of the best ways to make
Apr 13, 2021 · 1 hr 5 min
103: Are You Seen as Credible in A Customer’s Eye? with Mitchell Levy
What does it mean to be credible? Are you showing up and providing for your customers, your partners, and the world as a whole? These are questions that today’s guest, Mitchell Levy has been asking. Mitchell is an expert on credibility and is trying to make not only business, but the world a more credible place to live and work. Mitchell has been working in Silicon Valley for over 30 years. When he left his last job at Sun Microsystems, he did right at the cusp of the dot com and ecommerce era.
Apr 6, 2021 · 58 min
102: Are You Ready to Take the Entrepreneurial Leap? with Gino Wickman
Many business owners and entrepreneurs have read books like Traction and Rocket Fuel, both of which talk about how to build a successful business, partnership, and how to use the EOS (entrepreneurial operating system). Today we have on the author of both those books, and a new book Entrepreneurial Leap, Gino Wickman. Gino always had the entrepreneurial drive in him, but wasn’t able to label it for a long period of time. He went to work out of high school and found himself transforming his famil
Mar 30, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min
101: Acquiring a $1.5M Business with Only $10k Out of Pocket with Nigel Guisinger & Sean Ade
We buy and sell a lot of different assets like houses, stocks, and even bitcoin (sometimes). But what about buying and selling businesses? Business acquisitions can seem like an entirely different world, but they aren’t too different from the regular buying and selling of assets we do every day. Today’s show features Nigel Guisinger, who you may remember from the wildly popular episode that aired almost exactly a year ago. Last time Nigel talked about buying businesses using seller financing,
Mar 23, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min
100: You Can't Fear Failure: Scott Trench on the Evolution of BiggerPockets
How does a 27 year old become the CEO of a major online brand? Not only that, how does a 27 year old take an online brand, build upon it, and create something better? Well, if your name is Scott Trench, the answer is: a lot of hard work, some tough decisions, and looking out for the customer whenever possible. Before he was head honcho at BiggerPockets, Scott was a financial analyst in the corporate world. He wasn’t too happy, and spent all his free time finding the best (and quickest) ways to
Mar 16, 2021 · 51 min
99: Finding Profitable Opportunities Using “Deliberate Data” with Dr. John Johnson
Data can be a confusing topic for most people, but what about when it has to do with your business? How is your business using data? Are you even using data at all? Dr. John Johnson, expert witness, professor, and founder of Edgeworth Economics and Edgeworth Analytics argues for businesses using data to grow. Dr. Johnson understands why so many people fall victim to studies and findings that may not be entirely accurate. He talks through confirmation bias and how we, as consumers, can find the
Mar 9, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
98: Build a Big Life, Not Just a Big Business: Advice from The Hosts of The Empire Building Podcast
How do you build a business that ties in healthily with your life? While you’re trying to bring in millions in revenue, are you there for your children, your spouse, your loved ones, or even yourself? If not, why are you building the business at all? This was a main topic of discussion for the hosts of the Empire Building Podcast, Wendy Papasan, Sarah Reynolds, Seychelle Van Poole, and Vija Williams. Wendy, Sarah, Seychelle, and Vija have all grown massive real estate empires throughout their o
Mar 2, 2021 · 53 min
97: Put Profit First: How to Compound Your Business and Personal Income with Rocky Lalvani
Rocky Lalvani came to the United States as a small child. Like many immigrants, Rocky’s parents arrived with a small amount of money, around $25. As hard workers, they were consistently talking to their friends and relatives about how to make more money so they could have the coveted “American Dream”. This is how Rocky started his education in money and finances, and what pushed him to become wealthy. Now, Rocky teaches businesses and entrepreneurs the Profit First system, which is exactly what
Feb 23, 2021 · 1 hr
96: Starting Successful Businesses with NO Industry Experience with Jeff Fenster
There are often standard prerequisites for starting a company. First, you need to go get a degree for a certain field, then you need to find a job that is in that field, then you need to stay in that job for 10 years to gain connections, and finally, you can start a business. Jeff Fenster, serial entrepreneur and founder of Everbowl thought this linear path was a bit outdated. If anything, Jeff thought it was slightly backwards! Jeff planned on becoming a lawyer in college, but once he had his
Feb 16, 2021 · 1 hr 17 min
95: Developing Unstoppable Partnerships with Elliot Smith and Tucker Merrihew
Building businesses from the ground up isn’t easy. It requires patience, hard work, and most importantly, a solid team. Without trust in that team, the product, the company, and the vision can completely disintegrate. When a team flourishes, you can create a massive success, where everybody wins. Tucker Merrihew and Elliot Smith have been working throughout the past year on Call Magic, a service that helps uncover leads for real estate agents, wholesalers, flippers, and other real estate profe
Feb 9, 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
94: How the Science of Humor Can Turn You Into a Better Businessperson with Peter McGraw
What does humor and business have in common? At first glance, not much, but after digging a little deeper, there’s quite a lot that humor can teach us about business. Peter McGraw, behavioral scientist, author of Shtick To Business and The Humor Code, and host of the Solo Podcast kept wondering why we find certain things funny. He decided to put it to the test in his lab, HRL, the Humor Research Lab. Peter discovered that we often find things funny when they’re wrong, but okay. Threatening, yet
Feb 2, 2021 · 1 hr 5 min
93: Creating a Plan for Your Business, Career and Life with MIT Teacher Mark Herschberg
An author, a CTO, and a champion ballroom dancer walk into a podcast...it’s Mark Herschberg! Mark is a man of many talents, graduating from MIT, becoming a champion in ballroom dancing, and later becoming a COO and CTO for multiple startups. How does someone do it all, and do it all so well? After college, Mark was working in computer science and began having to hire new team members on board for the companies he worked at. He realized that many new hires had technical skills, but didn’t have s
Jan 26, 2021 · 1 hr 5 min
92: The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make During Negotiations with Kwame Christian M.A. Esquire
Negotiation is all around us, whether we see it or not. Whether it’s a business negotiation, an argument in a relationship, or convincing your child to eat their greens, you’re always negotiating. With us on today’s episode is Kwame Christian M.A. Esquire, host of the Negotiate Everything podcast and author of Finding Confidence in Conflict. Most people think you have to be a lawyer to be an expert negotiator. Kwame argues that this isn’t true. Since we are constantly negotiating every day, we
Jan 19, 2021 · 57 min
91: How Businesses Get Sold for Millions with Chris Younger
If you’re a new entrepreneur, it may seem like a dream to sell a business for millions of dollars. People like Chris Younger, make that dream a reality. Chris founded Class VI Partners, an investment bank that helps entrepreneurs plan and prepare businesses for sale. Chris will be the first to admit that selling isn’t an easy process, it takes time, patience, and a lot of documentation. Chris compares selling your business to running a marathon: you need to be in it for the long haul to finish
Jan 12, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min
90: How Solo Entrepreneurs Can Improve Their Products and Businesses with Ben Foster
You may own a small business, some rental properties, or are just tinkering with a new idea. Regardless of where you’re at in your entrepreneurial journey, you’re most likely trying to make something that will not only resonate with customers, but allow them to solve a problem in their life. So how do you make a product that accomplishes this to the fullest extent? Today we talk to Ben Foster, founder of Prodify and Chief Product Officer at WHOOP. Ben has been in this space for a long time, wor
Jan 5, 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
89: How David Greene Plans to Sell $150 Million of Real Estate in 2021
For the first episode of 2021 we have David Greene from the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast! We’ve heard from David before on a couple of past episodes, but today he goes over something a bit different: how he successfully scaled his real estate business from being a sole agent to a team doing $90,000,000+ in transactions a year! This didn’t happen overnight. It took David years of trial and error to find out what really works in real estate, why most agents fizzle out in the first 5 years, a
Dec 29, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
88: What’s Your Special “Cut”? Why Brandon Turner and David Greene Doubled Down on Theirs in 2020
If you’re a fan of the BiggerPockets Business Podcast, you’re probably also a fan of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast. Lucky for you, we’ve got a combo of these two shows on today’s episode! Joining us from Maui are the co-hosts of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, Brandon Turner and David Greene. Both Brandon and David are known for their persistence and ingenuity in business, this is cemented in the fact that both of them made huge leaps forward in 2020, while many other businesses
Dec 22, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
87: The Benefits of Franchising vs. Starting a Business from Scratch with Jon Ostenson
You hear the word “franchising”, what’s the first thing you think of? For many people, they think of selling hamburgers, sandwiches, or opening up convenient stores. To franchise matchmaker and consultant Jon Ostenson, that’s just the surface level. There is a whole world of franchising that many entrepreneurs and business professionals don’t know about. Jon started out working in consulting for Fortune 1000 companies and was slowly introduced to the concept of franchising. Jon found franchisin
Dec 15, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
86: Becoming a Real Estate Angel Investor with Jonathan Wasserstrum
Jonathan Wasserstrum, founder of SquareFoot likes to say that he was working in PropTech before PropTech was a thing, and he’s right! For the past few decades, many industries were seeing expansive growth, new ideas, and upgraded technology. One of the industries that didn’t see that tech growth was real estate. Jonathan found that many commercial real estate customers were looking for a consumer-facing option to view commercial spaces from the comfort of their own homes. Why were there so many

BiggerPockets Business Podcast

105: The MOST Profitable Skill to Learn (From a $200M+ VC Investor) with Codie Sanchez

104: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Start Buying Profitable Real Estate with Andrew Luong

103: Are You Seen as Credible in A Customer’s Eye? with Mitchell Levy

102: Are You Ready to Take the Entrepreneurial Leap? with Gino Wickman

101: Acquiring a $1.5M Business with Only $10k Out of Pocket with Nigel Guisinger & Sean Ade

100: You Can't Fear Failure: Scott Trench on the Evolution of BiggerPockets

99: Finding Profitable Opportunities Using “Deliberate Data” with Dr. John Johnson

98: Build a Big Life, Not Just a Big Business: Advice from The Hosts of The Empire Building Podcast

97: Put Profit First: How to Compound Your Business and Personal Income with Rocky Lalvani

96: Starting Successful Businesses with NO Industry Experience with Jeff Fenster

95: Developing Unstoppable Partnerships with Elliot Smith and Tucker Merrihew

94: How the Science of Humor Can Turn You Into a Better Businessperson with Peter McGraw

93: Creating a Plan for Your Business, Career and Life with MIT Teacher Mark Herschberg

92: The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make During Negotiations with Kwame Christian M.A. Esquire

91: How Businesses Get Sold for Millions with Chris Younger

90: How Solo Entrepreneurs Can Improve Their Products and Businesses with Ben Foster

89: How David Greene Plans to Sell $150 Million of Real Estate in 2021

88: What’s Your Special “Cut”? Why Brandon Turner and David Greene Doubled Down on Theirs in 2020

87: The Benefits of Franchising vs. Starting a Business from Scratch with Jon Ostenson

86: Becoming a Real Estate Angel Investor with Jonathan Wasserstrum