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119 - How to Find High-Paying Consulting Clients (and What to Do Once You Land Them) with Sean O'Dowd
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Nikolas Hulewsky द्वारा प्रदान की गई सामग्री. एपिसोड, ग्राफिक्स और पॉडकास्ट विवरण सहित सभी पॉडकास्ट सामग्री Nikolas Hulewsky या उनके पॉडकास्ट प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पार्टनर द्वारा सीधे अपलोड और प्रदान की जाती है। यदि आपको लगता है कि कोई आपकी अनुमति के बिना आपके कॉपीराइट किए गए कार्य का उपयोग कर रहा है, तो आप यहां बताई गई प्रक्रिया का पालन कर सकते हैं https://hi.player.fm/legal।
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Join me, Nik (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik), as I speak with Sean O’Dowd (https://x.com/SeanODowd15), who runs the real estate fund Scholastic Capital. Sean shares how he went from consulting to building a fund that buys single-family homes in good school districts. He explains how he used platforms like Catalant to find high-paying consulting clients and emphasized the importance of functional skills and being a business "athlete". Sean also discusses how he leveraged his consulting income to begin building a real estate portfolio and how Twitter became crucial for networking, fundraising, and finding legal help. We also touch on his unique strategy of building a portfolio in the upper Midwest, and targeting a $100 million valuation.
Questions this Episode Answers:
- How can you leverage consulting to fund your entrepreneurial ventures?
- What strategies can you use to find high-paying consulting clients on platforms like Catalant?
- How can Twitter be a surprisingly powerful tool for networking and fundraising?
- How to structure a real estate fund including management fees, preferred returns and investor distributions?
- What are the long-term financial benefits of growing a fund to over $100 million?
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This week we covered:
00:00 Highlights
00:40 Introduction to the Real Estate Fund
01:08 From Consulting to Real Estate
01:48 The Consulting Journey
02:33 Breaking into Entrepreneurship
03:49 The Catalan Experience
04:30 Financial Success and Lifestyle Changes
12:40 Starting the Real Estate Fund
17:40 Understanding the Fund Structure
18:23 Management Fees and Team Building
19:11 GP LP Model Explained
19:39 Preferred Returns and Fund Models
20:10 Hiring and Operational Costs
23:23 Growth Strategy and Future Plans
25:45 Acquisition Strategy and Market Focus
28:23 Twitter as a Fundraising Tool
31:46 Investor Relations and Transparency
32:55 Current Performance and Market Tactics
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