Aaron Watson

Jt Garwood from bttn #shorts

JT Garwood is the CEO and cofounder of bttn – a healthcare product distribution platform. Bttn has modernized the healthcare distribution system, to provide doctors easy, reliable access to high-quality, brand-name medical supplies. JT has scaled the company quickly due to their ability to save medical offices lots of money. In this episode, Aaron and JT talk about how bttn raised $20million from Tiger Global, their edge as a distributor, and the benefits of hiring his dad to be his company’s COO. They also talk about the essential role that sales has played in scaling their two-sided marketplace. JT Garwood’s Challenge: Choose positivity today. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Who is JT Garwood? 00:59 How did they raise a $20 Million Series A at a $110 Million Valuation 02:11 What made BTTN different from your competitors? 05:50 How did BTTN expand its business? 07:30 Healthcare Disruptor 13:59 How did JT start with BTTN? 22:13 How long did it take for them to boost their sales? 24:37 Where is their initial focus on BTTN? 27:08 How to use BTTN? 29:54 How is it like hiring your Dad in your workplace in BTTN? 35:01 Where can you reach JT Garwood? 35:51 JT Garwood's advice

#shorts Wes Gray, the founder of Alpha Architect.

Wesley Gray is the founder and CEO of Alpha Architect, an investment platform for building custom, low-fee ETFs. Wes is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Economics at The Wharton School, served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, has an MBA and PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago. His interest in bridging the research gap between academia and industry led him to found Alpha Architect, an asset management firm dedicated to empowering investors through education. In this episode, Aaron and Wes talk about strategies to “beat the market”, how being a professor is the best gig as an entrepreneur, and his biggest advice to entrepreneurs. Wes’ Challenge: Register at https://alphaarchitect.com/mftf/ to join the March for the Fallen 28-mile ruck march Timestamps: 00:00 Investing is not a Free Lunch 00:25 Wesley Gray the founder of Alpha Architect 02:05 Good Baseline for Investors 04:49 Preying on Emotions and Desires 07:19 Value Investing 08:05 Using Momentum as Strategy 09:00 Being an Active Manager 12:29 How Asset Management Works 15:30 "AUM literally solves all problem" 18:33 Wesley Gray Bootstrapping 20:29 Best gig as an Entrepreneur is a Professor 23:12 Investment Capital vs Operating Capital 25:25 2 Core Businesses 28:15 Biggest Arbitrage in Business 31:17 Investing 101 34:06 Friction Cost 35:01 Importance of Capital Gains 37:13 Investment Advice 41:24 Wesley Gray's Challenge #WesleyGray #investing #GoingDeepPodcast

#shorts VW will IPO Porsche in early September.

#Porsche is brushing aside worries about the global economy and gloomy predictions about share prices and is preparing to hit the stock market this September. And sources close to matter claim Porsche is targeting a valuation of between €60 billion and €85 billion ($60-85 billion). Timestamps: 00:00 Porsche IPO could be the biggest IPO in the history of Europe 01:45 Stats 04:32 Porsche Competitors 06:12 Bull vs Bear

#shorts Alpha Architect founder Wes Gray.

Ali Moiz previously founded and sold Streamlabs and Peanut Labs, for a combined enterprise value over $180 million. Currently, Ali is the founder, CEO, and meme Dealer at Stonks, which aims to help founders save time in fundraising so they can focus on the business. Stonks is a platform for virtual Startup Demo Days. It has quickly become popular in helping startups find their angel investors with the help of event organizer. Join Aaron and Ali on this episode as they discuss how he got it up and running so quickly with over $15 million monthly investments, while avoiding lessons from past startups, and what he is doing with the wealth he had acquired from his past companies. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 Ali Moiz: the Meme Dealer and how the Stonkz business model came to be. 0:05:10 How Stonkz is setup as a business. 0:07:24 How Stonks made the Start-up demo days more efficient. 0:10:52 Stonks as another tool for matching angel investors with startups. 0:18:55 The mistakes he learned from his previous companies. 0:24:55 How positive relationships with key people helped Stonkz become what it is today. 0:29:28 What Ali Moiz is doing with the money that he made. 0:35:00 How being naive helped Ali Moiz to become successful.

#TheMilkRoad Timestamps: 00:00 Media Business is one the Best Business 00:45 Milk Road's Journey 01:09 The Fun Fact 01:27 Hitmakers of Derek Thompson 01:57 Maya Rule 03:16 How did Ben and Shaan do it? 03:49 Power of Repetition 04:51 Fashion of Communication 05:18 Viral Myth 07:53 Bull Prediction for The Milk Road About Music Track: Music: Phobia by Soundridemusic Copyright: GOLOVACH, VOLODYMYR Publisher: Songtrust Blvd IPI #615755145 P.R.O.: IPI# 00382646438 Link to Video: https://youtu.be/dKtISWcnczQ

Jim Shorkey built his family’s auto business into more than 9 dealerships, over 800 employees and 15,000 new & used car sales per year. This podcast explores how he did it. In 1996 Jim Shorkey Jr.’s father died and left him the Jim Shorkey Auto dealership. With his experience as a sales manager, Jim Shorkey was arrogantly sure he was going to be successful growing this business. Instead, he brought it to the brink of bankruptcy. Jim had to grow his skillset and discipline quickly to save the family business. He credits mentors and the book Think And Grow Rich for how he was able to turn things around. Join Aaron in this episode as he finds out how having a mentor and reading a book multiple times helped to pivot Jim’s perspective and why he plans to live to 122 years old. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 The early days of running the family business, bankruptcy and how a book changed his perspective. 0:07:00 Seeking expert counsel and being the smartest guy in the room. 0:13:42 Focusing on what matters in the business. 0:18:13 Taking advantage of a negative situation and pivoting through adversity. 0:30:29 Estate planning and passing down the dealership to his kids. 0:37:32 Setting your goals and going beyond. 0:39:06 The why’s that makes you crack. 0:54:21 Starting on a new project at this stage of his life. 1:00:23 The vision of his legacy. 1:09:36 Money matters.

In this episode, Aaron explains a Spread Trade. How a Spread Trade works, the risks, and the potential benefits. After this, check out our Liquidity Crisis explainer https://youtu.be/-Iwzff4mXGU SUBSCRIBE for more Check out our website: https://www.pipercreative.co/

Scott Heeter is the CEO of Heeter, a third-generation commercial print firm that has been running for 75 years. Heeter is one of the largest commercial marketing firms in the country, with over 140 full-time employees in Pittsburgh and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Duke Print and Graphics, in Cleveland. Heeter has evolved from the commercial print company that it was to a more customized provider that include mailing fulfillment, digital marketing and other innovative services. In this episode, Aaron and Scott discuss the challenges that Heeter overcome to attain regional dominance in the printing industry, how he has built their corporate culture, and how they’ve retained valuable employees for the long term. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 Adapting to digital printing 0:02:52 Customized printing 0:07:51 Maintaining efficiency 0:09:38 Balancing the business cycle 0:12:00 Unlearning to micromanage 0:15:12 Transitioning the family business 0:19:17 Tailoring the printing experience 0:22:40 Supply chain challenges 0:30:19 Business development vs. Customer retention

#shorts

#shorts Overtime

#shorts

Most biotech stocks are trading at values below the cash on their balance sheet. In this video, we explain why. Timestamps: 00:00 Why Biotech Stocks are Trading Below Cash 06:18 Zymergen and Ginkgo Bioworks Stats 09:09 Biotech Comps 10:05 The Takeaways

#shorts

Rihanna, Kanye, Jay-Z, Nas, and Will Smith make up some of the world's wealthiest celebrities. In this video, we explore why and how.

Sara Makin has built Makin Wellness into one of Pennsylvania's top online therapy platforms in just five years. She started Makin Wellness in 2017 on a mission to help millions of people heal and become happy again by providing excellent mental health care. Today, Makin Wellness has over 50 employees and a goal of becoming a national provider of a results-based, individualized approach to online mental health care. Sara entered Psychology Grad School with a clear vision of having a multi-state Mental Health Company. In this episode, Aaron and Sara discuss how to scale a remote mental health startup, managing millions of dollars in medical billing, and articulating a clear vision for your company.

VeeFriends raised $50 million from Andreesen Horowitz. We estimate that the valuation was at least $500 million. Timestamps: 0:00 - Gary Vee and a16z 6:27 - Veefriends Stats 9:33 - Veefriends Competitors 11:52 - The Rundown Takeaways

His bots critique is kinda bullshit #shorts

Justin Moore is a Sponsorship Coach & Founder of CreatorWizard, a training program that teaches creators how to find & negotiate brand deals. With his wife April, Justin has been a full-time creator for nearly a decade and has been running an influencer marketing agency for over 5 years. Justin and April started creating content back in the days before brands reached out to collaborate with influencers. They started with a cooking channel and a family vlog channel and did daily videos for several years, eventually growing their total following to over 1,500,000. With more than a decade of experience in content creation, it is easy to see why Justin Moore is able to help creators find & negotiate their dream brand sponsorships. In this episode, dive deep with Aaron as he and Justin discuss how a side hustle led to quitting his 9 to 5 job, managing his influencer marketing agency, and the opportunity on Amazon Live. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 How Justin started their channel 0:04:22 Becoming a Sponsorship Coach 0:10:49 What brands really care about when it comes to sponsorships 0:15:43 Developing and Scaling their offered services 0:22:00 Managing their Work-Life Balance 0:28:02 Things to focus on content creation 0:31:47 Narrowing Down to Sponsorships 0:37:15 Growing the Sponsorship Business 0:41:52 Listening to your target market #sponsorship #contentcreator #socialmediamarketing

#blackrock Timestamps: 00:48 How BlackRock Lost $1.7 Trillion 03:29 Blackrock Stats 09:38 Blackrock Competitors 10:37 The Takeaway