We all know that evolution is a constant process and usually, the ones that don’t evolve, stay behind. Our today’s guest started working picking walnuts as a young kid, and that was the first time he knew something bigger was coming up for him. From having nothing to 75 million dollars of net worth, Brandon Dawson is constantly reinventing himself and his mission is to empower business owners to take control of their destiny, by creating substantive value in a personal, professional and financial way.
In this Income Hacker episode, we will talk with Brandon Dawson, a real estate investor with over 600,000 square feet of storage units who has become a specialist raising capital and negotiating purchase agreements. Over the past years, Brandon has acquired over 130 independently-owned businesses and franchised to over 1000 locations. He bypassed Wall Street by raising capital through his own means and sold his company for over 77 times its EBIDTA value. Currently partnered with Grant Cardone, Brandon is all about empowering small businesses and help them raising money through crowdfunding to increase their revenue.
Brandon shares the key to making money: it is all about solving other people’s problems… you just have to be creative. Through his core values, inspiration, transparency, discipline, accountability, alignment and results, Brandon is convinced that doing what you’re best at and surrounding yourself by people who are experts, you can get the wheel turning into amazing things. Stay with us while Brandon tells us his story, the importance of building a skillset, how to go from getting “NO’s” to only “Yes”, and always having a clear vision for the big picture above all
"Real money doesn't flow to people with big degrees, real money doesn't flow to great salespeople… real money flows to problem solvers and to the extent you use your education and you use your people skills to solve bigger problems, people will follow you." - Brandon Dawson
Podcast summary:
02:25 - How he created his own equity structure and sold his business for 200 million dollars on a 500K investment over 12 years, without borrowing any money or getting into debt.
05:47 - His current partnership with Grant Cardone and the power of crowdfunding, partnering with an expert, and dodging Wall Street.
10:23 - Why problems to handle cash flow can cripple the growth of independent business owners and cause them to either surrender value in exchange of capital or have their business move backward and retreat.
14:16 - How picking walnuts paid his school and taught him the power of scaling and teamwork.
18:25 - Why the key to start a business is not the money, but rather the ability to solve problems.
20:53 - ‘Talk to them when they don’t need you, build a relationship, get out in the community, solve problems, don’t sell.’
23:40 - Are you a transactional, transitional or transformative person?
27:53 - How to keep pushing on in the face of rejection and what keeps you from breaking through.
32:40 - Brandon Dawson’s biggest mistake: missing opportunities while being caught up in failures and focusing too much on making deals.
36:38 - Why every dollar counts and the same principles apply over small or big gains.
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