S4E1: From Army to Real Estate Mogul: Frederick Brodsky's Journey of Entrepreneurship, Relationships, and Analytics

If you enjoyed Fred’s experiences and insights, his book 📚 The Accidental Entrepreneur - How I stumbled into Success, is available on Amazon.

All proceeds benefit the Brodsky Charitable Foundation Trust, Fort Lauderdale, FL., which supports causes such as education and animal welfare.

Mr. Brodsky recounts his entrepreneurial journey, from his early career working in Europe, then an Army stint, followed by education at Northeastern and pivotal co-op (work internship) experiences, leading to top management executive roles, before starting up and establishing himself as a real estate entrepreneur. He discusses adversity, the centrality of relationships, and understanding numbers and analytics, in building a business, as well as the importance of having caring but demanding mentors.   

About the guest:

Brodsky, a successful top management executive and entrepreneur, is a D’Amore-McKim Business School (DMSB) graduate and has served Northeastern University as an Overseer, as a Trustee, and currently as Trustee Emeritus.  He founded International Investment Advisors, Inc., a real estate investment and development corporation serving global corporate and private clients. As an educational benefactor, he has endowed the Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at DMSB.

International Business Today is a podcast produced by the International Business & Strategy group at Northeastern University. Made for global business professionals—and any student who hopes to work for a multinational organization in the future, our hosts and their guests share what's proven through research and highlight what's really working in practice. The podcast, released in seasons of six or more episodes, is currently in Season Four and hosted by Ravi Sarathy. He and his guests share their experience and insights on entrepreneurships, international business in developing and developed nations, family businesses and supply chain values. Guests include Frederick Brodsky, Yip George, Sheila Puffer, William Newburry, Gustavo A. Barboza and Kimberly A. Eddleston.

Reach out to us: ⁠⁠⁠IBTpodcast@northeastern.edu