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Moving Mountains: The Journey of an Entrepreneur and Self-Funded Searcher - John Baker | Horizon Search 9

Jul 9, 2023

32:22

John Baker leveraged his experience in healthcare real estate to found a boutique brokerage firm. In addition to his business ventures, John is also an inventor, holding a utility patent for the Cleanzy Sponge, a reusable bottle sponge designed to clean inside bottles and containers with lids. He encourages listeners to embrace uncertainty and insists on moving forward even without having all the answers.

Email: john@redoaktrust.com

Quotes

Entrepreneurship through Acquisition: "After reading about entrepreneurship through acquisition with Buy Than Build, I just really got into it and read a bunch of other books. And it just seemed to be the perfect mesh between what I was and what I was looking for and all of my creativity and layering that on top of an existing infrastructure, and it makes so much sense to me." — John Baker 00:07:15 - 00:09:55
Maximizing Productivity: "It's really important to sort of map out how your brain best comprehends information. And the good news is technology can really help you craft that." — John Baker 00:19:57 - 00:23:07
Startup Success: "Make sure you can get to that minimum viable product as quickly as possible and as cost effectively as possible."— John Baker 00:27:18 - 00:30:51

Recommended Books

Measure What Matters https://a.co/d/5CRAflB
Search Funds & Entrepreneurial Acquisitions https://a.co/d/1XIqRCZ

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