#69: Invest with Titan
Path to Progress with Paul Heintzman and John Ackerman
Release Date: 05/24/2019
Path to Progress with Paul Heintzman and John Ackerman
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Jenna Denard, Owner and Travel Agent at Travelwell Company, joins us to discuss how you can use a travel agent to plan your perfect vacation.
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Major Robertson, Founder and CEO of Major Holdings, joins us to discuss how he buys online businesses and how he has quickly built a Private Equity Fund.
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Rachel Richards, author of the best selling book Money Honey: A Simple 7-Step Guide For Getting Your Financial $hit Together, shares how anybody can earn enough passive income to retire in their twenties.
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Adam Watson, co-founder of Against the Grain Brewery, tells us how Against the Grain has built a global brand based in Louisville, KY.
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JOHN RONAYNE, THE OWNER OF BREWGRASS HOMEBREW SUPPLY, IS BACK TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR OF STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS BEGIN TO FADE.
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Clay Gardner, a co-founder of Titan, joins us to share how anyone can invest like a hedge-fund investor.
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The band Wilderado is made up, as their About Us would suggest on their website: "Four Dudes." Those four dudes are Maxim Helmerich (vocals, guitar), Tyler Wimpee (guitar, vocals), Colton Dearing (percussion, keys, vocals) and Justin Kila (drums). While touring with Mt. Joy, I was lucky enough to catch them while they were in Louisville for a few beers and a quick podcast.
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Ken Grossman, founder & CEO of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., joins us to share how he built one of the largest breweries in America.
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Maud & Stirling Welch, Owners of Hell or High Water, join us to discuss the process of opening a 1920s speakeasy in Downtown Louisville.
info_outlineClay Gardner, a co-founder of Titan, joins us to share how anyone can invest like a hedge-fund investor.
Some questions answered in this episode:
- How did you teach yourself investment strategies and how to build the company?
- How did you develop the current model and what was the first year like?
- How did you meet your co-founders?
- How does Titan determine their clients' investments?
- Does every investor have the same investments or are they customized?
- Why do the portfolios consist of exactly 20 stocks?
- What tips do you give to millennials to encourage them to invest long-term?
- What methods does Titan use to educate their investors?
- What does your typical day look like?
- What factors influenced your decision to leave your job and found Titan?
- How did Titan grow and what were some of the major turning points?
- What was the process of being accepted into Y Combinator and what did you learn?
- Why did you return to New York instead of staying in Silicon Valley or moving to another city?
- What mistakes did you make launching Titan and what would you do differently?
- What is the future of Titan?
Last call:
- What advice would your 60-year-old self give you today?
- Think exponentially and bet bigger
- What is the best advice you have received on entrepreneurship?
- Don't sit in a room and think of business ideas, think of problems and find the solution.
- What is a book/documentary/podcast you would recommend?
- What is the best thing you spent money on in the last six months?
- Airpods
- What's your favorite thing to drink?
- Old Fashioned
- Bulleit Bourbon
Notes:
- A Randon Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Enjoyed this episode? Be sure to check out Titan online and on the App Store. Also, check out our episode with Jon Stein, CEO of Betterment. Have any topics you want to be covered or amazing people you’d like us to interview? Let us know! You can email us at [email protected]. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin. Please be sure to subscribe to our weekly mailing list at drunkenmoney.com/subscribe.