The Phase All Entrepreneurs Goes Through But Most Never Talk About | Marcus Whitney
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
Release Date: 06/29/2026
The Land Investing Strategy Most Real Estate Investors Don't Know Exists | Cody Bjugan
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
What if you could make six, seven, or even eight figures on a piece of land - without ever picking up a hammer? In this episode of The A Game Podcast, Nick Lamagna sits down with Cody Bjugan, founder of VestRight and creator of the LDP (Land with Development Potential) model, to break down the most overlooked niche in real estate investing: land entitlement. Cody built a $900M+ portfolio by controlling raw land, walking it through the city approval process, and exiting to national homebuilders - often doubling his money without spending a dollar of his own on construction. He shares exactly...
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The Hidden Skill That Separates High Performers From Everyone Else | Brandon Mccaghren
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
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When Your Biggest Failure Becomes Your Greatest Gift | Elec Simon
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
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The Credit Score Myth That's Costing You Money | Merrill Chandler Round 2
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
What does it really take to get approved for six and seven figures in business credit - and what happens when life throws you off a cliff, literally? In this episode of The A Game Podcast, host Nick Lamagna sits down with Merrill Chandler, founder of Get Fundable Solutions and one of the only non-FICO employees with direct insider access to how FICO's underwriting algorithms actually work. Merrill survived a horrifying motorcycle accident - driving off a 70-foot cliff - and lived to tell how the exact business credit strategies he teaches his clients are what saved his business, his finances,...
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Rental Management Secrets from $35 Billion in Property Data | Ryan Barone
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
What separates landlords who scale a profitable rental portfolio from the ones who get buried in tenant headaches and cash flow leaks? In this episode of The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, Nick Lamagna sits down with Ryan Barone, CEO and co-founder of RentRedi, one of the fastest-growing property management software companies in the country. With more than $35 billion in real estate assets managed on the platform, Ryan shares exclusive insights from millions of rental transactions and reveals what the nation's top-performing landlords are doing differently....
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The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe | Casey Gregersen
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
What if you could build a real estate empire doing hundreds of deals, run your own capital fund, and still never miss a single moment with your kids - because you designed your entire business around being present, not around being rich? Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for a fired up, high energy conversation with Casey Gregersen, aka "Capital Casey," founder and CEO of Bighorn Capital Fund, former college quarterback, and family-first investor who went from working oil rigs in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico to running a full scale real estate...
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The Phase All Entrepreneurs Goes Through But Most Never Talk About | Marcus Whitney
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
What if a self-taught coder and waiter became one of the most active healthcare venture capitalists in the country - and could teach you everything about reinventing yourself, embracing the incubation period, and finding massive opportunity in the chaos everyone else is running from? Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for one of the most raw, real, and inspiring conversations we've had - Marcus Whitney, co-founder and CEO of Jumpstart Health Investors, 3x IBJJF Masters World Champion, soccer team co-owner, podcast host, hip hop head, and creative...
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From 100k Loss To Over 100 Deals Investing In Real Estate | Tommy Harr (Re-release)
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
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From Rock Star to Black Belt: Discipline, People Skills & the Principles of Success | John Keefe of Boys Like Girls
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The Secret to Staying Dangerous as You Get Older | Karel "Silver Fox" Pravec
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Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for one of the most raw, real, and inspiring conversations we've had - Marcus Whitney, co-founder and CEO of Jumpstart Health Investors, 3x IBJJF Masters World Champion, soccer team co-owner, podcast host, hip hop head, and creative rebel who went from broke waiter in Nashville to venture capitalist disrupting the entire healthcare industry.
This isn't just a business episode - it's a masterclass on identity, reinvention, critical thinking, and what it really means to build a life worth living on your own terms, whether you're in the grind, on the mat, or in the middle of figuring out what the next chapter looks like.
Whether you're an entrepreneur trying to raise capital, a Jiu Jitsu competitor questioning your next move, a real estate investor looking for your edge, or just someone trying to figure out who they are when the title gets stripped away - this conversation will change the way you think about failure, freedom, and what it actually means to bring your A Game.
Marcus went from dropping out of college and showing up to a restaurant in uniform asking for a job on the spot, to building, scaling, and selling multiple companies and running one of the most active early-stage healthcare VC firms in the US. Now he's opening up about the lessons, the losses, and the season of life nobody talks about - the incubation period.
While most people only talk about the climb, Marcus breaks down the real game:
✅ Why standing still is the riskiest move you can make in today's economy - and what entrepreneurship as "full contact economics" really means
✅ How to separate your identity from your achievements so failure never has the power to break you
✅ The difference between the Hustler and the Hacker - and why you need both to create outsized performance in business and in life
✅ What waiting tables taught him about people skills that no MBA program ever could
✅ Why the incubation period isn't failure - it's the most important season of growth most people never give themselves permission to experience
✅ How surrounding yourself with the right people (and cutting back on the wrong ones) is the single biggest lever you can pull for your future
✅ Why hope is the most underrated weapon an entrepreneur has - and how to use it to survive the seasons when nothing seems to be working
✅ What Jiu Jitsu, venture capital, and going back to white belt in Mexico City all have in common + more
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