Lacking Pedigree but have access to Capital. Is ETA for me?

by a searcher from University of Southern California

2 years ago

Hello,

I am new to this forum and currently in the process of reaching out to other searchers/serial entrepreneurs to understand if I should pursue this path. I have approximately  2 years of Asset Management experience in Retail Real Estate and have experience leading over 10 different teams of people working out to roughly 30 people. My family has money that they have expressed being interested in investing in the correct senerio of up to 1 million dollars. The problems that pop out to me are my lack of experience, pretty young (25 years old), and no MBA I can leverage for other outside investors. Would be curious to hear about other younger entrepreneurs in the space!

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searcher from The Ohio State University - Max M. Fisher College of Business

You should check out Rand Larsen on Twitter...documenting his journey into entrepreneurship / small business operations live on Twitter and I believe he is fairly young (<25 years old).

https://twitter.com/RandLarsen1?s=20

In my opinion, you can afford to focus almost entirely on getting operational reps vs. accumulating capital since you seem to have that part covered.

2 years ago | like reply | 1 like

professional from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

HECK YES! You don't need an MBA or 40 years of life to get a good deal done. You need common sense and persistence. I am surprised that among my clients the only differentiator between successes and failures is willingness to try and persistence. I helped someone younger than you, without an MBA, get a deal done this year!

2 years ago | like reply | 2 likes

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