Making Billions: The Private Equity Podcast for Startup Founders and Venture Capital Investors

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Ron Levin.

Ron is the managing partner of Alumni Ventures, a $1.3 billion venture fund that was recently ranked as the most active VC firm in the US. Ron has been an angel investor, unicorn founder and McKinsey consultant with degrees from Babson, College and Harvard.

So what this means is that Ron is changing the game in the US by showing people that capitalism 2.0 is not only possible, it's crucial. And he's about to teach us all a masterclass on VC, entrepreneurship and current markets.

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[THE GUEST]: Ron is the managing partner of Alumni Ventures, a $1.3 billion venture fund that was recently ranked as the most active VC firm in the US. Ron has been an angel investor, unicorn founder and McKinsey consultant with degrees from Babson, College and Harvard.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Nate Tanner.

Nate is the former head of HR at DoorDash, now a leadership coach for founders and other high powered executives, and the author of his new leadership book called, The Unconquerable Leader. He has served in investment banking roles across Lehman Brothers, Piper Jaffray, and others.

So what this means is, Nate is about to teach you and I the fundamentals of leadership, and how to set yourself up to unlock massive value for you and for your investors.

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[THE GUEST]: Nate is the former head of HR at DoorDash. Now a leadership coach for founders and other high powered executives, and the author of his new leadership book called the unconquerable leader. He has served in investment banking roles across Lehman Brothers, Piper Jaffray, and others.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Jeff Gardner.

Jeff is an executive chairman overseeing five high growth companies, leveraging his extensive expertise. Additionally, as a partner of Springtime Ventures, as well as the author of the newest leadership book called, Love Your People. Previously, Jeff served as the CEO of Zen Planner, where he orchestrated the development of an exceptional team and fostered a high performance culture, resulting in a remarkable compound annually exceeding the growth rate of 50%. His background includes executive roles in technology and payment firms, with notable tenures where he managed 2 billion in global business.

So what does this mean? This means that Jeff is about to teach you all the Cheat Codes on how to enter God mode as a leader, an investor, and a top tier asset manager in the alternative asset space.

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[THE GUEST]: Jeff is an executive chairman overseeing five high growth companies, leveraging his extensive expertise. Additionally, as a partner of Springtime Ventures, as well as the author of the newest leadership book called, Love Your People.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Joel Friedland.

Joel has been involved in nearly 100 industrial property acquisitions and has raised over, get this 150 million dollars in private capital. But more importantly, Joel's experience and the lessons he's learned provide a one of a kind perspective on both entrepreneurship and debt.

So what this means is that Joel's cashflow first approach is extremely valuable to all of us, as well as to his hundreds of high net worth investors.

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[THE GUEST]: Joel has been involved in nearly 100 industrial property acquisitions and has raised over, get this 150 million dollars in private capital. But more importantly, Joel's experience and the lessons he's learned provide a one of a kind perspective on both entrepreneurship and debt.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Taylor Black.

Taylor is the managing partner at Fizzy Ventures and the principal program manager at Microsoft Incubation Studio. He's a seasoned entrepreneur, passionate about driving innovation and growth, his 17 years of experience and expertise in venture studios make him ideal in this industry.

So what this means is that Taylor runs one of the most elite innovation studios in the world and is about to teach you some common sense strategies on how to build your company startup or fund in the right way.

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[THE GUEST]: Taylor is the managing partner at Fizzy Ventures and the principal program manager at Microsoft Incubation Studio. He's a seasoned entrepreneur, passionate about driving innovation and growth, his 17 years of experience and expertise in venture studios make him ideal in this industry.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Whitney Elkins-Hutton.

Whitney is the director of Investor Education at passiveinvesting.com, it's a private equity firm with $1.4 billion under management.

So what this means is that Whitney has a mountain of experience in real estate and private equity, and she's about to teach you and I the areas, you're losing money and the ways you're going to make it back. So Whitney, welcome back to the show.

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[THE GUEST]: Whitney is the director of Investor Education at passiveinvesting.com, it's a private equity firm with $1.4 billion under management. 

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Dustin Heiner.

Dustin is a real estate investor and founder of master passive income, his expertise is in helping investors and fund managers in the alternative asset space to make passive income from investing into real estate.

So what this means is that Dustin not only invests in his own deals, but he specializes in helping people to build real estate businesses that make six to seven figures in passive income.

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[THE GUEST]:Dustin is a real estate investor and founder of Master Passive Income, his expertise is in helping investors and fund managers in the alternative asset space to make passive income from investing into real estate.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have two of my partner's, hedge fund masters and my very best friends, the Kevin Kwong and Dr. David Yeow.

Both Kevin and David are general partners with me at our fund, Pentium Capital Partners. They run our Pentium Atlas hedge fund and I have agreed to bring them on to the show and they're going to share with us some of their opinions on the market, and how to get started and some of the potential pitfalls you want to avoid along the way.

So what this means is that David and Kevin both understand how markets work and they are about to share their unique perspectives with you and I about hedge funds, markets, and where they believe the smart money is going, all without soliciting investors from the show.

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[THE GUESTS]: Both Kevin and David are general partners with me at our fund, Pentium Capital Partners, they run our Pentium Atlas hedge fund.

[THE HOST]: Ryan is a Venture Capital & Angel investor in technology and energy. He achieved market-beating placement growth in his first 5 years in the industry.

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Hey, welcome to another episode of Making Billions, I'm your host, Ryan Miller and today I have my dear friend Claire Milligan.

Claire is the CEO at Aimably, a software company that helps venture capitalists to reduce the cloud costs of their portfolio companies.

So what does that mean? Well, it means that Claire and her company at Aimably help venture capitalists and fund managers to enhance the return on investment, while reducing wasteful costs for any company they invest in, that runs on the cloud.

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[THE GUEST]: Claire is the CEO at Amiably, a software company that helps venture capitalists to reduce the cloud costs of their portfolio companies.

[THE HOST]: Ryan is a Venture Capital & Angel investor in technology and energy. He achieved market-beating placement growth in his first 5 years in the industry.

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