#32 Investing in Businesses and People with Joe Wechsler
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Joe is the active Managing Director at Blueline Ventures, a middle-market business acquisition company that he founded in 2019. Joe also calls himself privileged to serve as both the CEO of VirtuAlly, a rapidly growing telehealth company. Joe’s core strengths lie in strategy execution, organizational transformation, and program and change management. Experience in large organizations and in entrepreneurial settings with a proven ability to drive strategic, large scale, global initiatives and to manage and motivate worldwide teams. Outside of business, Joe treasure’s authenticity, thrives in uncertainty, and is fueled by adventure!
In this episode, we discuss:
· Why Joe shifted from management consulting and W-2 employee to buying businesses.
· What to look for when buying a business, Joe’s “buy-box”
· The responsibility of buying a business to the seller’s legacy, and to the employees.
· The comparison of buying businesses vs. buying real estate.
· How to run your business, and how to structure it to sell in the future.
· Some of the amazing trips and experiences Joe has shared with his family.
· Why doing fitness challenges helps Joe in all areas of life including business.
· Joe’s new fund and opportunity for investors.
· Joe’s responsibility of owning businesses with 100’s of employees.
· Joe’s family motto of “Leap and the net will appear”
· Several book recommendations that have been instrumental in Joe’s path.
Be sure to check this one out!
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Website: https://www.blueline-ventures.com
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