David Rhoads is the Founder and CEO of Blue Street Capital, a privately owned financing company focused on pairing technology solutions providers with growing businesses. He is a recognized technology expert who focuses on understanding the business models of his customers to provide financing solutions that help them simplify and improve their operations. David's insights on the five-hour workday, work culture, and life balance have been featured in international media channels, such as The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Economist, and Financial Times.

Are you a technology solutions provider or manufacturer desiring to grow your company? Where can you get the funds required to facilitate your growth? 

Running and scaling a business requires money and is a challenge for technology providers. David Rhoads recommends partnering with financing companies that offer solutions for technology solutions companies. He shares his journey of starting, running, and scaling his company to provide customized financing programs designed to benefit the growth, development, and innovation of technology solutions providers and manufacturers. 

In this episode of The Game Is The Game Podcast, Keith Burns sits down with David Rhoads, Founder and CEO of Blue Street Capital, to discuss how he built a finance company for technology solutions providers. David talks about the genesis of Blue Street Capital and what it does, its business model, how he overcame his mistakes as a startup founder, the implementation of the five-hour workday program, and the company’s recruitment process.

Jason Jackson is the Co-founder of Search Fund Credit, a credit institution devoted exclusively to search funds. He is the Managing Partner of Barah Capital Partners, a traditional search fund he raised with his partner sponsored by a group of marquee investors. After 18 months of searching, Jason and his partner bought Detroit Dental and renamed it Unified Dental Care, where he is the CEO. He is also a Co-founder of the Black Search Network and a regular guest at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur? How can you acquire a business and get investors? What can you learn from someone that has gone through it and used the search fund process? 

Acquisition through a search fund model is one of the ways to become an entrepreneur, but it’s complicated. After going through the process and making multiple mistakes, Jason Jackson learned what it takes to make it work and has been in the space ever since. To protect your investment, he recommends due diligence on the investors and companies you intend to acquire. It’s also helpful to surround yourself with like-minded entrepreneurs who can help you with resources, advice, and support when you need it. 

In this episode of The Game is The Game Podcast, Keith Burns sits down with Jason Jackson, Co-founder of Search Fund Credit, to discuss how to go through a successful search fund process. Jason talks about his entrepreneurship journey through acquisitions, the search fund process, mistakes and lessons learned, and the Black Search Network and what it does.

Ravi Mallik is the Founder and Managing Principal of Sand Dollar Capital, a firm specializing in relative value trading and private investing using strategies including volatility arbitrage, correlation trading, long and short equity trading, and capitalizing on macro trends.

Before Sand Dollar, Ravi was the Vice President of Business Process Management for North America at Virtusa, a company that helps businesses scale by combining industry expertise and frictionless technology delivery. He also founded and was the CEO of Agora Group, a robotics process automation consulting company that he scaled to 75 employees with offices in the UK, India, Canada, and the US and sold after 15 years. His extensive operational investment experience has led Ravi to work in Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, American Express, Charles Schwab & Co., and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Are you struggling to grow and scale your business? Would you like to learn from a serial entrepreneur who has been in your shoes and created thriving businesses?

After starting his first business, Agora Group, Ravi Mallik realized that beginning, running, and scaling a business is no easy feat. While bootstrapping and operating the first strategy and technology consulting firm in North America, he faced many difficulties and setbacks. However, in time, he overcame its challenges, and Agora thrived for 15 years, at which time he sold and exited the business. He took what he learned and started other entrepreneurial endeavors, and Ravi has advice and many tips to share with those who want to begin and grow their own companies.

In this episode of The Game is The Game Podcast, Keith Burns sits down with Ravi Mallik, Founder and Managing Principal of Sand Dollar Capital, to discuss what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Ravi shares his background and what drove him into entrepreneurship, how he overcame the early challenges and pitfalls of building Agora Group, dealing with life after exit, and the importance of mentorship.