Behind The Deal

In this episode, we sit down with Joshua D. Wild, Managing Partner at The ELEVATED Companies, to dive into the inner workings of building a vertically integrated real estate business in Boston. JD shares his journey from home construction to launching elevated residential developments, talks about sourcing and executing luxury condo and multi-family deals, balancing the risk and rewards of development, and what it really takes to execute complex real estate transactions in today’s market. If you’re interested in real estate dealmaking, development, or scaling a full-stack real estate business, this episode has a lot to offer.

Jeff Gonyo is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Geneva Glen Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on lower middle-market control investments. With over 30 years in private equity, Jeff served previously at Wind Point Partners, Heller Investments, GTCR, and in consulting/accounting roles. He is a CPA, holds a BS in Accounting from Indiana University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Over his career he’s led many control deals, add-on acquisitions, turnarounds, and divestitures.

Join us for an insightful conversation with Nathan Chandrasekaran, Co-Founder and Partner at Columbia River Partners, as we explore the nuanced world of independent private equity in lower-middle-market tech. Nathan discusses CRP’s strategic focus on carve-outs, recapitalizations, and divestitures, their criteria for selecting deals, how they add value through operational and technological initiatives, and the dynamics of the independent sponsor model in today’s M&A landscape. Columbia River Subscribe now to catch the full episode and never miss the stories behind the deal.

Welcome to Behind the Deal – the podcast that takes you inside the minds of dealmakers, investors, and founders shaping the business world. In Episode 1, host Joe Zanca sits down with Neal Doshi, Managing Partner at Forged Capital, to kick off the series. This teaser gives you a sneak peek into their conversation about building Forged Capital, navigating investments, and the lessons learned from being on the front lines of deals. Subscribe now to catch the full episode and never miss the stories behind the deal.

Joe discusses the importance of taking control of your destiny. Hope is not a business model!

Joe discusses the importance of finding good clients to work with.

Joe gives an update on DealGen Partners and discusses some of their exciting plans for the future.

Today Joe talks about making money and smart financial decision.

Joe discusses the benefits and challenges of organically growing your business.

Joe discusses turning your side hustle into a full time business.

Joe discusses what makes up a good investor.

https://www.claypathpartners.com/ Michael is the founder and managing partner of Clay Path Partners. He manages all fund activities and plans to operate the fund’s acquired business. Michael grew up in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland. Other formative cities in his life include New York City and Williston, North Dakota. His grandfathers owned and operated a Czech industrial manufacturing business and a North Dakota family medical practice. They provided special examples of how small business entrepreneurship can empower employees, customers, and communities. Prior to Clay Path Partners, Michael helped grow EverFi, a venture-backed education software company. As a business development leader, Michael sourced and closed partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, sports brands, and foundations. He also managed field implementation teams to deliver school-based education programs on behalf of Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League. Michael’s hobbies include writing and swimming. As a college student, he covered hockey for the student newspaper and radio. Michael was a competitive swimmer through high school and still swims today. The sport has taken him around the world through his sister Katie, who has won 7 Olympic gold medals.

Eric Rozenberg has helped thousands of entrepreneurs grow and manage their business better. His purpose is to inspire people with integrity and honesty, help them take action, get results, and develop their business and their Life. For two decades in a previous life, Eric has consulted with Fortune 500 companies and produced award winning sales meetings, incentive trips, product launches and conferences in more than 50 countries across diverse industries. He believes organizations must create meetings and events that are not only breathtakingly memorable but which bring corporate strategies to life and amplify team motivation/performance. Eric is an acquisition entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster, and two times Amazon bestselling author. His podcast "The Business of Meetings" is the first podcast in the Meetings & Events Industry dedicated to business owners (https://spoti.fi/3cA0ya5). Every Tuesday, listeners learn something new they can apply in their business and/or get inspired by amazing guests.

Joe discusses the benefits that podcasting has brought to his network and business.

Joe and Brian discuss the practice #coldcalling, and effective tools that businesses can use to help facilitate outreach and lead generation.

An executive level leader with deep expertise and an extensive track record developing high yield innovation ecosystems and building up high growth exit focused start-up ventures. I have created, transformed and launched innovation in the Silicon Valley my entire career, from combat vehicles to lifestyle apps. I founded GLJ Group in 2005 and have led strategic direction and business development for corporate clients resulting in over $300M in new business. In 2010 I shifted complete focus to the Startup community, founding South Valley Angels in 2011. I have worked with the top incubators and investors in the Silicon Valley, launched innovation centers and developed regional ecosystems around the globe. I am a regular speaker, evangelist and lead executive advisor helping clients formulate custom strategies and implementing the next evolution of the Startup Model, “Startup 3.0; Precision Innovation”. southvalleyangels.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-jinks-13100b12/

After spending 4 years in China, Shawn moved back to San Francisco to invest his experience, connections, and resources back into the world’s deepest and most vibrant technology ecosystem. Shawn works with institutions, governments, and various capital sources, to help promote economic growth at a global scale. He is heavily involved in the Silicon Valley technology ecosystem of fast growing, high potential businesses.  He has played a pivotal role to help multinationals, both pre-and post-IPO companies including overseas “Unicorns”, set up operations in Silicon Valley while connecting prominent Silicon Valley companies with strategic and funding sources overseas.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnpflynn/ .. Linked In https://www.globalcapitalmarkets.com/shawn-flynn ... Global Capital https://thesiliconvalleypodcast.com/ ... Podcast

I had lunch with a billionaire and this is what i learned.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-koch-793724126/ https://www.sellwithotto.ai/ A Behavioral scientist by training Sam has always been fascinated by the question, “what causes people to convert”. Before co-founding Otto he ran pricing experiments at StubHub. Sam holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an Undergraduate Degree from Brown University. Entrepreneur building the next generation of cold outreach one email at a time. Come check us out @ sellwithotto.ai Travel member of USA Men's Epee team 2016-2018 Naples World University Games Top 32 finisher Expertise in Business Development, Outbound Sales, Product Management and Technology