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In this episode, my good friend and former teammate, Aaron Klusman, talks career, investing, and upcoming market trends.
After becoming an All-American as a Freshmen at ASU, Aaron Klusman went on to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Following a successful career as an athlete, Aaron has turned his attention to investing in sectors like food and beverage, retail, private education, real estate, and most recently – film.
Aaron has a sharp eye for current and upcoming trends that will shape the way our society functions and performs over the coming years.
Aaron is a Dad, investor, and pursuer of things he loves.
A couple things to listen for in this episode:
- Aaron’s love for business and branding (and experiences that have shaped his career)
- How one of Aaron’s first businesses sparked while in college
- The hurdles in the retail business that Aaron overcame (and his advice from experience in his clothing line)
- What Aaron’s transition from minor league baseball player to entrepreneur taught him about life
- A simple mindset that you can apply to business that help you live your dream lifestyle
- What to do if you’re invested in the real estate market and it crashes
- Aaron’s no-nonsense advice to athletes who haven’t invested (and how to get started)
- Why being second-to-market can be a wise strategy if you’re investing in new companies
- The strategy Aaron learned from Warren Buffet for finding companies to confidently invest in
- What Starbucks, Instagram, and other big-name companies are trying to figure out (that you should too)
- How Aaron would treat his career while he’s playing a sport, so that he’s seen as an attractive investor
- How to stay true to yourself while growing your career and creating your legacy
- What “big loss” Aaron experienced in his investment career (that you can learn from so that you don’t bleed cash)
- What you can learn from the Starbucks business model when it comes to investing
- What Aaron see’s happening in the education space in the coming years (and how it affects the workforce for coming generations)
- The questions you should ask yourself daily if you want to be a successful athlete, business person, or family man/woman
- How Aaron continues his self-development
- Why validation can lead you astray in your business, family, and career
- “The environment is worth more than the paycheck” – Aaron Klusman
- “The things that are the sexiest tend to be things you want to invest in that you shouldn’t” – Aaron Klusman
- “The creation of content is the new frontier.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Starting to look at yourself as a brand is a key step.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Each thing that you put your name into further defines your brand.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Fail cheap. Fail fast. Fail often.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Don’t go all in and burn through a career’s worth of cash.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Sometimes you just can’t learn it enough until you invest in it.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Everyone is in a real-time narrative. No one is a one-time failure.” – Aaron Klusman
- “Failure is not final.” – Aaron Klusman
- “You have to put yourself in positions to make small bets and miss a little bit…” – Aaron Klusman
- “If you don’t invest in yourself, you’re a depreciating asset” – Aaron Klusman
- “You can be the best in your space and the World forgets about you.” – Aaron Klusman
- “The best investment is in yourself.” – Warren Buffett “Think of failures as investments of learning.” – Aaron Klusman
- Warren Buffett
- Uninterrupted
- The Players Tribune
- Hershey Chocolate Company
- Tim Ferriss
- Pocket App
- NPR Podcasts
- How I Built This
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