Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa

Episode 167

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Published on:

8th Aug 2023

Billion Dollar Insight

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If you can compress the learning from the past 20 years of your life, what would it be? If you can put a price on those lessons, how valuable are they? In this episode, Sharran shares something he has not told anybody before. Take advantage of this billion-dollar insight that holds the most important thing that Sharran learned in the last 20 years with billions of dollars of sales, five exits across multiple industries, spanning various geographies.

Pay close attention as he takes you through how he built a billion-dollar business and the three lessons you can install in your life and business. Understanding and implementing these lessons will significantly change the trajectory of your success.

“When you read something, you get to learn it once. When you teach something, you get to learn it twice. When you document something, you get to learn it forever.”

- Sharran Srivatsaa

Timestamps:

02:14 Three things covered in this episode

02:41 What makes Sharran qualified to give this insight?

03:58 The biggest lesson Sharran learned over the last 20 years

09:54 What comes first, the chicken or the egg (the business or the brand)?

17:20 What artifacts of success do you have?

20:51 A gift for all the CEOs out there

21:24 Recap of the billion-dollar insight

Resources:

- The Job of a CEO

- ARC Multifamily Real Estate Investing

- Join the 10K Wisdom Private Partner Podcast, now available to you for free

- The Real Brokerage

- Top Agent Power Pack

- Sharran's Partnership Program

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About the Podcast

Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa

Business School is hosted by Sharran Srivatsaa, President of Real (TSX: REAX) (NASDAQ: REAX), the fastest-growing, publicly-traded, real estate brokerage in the world. Sharran grew Teles Properties by 10x in 5 years to $3.4 Billion in sales and eventually sold the business to Douglas Elliman. Sharran is also an accomplished “deal guy” and private equity investor. He is the Chairman of private equity firm Highland Prime which focuses on investing in service-businesses and also the Chairman of ARC Multifamily Group which focuses on value-add multifamily investment projects.

Sharran is a former Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse banker and a sought after keynote speaker and is the creator of the wildly-popular 5am Club call for Entrepreneurs.

On this podcast, Sharran shares his best secrets on how to grow your business strategically, how to build your brand elegantly, most importantly integrate the profits in your business with an overall joyful life.

For more free resources visit Sharran.com

About your host

Sharran Srivatsaa

Sharran is a serial entrepreneur, sought after keynote speaker, and a respected thought-leadership resource for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, SUCCESS magazine, Huffington Post and Forbes.

While Sharran has had 5 exits in the last 19 years, and also a several humbling failed investments and business initiatives. He talks all about them on his top rated Spotify podcast, Business School.

Most recently, Sharran led Teles Properties’ unprecedented 10x growth over 5 years and a 4-year consecutive streak on the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list resulting in its acquisition by national real estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman.

Prior to Teles, Sharran worked at both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, where he collaborated with management teams of fast-growing businesses around the country on investment advisory and corporate strategy. Sharran also spent several years building recreational programs in the Caribbean, Middle East, and Hawaii for some of the finest international resorts such as the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton, also has deep experience working with technology companies such as Lightera (acquired by CIENA) and Obopay, a fast-growth mobile payments company.

Sharran is a Principal at Srilo Ventures, a multi-factor private investment fund that focuses investing in and advising technology companies and operating businesses in the consumer space. Having successfully completed many acquisitions, joint-ventures, management buyouts, mergers, and capital raises, Sharran serves as a director and advisor on numerous company boards.

He is also a member of the Genius Network, the highest-level marketing mastermind in the world led by whizkid Joe Polish, and also a member of Young President’s Organization (YPO).

After competing on the professional tennis tour, Sharran received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Luther College and his MBA with Honors from Vanderbilt University.