Patrick McGinnis

Everything Patrick McGinnis said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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McGinnis: Top VCs only syndicate their lesser deals to outside angels

“And my view is if Kleiner is in this deal, I mean, I I'm honored to look at it. It's really nice, but they probably are showing it to me cause it's not one of their best ones. Because if it were that great, they'd take the whole thing themselves or they'd get,…”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 10:27 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Freelancing Offers Flexibility but Builds Zero Wealth

“Freelancing is great in terms of flexibility, but you build zero wealth.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 19:12 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Angels investing in friends must insist on strict commercial terms

“Number two, you have to make sure that you, these may be your friends, but you cut a commercial deal and you know, there's no mates rates in these kinds of things. And that it helps to have outside investors when you do these things.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 10:08 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Traditional book publishers pay authors around 10% royalties

“You get around 10% at a traditional publisher.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 14:01 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis invested in Ipsy at zero customers before it reached 1M+

“I invested when I had no customers, last report, obviously confidential now, but was at over a 150,000 sorry, over a million customers.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 3:54 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Ipsy is his top angel investment, followed by Bluesmart and Afiniti

“It is, although I have two that are that are close behind.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 7:52 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Half of personal investment portfolio acquired via sweat equity

“So half my portfolio, I've just gotten sweat equity for those things.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 11:59 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis received a $100k advance for 'The 10% Entrepreneur'

“My advance was in the high. Let's see, what was it? It was in somewhere around a hundred K.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 14:49 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: Wrote 'The 10% Entrepreneur' in one month

“I did it in a month.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 12:32 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

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McGinnis: All Social Media and Database Operations Run Out of Venezuela

“I have a group that does all my social, all my database management. So we have obviously a database we've built with all the usual tricks that everybody does. And I do it all out of Venezuela.”

Patrick McGinnis Apr 23, 2017 ▶ 17:45 638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

The other half of the tape: Patrick McGinnis's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Patrick's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Founder, Dirigo Advisors	1	10	100% 2/2	full record on Top Founders →