Creating a Finance Company for Technology Solutions Providers With David Rhoads of Blue Street Capital
Episode's Guest
David Rhoads
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.
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In this episode...
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.Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- David Rhoads shares his background and what fueled his entrepreneurial journey
- What does Blue Street Capital offer its clients?
- David explains how he raised capital to start Blue Street and the company’s early days
- How Blue Street’s business model works and its ideal customers
- The mistakes David made building Blue Street and how he overcame them
- The value of implementing the five-hour workday program into Blue Street
- Blue Street’s recruitment process for putting people in the right seats
- Tip for becoming a proficient salesperson as an entrepreneur: the value of continuous learning
- What’s the vision for Blue Street?
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Apex Physics Partners
- Keith Burns on LinkedIn
- Michael Curry on LinkedIn
- David Rhoads on LinkedIn
- Blue Street Capital
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- Brand Builders Group
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Show Credits
Hosted by: Keith Burns
Special Guest: David Rhoads
Produced by: Lullwater & Co.
Edited by: Rise25
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