Entrepreneurs who pretend to understand private equity usually miss this simple definition. Most entrepreneurs nod along when this comes up But behind the scenes, they are not clear on what it actually means Private equity is not one specific investment It is a broad category At the simplest level It…
If you’ve ever heard someone say, “I invest in private equity,” and thought… okay, but what does that actually mean? You’re not alone. Private equity is one of the broadest terms in investing — so broad that even successful entrepreneurs feel intimidated asking questions. In this episode, we demystify private…
Entrepreneurs are often told they must sacrifice family time to build real wealth. Many successful people feel the tension. The drive to grow. The responsibility to provide. The desire to be present for the people who matter most. My story is not unique. I struggled with that balance too. Trying…
If you are interested in hard assets like multifamily, oil and gas, or asset backed lending, start by learning the strategy behind them. Our approach focuses on real assets and hard asset backed private lending. If you want to understand how we evaluate opportunities and structure deals, the best place…
Even if you earn 200 dollars per hour, making one million dollars a year is almost impossible through active income alone. Let’s run the numbers. At 200 dollars per hour, you would need to work 5,000 hours in a year to earn one million dollars. But a full time year…
Over the next ten years $15 trillion in business assets will change hands as baby boomers exit their companies. Baby boomers own a massive portion of private companies. And they are retiring at a rate of about 10,000 people every single day. About 73 percent of them plan to exit…
The number one mistake new investors make is blindly following traditional financial advice. One investor I worked with did everything he was told to do. 401k contributions. Stocks. Bonds. The standard financial playbook. For years he followed the system. But then he had a major liquidity event approaching. Suddenly the…
A surprising amount of the oil and gas industry is owned by operators in their 70s and 80s. That ownership is going to transition over the next decade. Which creates a unique opportunity in the energy space. One strategy we focus on is acquiring existing producing wells. Those wells already…
High income earners building businesses right now might be trapped and not realize it. High income earners building businesses right now might be trapped and not realize it. We have certain skill sets. We build businesses that generate substantial revenue. But many of us end up trading our time for…
Most people talking about the $15 trillion wealth transfer have no strategy to capture it. If you want a piece of it, you need a thesis. Start with what you will target. Which industries. Which assets. Which opportunities. Then define how you will pursue them. Will you buy and operate…
Entrepreneurs building rental portfolios often end up creating another full time job. I know because I lived it. I felt trapped by the constant demands on my time and attention. I spent years flipping houses. Managing rental units. Handling every problem myself. The portfolio kept growing. But so did the…
Investors who want exposure to the $15 trillion wealth transfer do not have to buy and operate businesses themselves. At OAKIQ Investments, we built a program for people who want to participate passively. Our focus is on hard assets and hard asset backed private lending. Multifamily. Oil and gas. Private…
High income professionals earning six or seven figures often retire with less than half the income they had while working. A Fidelity Investments study found many physicians are on track to replace only 56% of their income in retirement. These are highly skilled people. Highly educated. High earners. So what…
People chasing acquisition opportunities often skip this step. Define your strategy before you start buying. You have to decide what you are actually targeting. Which assets will you pursue? Which industries will you focus on? What is your strategy to go after them? Then comes the bigger decision. Are you…
A lot of people make great money. But they never build wealth. There is a huge difference between earning money and keeping it. For a long time I was working constantly. Building businesses. Launching projects. Chasing the next win. From the outside it looked successful. But behind the scenes I…
$15 trillion in private business assets is about to change hands as baby boomers retire. 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every single day. They own businesses across every asset class. Multifamily properties. Oil and gas companies. Private debt funds. About 73 percent of them plan to exit their businesses within…
We're standing at the edge of the greatest wealth transfer in U.S. history — $15 trillion in private business assets are about to change hands as Baby Boomers retire. In this episode, Caleb and Aaron break down what that means for investors, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking to stake their claim…
If you are a founder who feels busy all day but still not building the business, try this routine. Every night before bed, review the next day. Every Sunday, block out the entire week. Then protect two hour blocks on your calendar. No interruptions. Phones off. No random tasks. That…
Founders running experiments every week make this mistake that quietly destroys margin. Without rules, testing eats up your margin. And roles inside the team get fuzzy fast. The fix is simple. Set a 70 / 20 / 10 budget for experiments. 70 goes to proven winners. 20 goes to scaling…
If you lead people and think decisive action always means firing fast, listen to this mistake. Marc Daniels once fired someone on the spot. No conversation. No help. Just done. Forty years later he still thinks about it. Today he says he should have helped the person instead. Given guidance.…
If you are a creator or coach getting inbound leads but taking hours to reply, you are letting hot interest go cold. Interest has a half life. When someone requests your content or interacts with you, that moment is when they are ready to talk. The first reply should happen…
If you are a founder still managing every project yourself, this is slowing your company down. Your time should not be spent doing tasks that someone else can do cheaper. If you can hire someone to do it for less than the cost of your time, hire them. Your job…
Before you scale ads, run this simple 3 by 3 message test. Most people scale ads before they know which message actually converts. That is backwards. Your main channel is just a microphone. If the message is wrong, the microphone only makes the wrong thing louder and more expensive. Instead,…
If you are a founder staring at your revenue dashboard every day, you are tracking the wrong numbers. Early in business most people obsess over revenue and profit. That is the score at the end of the game. The numbers that actually grow a company show up earlier. Marc Daniels…
