"I think life is a lot longer than I realized when I was 18. I wish I could go back and elongate each stage and relish the stage I was in because at every stage you're right on time and you're right where you need to be! "- Ryan Begelman

Today's guest is the inspiring Ryan Begelman. After working in Investment Banking early on, Ryan and his partners bootstrapped Bisnow Media, an email newsletter and conference business, to over 7M in annual profit after only an initial $50,000 investment. They ultimately sold the business for over $50M, which is now the largest producer of commercial real estate news and events.

Most recently, Ryan is the cofounder of Summit, which has been called Davos for Gen Y by Forbes. Summit gathers leaders and features icons in a series of invitation-only events. Their speakers have included Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Alba, Reed Hastings, Brené Brown, and Al Gore.

He also acquired America’s largest ski resort, Powder Mountain, and is an early investor in startups like Uber, Warby Parker, and CoinBase. Today, he’s on the hunt for small companies to acquire.

In this episode, we talk about Ryan’s view on holistic entrepreneurship, redefining wealth using mindfulness to achieve goals, personal growth, traveling, taking a gap year, thoughts on education, using a system to track well being, bootstrapping, unique businesses opportunities for the next generation, and his "curriculum" for young entrepreneurs.

Reach out to Ryan at ryanbegelman.com and let him know you are a 21CV listener!

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