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Michael Slavin

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
220 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

Emerald Energy and it's still around.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

U.S.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

Emerald Energy is an oil and gas exploration company, but...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

we really bring investors together with the best deals we can possibly find i did go through a phase or for seven years i had a operating company which was an extreme headache you know i had a staff of about 40 people geologists geophysicists land people very difficult to work with people to get their leases and to keep them happy but

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

That was a headache.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

I raised about $4 million to do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

And about seven years later, I had $4 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

So I just shut that back down.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

But Emerald is a company I've had for over 23 years now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

And how does it make money?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

You know, it makes money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

Like specifically?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

Yeah, it brings people into the deals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

What deal?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

We keep a piece into the oil and gas drilling program.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

What does that mean?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

Like, I don't understand what that means.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

You give me $25,000, $50,000, whatever you want to participate in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

You've just bought a little piece of an oil well that we've researched and leased and we're ready to go drill.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
This Entrepreneur Served 10 Years in The Army, You Won't Believe What Happened Next with Michael Slavin EP 237

We go drill the well.