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Patrick McGinnis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
268 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

She's actually like a top 10 ballroom dancer, but also, you know, she was an econ major at Harvard.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

Actually, one of the people, again, it goes back, this is what my whole ethos has been for the book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

Somebody asked me to lunch to figure out how they could do this themselves.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

I talked to him.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

He had been a trader at Deutsche Bank.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

Guy went to Harvard, math major, but got blown out in the crisis, wanted to figure out what to do with his life.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

I told him this idea.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

He said, my best friend from Harvard is a literary agent.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

You should talk to her.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

That's how I met her.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

So like, you know, you out there, if you're generous, this is a little bit like hokey, but if you're generous to the world, and I think you are, Nathan, you create tons of content that's out there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

So hard.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

If you want to publish a book, you should know how hard it is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

It's wonderful.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

And if you like it, then it's totally fine.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

I have found you never really know what exactly works.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

I had a decent preorder.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

Yes, it really is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

And it's, and I find it to be, you know, from my experience, investing in startups, it's like running a startup with like, but you know, you're, you're driving in the car has sort of like, you need to turn on the windshield wiper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
638: Alternative Investment Ideas, His Book Deal Included 10% Royalty, $100k Advance from Entrepreneur Patrick McGinnis

You can a little bit.