Xavier Helgesen
@XavierHelgesen
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Co-Founder & Managing Director, Enduring Ventures.🌳 Co-Founder: ZOLA Electric, Better World Books, EcoSafi
Joined February 2018
My single greatest skill in business is to abhor personal executive power rather than seek it. Executive power should be decentralized as close to the customer as possible rather than concentrated at the top. If you learn only one thing from my Tweets, this is it.
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I'm exploring buying a technology business with $100M of subscription revenue. It's a household brand. Losing money today, but great company. I'm investing my own money in it, and I plan to distribute cash monthly to LPs. If you're interested in co-investing with me, and can.
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Two years back, Scribe was about to be gone forever. Thanks to the Herculean efforts of @EricJorgenson and team, look at all the books we’ve published so far this year!
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RT @SievaKozinsky: I did something a little crazy. Not many know I’ve been working on this for the past 2 years. I bought a hotel in Monta….
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Nick’s extremely good at incentive plan design, so this should be really interesting….
One thing I do very well:. Design compensation plans so my best people never leave. Golden Handcuffs. I'm hosting an online workshop on this and its free. Link in my bio to register.
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This is awesome.
I started West Major seven years ago for selfish reasons. I was tired of soul-sucking corporate jobs, working on projects I didn’t care about. I wanted to work for myself. The idea to make western shirts didn’t come from market research. I just asked myself: If money weren’t a.
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RT @scribemediaco: AUTHOR SIGNING ANNOUNCEMENT!. We’re thrilled to welcome Karyn Olsson to the Scribe author family!. With decades of exper….
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RT @EricMarkowitz: Incredibly impressed by the Duration retreat hosted by @SievaKozinsky and @XavierHelgesen . So many high quality long-te….
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RT @erica_wenger: Spent the past couple days at the Enduring Ventures Duration Summit in Maryland! ⚓️. Discovered a lot of overlap between….
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“If you get really good at eating hot dogs, you get rewarded with more hot dogs.” - Nick Huber. That idea is living rent free in my brain now.
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One thing that smart people don’t understand in business is price signal in hiring. I had a job post go viral offering a $100k base. Inevitably, anons said “$100k?!! That’s what I made middle school. You’ll never get anyone who can read. Market is $250k”. Meanwhile our biggest.
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$100k base, $150k TC to start. You'll very likely become wealthy, both from the skills you learn and the growth of Enduring Ventures, if you succeed in this role. Ideally you can start immediately. Screener application here:.
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Must have a voracious intellect, a deep passion for business and an indomitable work ethic. Must be US-based, able and willing to travel on a moment's notice. Must have excellent Excel/modeling skills and written/verbal communication - we can teach most of the rest.
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Bear Stearns used to only hire PSD's: "poor, smart, and a deep desire to be rich.". We're hiring an Associate, ideally PSD. You'll work 100 hours a week (sometimes), fly anywhere and learn the trade of buying and building businesses from the bottom up.
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Are you extremely tech savvy (can code, AI fluent), very motivated to be successful & wealthy, and are extremely thrifty (child of farmers is ideal)?. I might have a job for you. I have some Internet properties that need inspired leadership. Comment or DM.
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Proud to announce that Chris Hoffman (@STLChrisH ) will be speaking at Duration this year. He’s an incredible company builder and has a super long-term vision for the family business (already over $100 million in rev) and broader wealth creation. I always learn a lot from him.
My favorite event is the private shareholder event we host - Duration. Long-term thinking in a short-term world. Three days of conversation, great food, new connections. This year we're opening Duration up (by application) to the public. May 13-15, Chesapeake Bay. Join us!
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Buying real estate in a strategic manner with operating cash flows can make you rich. We diligenced one business in LA… Operating business value was zero (lost money at market rent). Real estate was worth $13 million, no debt - fully paid by the business.
This. Here’s how we’ve developed an “edge” when acquiring real estate:. 1. We love deferred maintenance on neglected warehouses. Why? We own HVAC, plumbing, electrical and roofing companies. This allows our entry price to be more attractive. 2. Because of the above, we can.
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Happy Valentine’s to Zandria, my best friend & cosmic queen. She’s a gourmand, a philosopher, and a mystic. Never met anyone like her. She’s the heart and soul of our family. I’m forever grateful for her love and the opportunity to grow together.
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RT @SievaKozinsky: If you’re a company in this position DM me. 👉 you were previously a VC backed business, but growth has stalled. 1. We….
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