Episode 9

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28th Jun 2022

Christian Mack | From Trial and Error Learning To A Successful Business

The journey of a successful entrepreneur is usually a fascinating one, and most of the top achievers out there have a story full of valuable insights.

This is certainly the case of Jake Harris’s guest on today’s episode: Christian Mack, an enterprise software veteran, investment banker, private equity and family office leader. 

Not only has he walked through the fires of operating and starting a business, but Christian has taken it to a nine figure exit. 

He also has grown undervalued enterprise software organizations into high-value ones. Under his leadership, the enterprise software company Lotus has delivered double-digit returns.

On today's episode of the Passive Wealth Principles podcast, Christian Mack shares some nuggets of information about how to start and run a business and turn it into a successful one.

He also talks about how he learned from trial and error, how getting a mentor changed his life and career trajectory, and how he also felt the need to give back and share his  strategies to help other people succeed in their business.

He also reveals what a family office is in his vision and how it works, how he has done 30 exits through his different funds in the team that he's assembled together, and much more. 

Listen now!

What You’ll Learn in this Show: 

  • How Christan started his business he's taken it to a nine figure exit
  • How Christian learned from trial and error
  • What is a family office and how does it work?
  • How getting a mentor changed Christan’s life and career trajectory
  • Giving back: How Christan helps other people to succeed in their business
  • And so much more...
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About the Podcast

Passive Wealth Principles
Contrarian Investing for Cash Flow and Freedom
You are listening to the Passive Wealth Principles Podcast. Your host; Jake Harris is the founder of an award-winning real estate investment firm and actively investing in commercial real estate all over the country. This show allows you to tune into interviews, dive deeper and deconstruction many passive wealth principles not just from investing but tactics, strategies, and many fascinating ways in which people have achieved levels of passive wealth.

Through my nearly 20 year career as a professional investor, I have built an amazing network of people and come across some super-savvy investors that not only have a unique stance on the marketplace but look at the same problems we all face and many times have come up with a simple but unconventional approach to solving them.

So come be a fly on the wall. Enjoy the conversations and these amazing passive wealth principle lessons.

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About your host

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Jake Harris

A sought-after expert and gifted story teller with contagious energy, he inspires everyone around him with encyclopedic research. He can take complicated ideas and convey them simply and clearly for everyone to understand. As a founder and managing partner of an award-winning commercial real estate firm, he has authored a #1 bestselling book (CatchingKnives). He has been featured in many publications including The NY Times & Yahoo Finance, he is a frequent speaker, podcast guest, and a highly valued coach. He uses those superpowers to pioneer cutting-edge bold design into an exciting hotel, infill, and adaptive reuse projects across the country. To date has purchased and sold1200+ properties in23 states and amassed a commercial real estate portfolio of iconic properties. He earned a master's degree in International Real Estate, sits on the FIU real estate board, is an accreditedCongress of New Urbanism city builder, a member of CCIM, Urban Land Institute (ULI) and holds a CA real estate brokers license.