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As Managing Partner at Midcourse Advisors, Andy Goldstrom and his team grow companies profitably and do it fast. Andy is an expert at selling and serving in the real estate industry and is a sought-after business partner and speaker.

Early in his career, Andy started and built a division of a real estate brokerage company that generated 30%+ margins. After that, he took over an existing real estate business and grew the top line from $70M to $100M and profit from $10M to $17M in 3 years. Both businesses were both designated as Inc. 500 companies, the fastest growing privately help companies nationwide, and subsequently sold to Fortune 500 companies at high multiples. Most recently, he served as Global Real Estate Director at a major investment bank, where he grew service capabilities over 3,000 properties in 70 countries while saving $12M annually.

In each case, Andy led sales teams that competed efficiently and effectively to win an extraordinary amount of business. In addition, he reduced cycle times and increased the frequency of incoming sustainable business, creating incremental value that was monetized when the companies were sold.

He started Midcourse Advisors as a way to help service businesses and now offers his knowledge and experience to organizations looking for ways to grow and improve.

Topics:
1. What did you and your companies do that was uniquely impactful to achieving such strong growth?
2. What trends do you see that companies can best take advantage of to achieve more success?
3. What is the Business Offense model and how do you use it to consult with companies to help them grow?
4. How can companies maximize their value to maximize cash flow or prepare for a potential exit?
5. Why did you decide to teach Entrepreneurship at Georgia State?
6. Tell us about the new book you have coming out?
7. I see you are an aspiring comedian. How does this help you in your business?

Website and/or Social Media Links
www.midcourseadvisors.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygoldstrom


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"Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:
Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer
Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 100 networking events in metro Atlanta.

With a name like Casanova and his gregarious personality, Rich was a natural as a music radio DJ. "I got the radio bug early in my career and often thought how great it would be if there was an opportunity to participate in a talk radio format with a pro-business perspective interviewing thought leaders from the local business community." Thus was born the Pro Business Channel where Rich is the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer.

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As Managing Partner at Midcourse Advisors, Andy Goldstrom and his team grow companies profitably and do it fast. Andy is an expert at selling and serving in the real estate industry and is a sought-after business partner and speaker. Early in his career, Andy started and built a division of a real estate brokerage company that generated 30%+ margins. After that, he took over an existing real estate business and grew the top line from $70M to $100M and profit from $10M to $17M in 3 years. Both businesses were both designated as Inc. 500 companies, the fastest growing privately help companies nationwide, and subsequently sold to Fortune 500 companies at high multiples. Most recently, he served as Global Real Estate Director at a major investment bank, where he grew service capabilities over 3,000 properties in 70 countries while saving $12M annually. In each case, Andy led sales teams that competed efficiently and effectively to win an extraordinary amount of business. In addition, he reduced cycle times and increased the frequency of incoming sustainable business, creating incremental value that was monetized when the companies were sold. He started Midcourse Advisors as a way to help service businesses and now offers his knowledge and experience to organizations looking for ways to grow and improve. Topics: 1. What did you and your companies do that was uniquely impactful to achieving such strong growth? 2. What trends do you see that companies can best take advantage of to achieve more success? 3. What is the Business Offense model and how do you use it to consult with companies to help them grow? 4. How can companies maximize their value to maximize cash flow or prepare for a potential exit? 5. Why did you decide to teach Entrepreneurship at Georgia State? 6. Tell us about the new book you have coming out? 7. I see you are an aspiring comedian. How does this help you in your business? Website and/or Social Media Links www.midcourseadvisors.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygoldstrom More about the Georgia Podcast "Who's Who and What's New Georgia!" Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads. Show Host: Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer Pro Business Channel Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME. Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 100 networking events in metro Atlanta. With a name like Casanova and his gregarious personality, Rich was a natural as a music radio DJ. "I got the radio bug early in my career and often thought how great it would be if there was an opportunity to participate in a talk radio format with a pro-business perspective interviewing thought leaders from the local business community." Thus was born the Pro Business Channel where Rich is the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer. http://www.ProBusinessChannel.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/richcasanova https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom Check out more episodes at: http://www.GeorgiaPodcast.com Submit a guest request at: http://www.OnAirGuest.com View guest photos at: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com read more read less

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