Four For Friday: Recent Episodes
Michael Girdley and Will Robb
Insights on 4 different topics of interest in 4 minutes each.
20 minutes and we're done.
Hosted by Will Robb and Michael Girdley.
- Should a person pursue innovation or acquisition?
- How do you vet someone?
- How do 1031 exchanges work?
- What is a cap rate and why is not enough?
In this episode Will and Michael discuss:
-How should Michael feel about reaching 11,000 twitter followers?
-What feedback did Michael get from his business coach? Should everyone have a business coach?
-Governor Abbot's Grand Re-opening of Texas
-What about Marcus Lemonis? (CEO of Camping World and more).
Special guest Bret Piatt filling in for Will this week!
Michael and Bret discuss:
1 Should you be authentic on social media?
2 With the rise of AirBnB, VRBO, Inspirato and other vacation home rentals should you buy a vacation home yourself or just rent and invest elsewhere?
3 Should remote workers in cheap areas get paid the high-wages from high-cost areas?
4 What should cities do with all of the money they're saving on building new roads since traffic is down due to COVID and looks like it will stay that way?
We're back this week with a guest cohost- Luke Girdley.
So, that makes this an all-Girdley affair.
Apologies for the editing (or really the lack of editing) as Will is out this week and unable to do it.
Thanks and talk soon!
In this episode Michael and Will discuss:
- What has been the biggest surprise the first weeks of the coffee business?
- If you were to buy a single tenant NNN property, what type of tenant/business would you want?
- Are “sneaky” kids acceptable?
- Is it safe to go back into Coworking offices yet?
Gamestonk!
In this episode Michael and Will revisit Robinhood and discuss the action in Gamestop and Will recounts his experience.
Also discussed:
-The NBA
-Arguing on Twitter
-The MacRepair store
In this episode, Michael and Will discuss:
-Clean energy investing
-The future of Bitcoin
-Never sell mentality vs taking profits
-Making enemies
In kick-off episode for Season 4, Will and Michael discuss:
-Should you up your game in the new year?
-What is happening with Neo Banks?
-How do you survive outside of your circle of competence?
-How do you stay fit as you age?
In the final episode of Season 3, Will and Michael Discuss:
How should you ask for a raise?
Should you invest in self-storage assets?
What social media platforms do middle school kids spend time on?
Is cloud storage a hard business?
The Four for Friday podcast will return in January 2021. Thanks for listening everyone.
On this episode of Four for Friday Michael and Will discuss:
-The Queen's Gambit
-Beach supply stores
-Is retail hard?
-The NFL Pro Bowl
This week Will and Michael discuss:
-Who will vaccinate their population more effectively, the US or Canada?
-What does being true to yourself mean?
-What are the tax advantages of real estate?
-Is off-shoring work still a thing?
Michael, Will and Guest Andy Russ play poker at the Excalliber and discuss:
-Would you rather compete against strong competitors or weak competitors?
-When should we use rules of thumb?
-COVID and the holidays, what to do?
-What should be taught in high school that isn't?
On this episode, Michael and Will discuss:
- What is the optimal height for a crossfit competitor?
- Is it time to get rid of the electoral college?
- What is the best strategy for buying a car?
- When selling an investment, is it a good idea to leave some upside for the next guy?
Oops! We did it again. We rerecorded last week's podcast with guest Matthew Ford to discuss:
-Why is English food so bad? Or is it?
-What is it like to be an Englishmen living in San Antonio?
-Is remote work good for American workers?
-If buying a piece a piece of land for the mineral rights, how do you determine the value? price?
If you listened to last week's podcast with Matthew, some of this material is the same, but the jokes are new.
Part 2 of our Four for Friday double release.
Will and Michael discuss:
-A business idea for restaurants at airports or construction sites?
-What other products will go direct to consumer?
-Why is Bentonville nice to visit?
-"I'm a bootstrapper who is losing talent to VC backed firms, what do I do?"
Part 1 of a Four for Friday double header. Originally recorded October 8th.
Will and Michael bring on guest Jason Stahaugn to discuss:
-Should you buy pet insurance?
-What has 2020 taught us about education?
-How can we address data literacy in America?
-Are you an adult who loves Disney?
Welcome back for Season 3. Will and Michael bring in Ian King to help learn: -What happens in the swamp does not stay in the swamp. -What tech device adds the most value to our lives? -Will our kids look at eating meat the way we look at smoking? -Are movie theatres dead?
On the final episode of Season 2, Will and Michael discuss:
-Treating employees like family
-Income Sharing Agreements
-Franchises for new entrepreneurs
-Specialists vs Generalists
In this episode, Michael, Will and guest Steve Galante from the Big Squeeze discuss:
-What is the best all-around shoe?
-What is it like to be an inventor?
-What changes to the housing market will stick after "The Great Reshuffle"?
-Should you take a snowboard to the Sand Dunes?
The Four for Friday is free flowing conversation in which we often discuss entrepreneurship, tech and investing and sometimes coffee. Nothing expressed on the podcast should be construed as investment advice or an offer to sell securities. Also, most people should not drink as much coffee as Michael.
In this episode Michael, Will and Hudson Cashdan ask each other?
-Do we like smart homes?
-Do you need passion to start a business?
-If we have inflation, what types of things will be good investments?
-Should we worry about distressed municiple debt or Meridith Whitney in 2021?
Will and Michael ask each other:
-What will the upcoming ski season look like? (and is Vail a fun town to hang out in?).
-Which categories of real estate will benefit from inflation?
-What do contrarians have to do to be contrary?
-A true/false question about personal finance.
Michael and Will bring in guest Molson Hart to discuss:
Why do Indian Buffets charge a flat fee while Brazilian Buffets charge by weight?
How do you spot a phony person?
What effect will negative interest rates have on the US Economy?
Retailing on Amazon
Will and Michael discuss:
Robinhood
Recognizing Poor Performers
Fiduciaries who own Jet Skis
Americans
Michael and Will discuss another 4 topics including. . - Where does SIRI live?
- Malcolm Gladwell or Michael Lewis?
-The business you’re in matters vs how well you run it.
- Drive through movie theatres as a business?
Michael, Will and guest Chris Davis are big-time knuckleheads who just want to hit you . . . with the truth.
Topics:
Looking for cities to "Long."
Simple rules for life
Youth sports business during COVID
Parenting mistakes from the eyes of a coach
6ft Bro!
Michael, Will and guest Jenny Silver discuss:
Shorting metro areas
What will happen with College Sports
Abandoning a business that isn't working
What it is like for female entrepreneurs to manage male employees
Welcome back for season 2 ep 1!
Will and Michael discuss:
How to learn to code?
How much coffee should we drink?
Bayes Theorem
Mountain Climbing
Additionally, we preview our first guest coming up in episode 2.
Will and Michael remember 6 seasons of running Retail Fireworks stands.
Also discussed:
Designer Covid Masks
Simple vs Complicated Businesses
and Real Estate Commissions
This week:
- Screen time policy?
- The value of good design?
- What's up with the Fireworks?!
- When to fire someone?
Let us know what you think.
This week:
*Adam Neuman “Successful?”
*How to start in RE investing?
*Van Life make sense financially?
*Should men shave their head?
Enjoy!
This week:
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Declassified UFO videos?
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Is Elon Musk okay?
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Second best long-form TV show?
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Simple thing for managing people?
Let us know what you think!
This week's topics:
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Retiring the cult of personality around Warren Buffet
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Negotiating lessons from the trenches
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Learning from our favorite teachers
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Alarm bells in multifamily rent collections
Let us know what you think!
This week:
*What are lamest compromises during your quarantine?
*How should software companies be valued?
*What is the most important thing you learned from your dad?
*Why is it impossible to start a new pro sports league now?
This week's topics:
Should you help aspiring business people who come to you for advice?
What websites are you using to get news?
Why is everyone baking bread all of a sudden?!”
When should an R.E. pro just “run their own book” vs raising money?
This week, we tackle:
- Why do overnight shipping services like UPS/Fedex fly old planes?
- Is it “different this time”?
- Do you believe in Super Foods?
- While coronavirus is still active in the world, would you rather stay in a hotel or an AirBNB?