Absolute Business Mindset: A Feature Length Interview with Maceo Jourdan

Original Interview: Absolute Business Mindset: A Feature Length Interview with Maceo Jourdan Introduction to Podcast Mark Hayward:  This is the “Absolute Business Mindset Podcast” created and hosted by Mark Hayward. This podcast will interview entrepreneurs, business owners and careerists. We’ll delve into their journey to success, key life milestones and go deep into their area of expertise. Get ready to learn from other successes and failures. Today, we have Maceo Jourdan. He’s described himself as the greatest marketing mind in the 20th century. Hello Maceo, how are you? Maceo Jourdan:  I’m doing well, Mark. I’m glad to be here. Physics degree to hedge fund marketing, social media and healthcare Mark: Excellent. Thank you so much for joining me. Let’s go in, start off with your degree. We’re going to talk through your varied career in different industries, hedge fund marketing, trade in social media, healthcare. It all started with a physics degree, I suppose. Why did you choose physics? Why did you decide not to continue a career in physics? Maceo: I love physics, fell in love with it. I was in the States, it’s called AP. Advanced placement. It is basically like college, college light when you’re in high …

Consistent Trend Action for Your Business Marketing

Original Interview: Consistent Trend Action For Your Business Marketing with Maceo Jourdan Maceo Jourdan:   As business owners, that’s what we’re delivering, we’re delivering value to our customers. If we focus on maximizing that through love and respect for our customers, that’s what’s going to increase. Yes, you can do the 60 pieces of content a day, but if you focus on it, you’re going to have a much better result. Annette Ferguson:   So today on our Uncover Wealth Radio, I have the massive privilege of speaking to Maceo, who is a serial entrepreneur with two decades of building businesses by creating great products and great marketing. His experience spans a wildly eclectic mix of practical real‑world experience from the US Army to the cutthroat world of electronic trading. Maceo, thank you so much for joining us today. Maceo:   Yeah. Great to be here. Thank you. Objectively measured environments Annette:  Awesome. Obviously those two things, quite different, US Army, electronic trading. Tell us, what story got you between the two of those? Maceo: It’s funny. When it comes to trading in particular, it tends to draw from, I call it, high‑performance professions and high‑performance hobbies. Some of it …

Selling to a VC? (What You Need to Know)

Original Interview: Nurture Small Business: Selling to a VC? What You Need to Know! Announcer: Welcome to “Nurture Small Business,” creating a thriving space with your host Denise Cagan. Denise is the president of DCA Virtual Business Support and has been a business owner for almost 20 years. DCA Virtual Business Support provides small businesses with an expert pairing of virtual administrative and marketing assistants to match your needs. Learn more at dcavirtual.com. Denise Cagan: Maceo Jourdan is a serial entrepreneur with two decades of building businesses by creating great products and great marketing. His experience spans a widely eclectic mix of practical real‑world experience from the US Army to the cutthroat world of electronic trading. An early pioneer in computerized trading, Maceo built one of the earliest high‑frequency trading systems for the S&P 500. When pay‑per‑click marketing platforms burst onto the scene, he translated his work into massively successful, automated systems for Google and later Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This sounds so exciting. Maceo, welcome to the show. Maceo Jourdan: Great to be here, Denise. I’m glad we could connect. Denise: Absolutely. In my pre‑conversation with you, I learned that you are quite the serial entrepreneur. Can you …

Disrupting Healthcare

Original Interview: The SharkPreneur Podcast #555: Disrupting Healthcare Seth Greene: Welcome to the Sharkpreneur Podcast. This is your co‑host, Seth Green. Today, I’ve got the good fortune to be joined by Maceo Jourdan, the founder of Canexxia Healthcare. Maceo, thanks so much for joining us. Maceo Jourdan: Glad to be here. Seth: Now, you got a fascinating business that we’re going to dive into in just a minute, but you’ve also got an equally fascinating background. You were chairman of Retire3 Publishing before this along with a number of other companies. Correct? Maceo: That’s right. Seth: Let’s dive into the history a little bit. How did you get started? Maceo: We’ve got to go back to when I was about eight years old to truly answer that question, although we’ll spend a minimal amount of time on the couch. When I was a kid, I delivered newspapers. Obviously, by the gray of my beard, I’m not the youngest guy in the room anymore. As I was delivering papers, I noticed a bird feeder. Being a kid, I didn’t know what it was. I asked about it. I figured out that some of the ladies in the townhouse complex wanted to …

What Day Traders and Entrepreneurs Have in Common

Original Interview: Intentional Growth #236: Day Trader Turns Entrepreneur: How to Identify Market Trends and Create Value Ryan Tansom:  Welcome back to the Intentional Growth podcast. This is episode 236 and I appreciate you tuning back in. Today, my guest name is Maceo Jourdan. He is the co‑founder of Canexxia, which is a company acquiring the home health care and hospice industries to execute a buy and build strategy, which you’ve all heard me talk about. He has a mission to improve quality of care and ease of access to healthcare. Maceo’s experience expands a wildly eclectic mix of practical real‑world experience from the US Army to the cutthroat world of electronic trading. As an early pioneer in computerized trading, Maceo built out one of the earliest high‑frequency trading systems for the S&P 500. Before Canexxia, Maceo was the CEO of Retire3 Publishing or R3, which is a Phoenix‑based publishing company. Maceo started the company with a $25,000 loan and grew it to $26 million in just three years. At the time of his decision to retire, R3 had top‑line revenues of $48 million bucks. Since his exit, Maceo has launched products in CPG, publishing, and healthcare. He’s directly responsible …

Do I Have What it Takes to Be An Entrepreneur?

Original Interview: The Business Growth Pod: Do I Have What it Takes to Be An Entrepreneur? Introduction Allan Draper:   Hey, everyone. Welcome to the show. Today, I’m excited about our guest. He’s an entrepreneur at heart. His name is Maceo Jourdan. Let me read you some of the things that he’s accomplished. He’s a serial entrepreneur with a little meat that goes behind that. That’s thrown around a little bit, but he can back that up. He built one of the earliest high‑frequency trading systems for the S&P 500. He’s also the founder of Canexxia, which is in the healthcare industry. Check this out. He was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Retire3 Publishing, which is a Phoenix‑based publishing company. He started the company with a $25,000 loan and grew it to $26 million in three years. Welcome to the show. Maceo Jourdan:   Allan, I’m glad to be here. Allan:   This is awesome, man. What did I miss? My guests are aspiring entrepreneurs or they’re already established. I’ve got everybody, from somebody wondering if they should take the leap to people that do 10 figures‑plus a year in gross revenue. What do they need to know about you? …

Is Now a Good Time to Start A Business?

Original Interview: What’s the Secret: Is Now a Good Time to Start a Business? Tom Gaddis:  When the pandemic hit all the quote gurus out there were like, “Look, see, you should be working from home. We are making money online, you should be doing it too. An online business, this is the perfect time to get one started and get going.” Is this really the best time to start a business? If you were going to start a business right now, what would you need to do differently to ensure that you have success? Is an online business the best way to start? Could you do a regular brick and mortar business as well? I often tell my friends the people of online businesses look like geniuses right now because of the nature of the pandemic. It could have just as easily been something that took out the entire Internet. Then all the people with online businesses would not have looked so smart because they had no backup plan. We have to look at the reality of these situations and be prepared for both. Who is Maceo Jourdan? My guest today, Maceo Jourdan is a serial entrepreneur with two …

Think Small, Win Big

Original Interview: EEC 164: Think Small, Win Big with Maceo Jourdan Announcer: Hello, and a very warm welcome to the “Excellent Executive Coaching” podcast. This program is all about helping you thrive in some of the most challenging, coaching situations. Our aim is to support you in bringing your coaching to the next level, whether you’re new to coaching or you’re already an expert professional. Dr. Katrina Burrus: Welcome to the Excellent Executive Coaching podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Katrina Burrus, and today we have Maceo Jourdan. Maceo, welcome. Maceo Jourdan: Thanks, Katrina. It’s good to be here. Venture Capitalists and Psychology Dr. Burrus:  You’re a venture capitalist, so that’s unusual. We haven’t had a venture capitalist here on the show before, but I think what you have to say has a lot to do with helping coaches in their business aspects. My first question to you will be, how did you get into venture capitalism? Maceo:  Funny enough. I got into venture capital through coaching. My claim to fame, I took an E‑Commerce company from a $25,000 friends and family loan to about $720 million in enterprise value during the boom of the Internet days from 2005 through 2012. …