Continue to Grow and Learn Each Day with Blake Janover

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Blake Janover is the Founder & CEO of Janover Ventures, a FinTech enabled commercial mortgage brokerage. Throughout his career, Blake has overseen the underwriting and origination of billions of dollars of commercial, multifamily, and residential real estate loans with a core competency in FHA insured debt, GSA financing, CMBS loans, bank, debt fund, and other similar vehicles.

[00:01 – 09:58] Blake and the Story of Janover Ventures

• I introduce and welcome our guest, Blake Janover
• Blake talks about his background and journey leading up to Janover Ventures
  • The series of "Yo-Yo events" on businesses he started made him feel like he is not cut out for owning a business.

[09:59 – 14:51] Growing and Trying to Learn Everyday

• Restructuring and bouncing back up from the "Yo-Yo events."

[14:52 – 26:00] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • "The worst job I ever had was probably the most deeply fulfilling job I ever had."
  • Working on acres and acres of land doing manual labor.
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
• What is a skill or talent that you'd like to learn?
  • I'd like to learn how to peacefully exist in the middle of the two extremes that my former self spends so much time at.
• What does success mean to you?
  • Love, contentment, family, growth, peace, gratitude. Just like the cheesiest things you can think of.
• Connect with Blake. See the links below.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"It took a few of these 'Yo-Yo events' for me to eat enough humble pie that I'm not particularly special. And that I have to work really hard to learn as much as I can." – Blake Janover

"Just being aware of how little I actually know and when I'm aware of that, then it makes me much more open to collecting data from outside sources." – Blake Janover

Resources Mentioned:

• Shane Parrish
• The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

You can connect with Blake on LinkedIn or send him an email at [email protected]. Visit their website https://www.janover.ventures/ to know more.

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