Taseer Badar '95 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | 2021 Mays Transformational Leader Speaker Series

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00:00 - Miranda Intro
1:17 - Transformational Leader Explanation
2:45 -  Hassan introducing Taseer
4:00 -  Taseer Badar opening remarks, thanking Mays
5:10 -  Goals from speaking
5:43 -  Offered to share Business Managers contact info
6:30 - Theme of the discussion, “Narrowing Deep” 
6:39 - “Luck kinda favors the Brave, sometimes”
6:51 - “Hard-work equals good luck”
6:59 - Personal family background on education level
7:38 - Reason to becoming involved in business
7:42 - Father being a first-gen immigrant, his father's concern about his position and understanding a corporate and American setting
8:48 - Established he did not want to work for anyone
8:50 - Emotional impact seeing his father deal with that
9:07 - Job cutting grass at 8-year-old
9:19 - 14-15 cutting 40 yards a week
9:38 - networked with a friend to, I assume hire labors to cut grass
9:59 - Paper boy for the Houston Chronicle, developed skill to collect payments
10:17 - Different things owned, I.e. gas stations, real estate
10:30 - Best thing, Owned a Toner Cartridge business while at Texas A&M.
11:18 - Job at Morgan Stanley after graduating
11:49 - “Defense was always covered”
12:35  - Job offered in Houston, moved back in with Parents (defense)
12:47 - Started ZT Global Investments April of 1997
13:19 - “Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered, take some money off the table and enjoy your profit”
13:26 - Learned the hard way
13:35 - Money management for physicians
13:53 - Built a business relationship early
14:14 - “Move without the ball” basketball reference
14:33 - Built Loyalty
14:59 - New Client journey
16:21 - Discovered what he wanted to do now, be in the business of healthcare
16:33 - Jobs he did in Healthcare
16:45 - Experience in the work provides insight if someone is truthful in the job
17:03 - First Hospital - Surgery Center
18:05 - “with every challenge, there’s an opportunity”
19:14 - A lot of things in business is common sense
20:32 - “Being Prepared. Being Confident. Being secure in yourself. Knowing your subject matter really really well”
21:08 - Opportunity to diversify
21:14 - Majority part of Healthcare business, Freestanding ER Business
21:35 - Entered the Automobile business
22:21 - Diversified into fast food, Chain of Popeyes Restaurant’s
22:40 - Why I'm Narrowing Deep?
23:45 - Narrowing Deep Explanation
24:12 - Major Business Divisions
25:00 - “Something is not forever unless you keep changing the menu”
25:40 - 4 Key Takeaways
25:45 - Look at Acquisition
25:49 - Is it scalable
25:57 - Ability to be professionalized
26:36 - How to get a liquidity event
27:39 - Why should you sell?
27:59 - Defense is a version of Risk Diversion
28:07 - Infusion Business - investment and liquidation
28:47 - “Leave enough chicken on the bone for someone else to do it”
29:00 - Know when to get out
29:30 - Largest Minority-Owned Company
29:44 - Robbery
30:45 - Blake Petty intro
31:20 - Aggie 100 Explanation
32:20 - Touchback on 250,000 in college
32:31 - What did you do with that money? What do I need to do to set up a defense as a student”
33:08 - Invested by purchasing gas stations
34:47 - Key to foundation to a defense
35:05 - Favorite and Least favorite company to date?
36:59 - “The easier it is, the more liquid it is”
37:20 -  Support Network/Family - Aggie Network?
39:49 - What or who Inspired you while at Texas A&M?
41:00 - Current business climate, pandemic, and political climate
43:56 - Advise to becoming an entrepreneur without all the nitty gritty stuff
44:56 - Typical day in the life of Taseer Badar
47:17 - Selfless Service, what’s Taseer Badar calling to give back?
50:00 - What's your advice to graduates, should they start their business or wait and work?
52:24 - Meeting people is everything, networking
52:28 - Taseer Badar Book recommendations and podcasts
54:24 - Differentiation & Reliability
55:48 - Big Warning to avoid a big issue
57:30 - Covid and investments
58:16 - Balancing work & family
59:29 - Entrepreneurs who inspired Taseer Badar
1:01:00 - Soft Costs, build your team
1:03:00 - What's your advise to start? First steps as a budding entrepreneur?
1:04:04 - Partnerships are like marriage
1:05:19 - Intra-preneurships
1:06:00 - Closing statement

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Created:	25. 3. 2021 21:52:15

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Taseer Badar '95 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | 2021 Mays Transformational Leader Speaker Series