Investing 101 for Entrepreneurs: Maximizing Your Returns

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Set the Entrepreneur–Investor Mindset

From Builder to Capital Allocator

Entrepreneurs often overinvest in their own company and underinvest in long-term assets. Shift perspective: every dollar is a tiny employee. Assign each one a job, a KPI, and a timeline. Comment with your primary allocation goal for the next quarter.

Clarity on Outcomes: Freedom Numbers and Timelines

Define a freedom number—how much annual passive income would change your life—and tie it to an achievable timeline. Backsolve required contributions and returns. Share your target in the comments to keep yourself accountable and inspire other founders.

Design Your Liquidity Runway

A healthy cash buffer keeps you from panic-selling during storms. Separate operating cash, emergency reserves, and investment capital. Decide rules before emotions strike. If you want our runway checklist, subscribe and we’ll send the quick-start template.

Construct a Durable, Simple Portfolio

Make a low-cost global index fund your core; it historically compounds around high single to low double digits over long horizons. Add satellites like sector ETFs, select private deals, or real estate only if you have a genuine edge. Tell us your current mix.

Construct a Durable, Simple Portfolio

Owning five tech stocks is not diversification. Blend uncorrelated assets: equities, high-quality bonds, cash, and perhaps real assets. The goal is smoother returns and fewer existential drawdowns. What’s your least correlated holding? Drop it below and compare notes.

Construct a Durable, Simple Portfolio

Set calendar or threshold rules: for example, rebalance annually or when an asset drifts 5–10% from target. Automate contributions to nudge allocations back on track. Bookmark this method, or subscribe for our one-page rebalancing playbook.

Construct a Durable, Simple Portfolio

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Cash Flow, Taxes, and Entities

Schedule automatic transfers from operating profits to your investment accounts each month. Treat it like payroll for future you. Automation beats willpower and prevents lifestyle creep. Share your current contribution rate and the small tweak you’ll make this week.

Cash Flow, Taxes, and Entities

Use tax-advantaged accounts where relevant, place high-turnover strategies in tax-sheltered buckets, and favor broad, low-cost funds in taxable accounts. Small frictions compound. Want our tax-aware placement cheat sheet? Subscribe and we’ll send it next issue.

Due Diligence That Fits a Founder’s Schedule

The 60-Minute Screen

In one focused hour, read the core filings or memo, map the business model, identify assumptions, and estimate downside. If it passes, dig deeper; if not, pass decisively. Want our one-hour worksheet? Subscribe and we’ll send the template.

Red Flags and Green Lights

Red flags: unclear unit economics, churn hand-waving, vanity metrics, or founders allergic to hard questions. Green lights: crisp cohorts, cash discipline, and candor. Share the biggest red flag you ever ignored—and the tuition it cost you.

Days 1–30: Inventory and Intentions

List every account, position, and fee. Define your freedom number, runway, and target allocation. Cancel deadweight, consolidate where possible, and automate a starter contribution. Share your before snapshot with the community for encouragement and gentle pressure.

Days 31–60: Build and Automate

Implement your core-satellite portfolio, set rebalancing rules, and schedule monthly sweeps. Document an investment policy statement you can actually follow. Subscribe to get our editable IPS template and check in weekly with one learning from your process.

Days 61–90: Review, Learn, Share

Evaluate drift, emotions, and results versus plan. Tweak position sizes, not the plan’s core. Write a short retrospective and share one lesson in the comments. Invite a founder friend to join you and build compounding momentum together.