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?
- 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
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You can connect with Blake on LinkedIn or send him an email at blake@janover.ventures. Visit their website https://www.janover.ventures/ to know more.
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