736: Amy Mahjoory | How to Use Networking to Raise Money and Quit Your Job
Tired of trading your time for dollars? Tired of feeling like your business is limited only by the amount of capital you have access to? Amy was once in your shoes.
Amy Mahjoory left corporate America after 14 years to pursue real estate investing full time. And it was her ability to raise unlimited private money that unlocked her ultimate success! In this episode, Amy will take us through raising private money by building and maintaining relationships and help build the confidence we need to leave the 9 to 5 and job into wealth creation!
This is one you don’t want to miss! Jump in and learn how to use networking to raise money and quit your job.
Things you will learn in this episode:
[00:01 - 03:33] Opening Segment
- Amy shares a bit about her background
- How she went from a shy little girl to a keynote speaker today
- Amy’s experience jumping out of the 9 to 5 life
[03:34 - 12:24] How to Use Networking to Raise Money and Quit Your Job
- Amy talks about the key lessons she learned from her coaching phase
- Be selective with who you surround yourself with
- Learning to raise money expedited the process
- Amy shares her top networking strategies
- Go to the events with people you want to spend time with
- Understand how to help people around you
- Everyone entrepreneur needs to build a team and raise money
- How Amy broke out of her shell and became someone who asks big questions
- Falling in love with flipping houses - passion makes it easy
- Practical tips on how to network at events
- Work with people you like!
- Be confident in who you are and what you want
- “The 4-second power pitch”
- You don’t have to connect with everyone who comes your way
- Keeping in touch with your connections
- Keep a good attitude - everybody is a potential lender
- Set up a good nurture and follow-up system
- It shouldn’t feel like work if you like them
[12:25 - 17:58] Your Self-Worth is Your Network is Your Net Worth
- Who you know or what you know?
- Proximity is power
- How you nurture your relationships is important
- Your self-worth is your network is your net worth
- How to find what value you can bring
- You always have something of value you can offer
- How Amy helps people overcome fear and objections to raising money
- A mindset shift is everything
- You are not asking for something; you are offering something
- Have scripts
- Ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing
- A quick word from our sponsor
[17:59 - 26:16] Closing Segment
- RaNDoM RoUnD
- How to connect with Amy
- Links below
- Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“Learning how to raise money really helped me expedite my retirement from DELL and allow me to pursue real estate full-time in just one year.” - Amy Mahjoory
“Every entrepreneur and business owner has had to build a team and raise capital.” - Amy Mahjoory
“Proximity is power and who you know will play a role in how quickly you can find success and see results.” - Amy Mahjoory
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Want to connect with Amy? You can follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Get ready to grow and scale your business over on https://amymahjoory.com/.
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