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Creating a Trade Show for Dogs and Their Products
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53:04 - 58:00 (04:56)

The speaker suggests the idea of building a large trade show for dogs and their products, utilizing the same concept as Comic Con, where the dogs are the attraction, and exhibitors come to promote their products. The trade show could also serve as a platform for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and funds for their causes.

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The speaker suggests building a giant trade show for dogs, similar to Comic-Con, where dogs are the primary attraction and, around the event, there would be a huge exhibit hall with every dog product on the market trying to promote their items.
53:04 - 55:31 (02:27)
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Dogs
Summary

The speaker suggests building a giant trade show for dogs, similar to Comic-Con, where dogs are the primary attraction and, around the event, there would be a huge exhibit hall with every dog product on the market trying to promote their items.

Chapter
Creating a Trade Show for Dogs and Their Products
Episode
#98 with Ryan Begelman - How to Bootstrap Buying a Mountain
Podcast
My First Million
Hanley Wood, a B2B publisher that owned publications for concrete workers and drew trade shows, was sold for close to $400 million with $70 million in revenue and $35 million in EBITDA.
55:31 - 56:49 (01:18)
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Hanley Wood
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Hanley Wood, a B2B publisher that owned publications for concrete workers and drew trade shows, was sold for close to $400 million with $70 million in revenue and $35 million in EBITDA. The former CEO is now replicating this success at Government Executive, a publisher and trade show host for government workers and contractors.

Chapter
Creating a Trade Show for Dogs and Their Products
Episode
#98 with Ryan Begelman - How to Bootstrap Buying a Mountain
Podcast
My First Million
Ryan Begelman, the former COO of the Huffington Post, now runs a private equity firm with the former CEO of Hanley Wood, and recently acquired Government Executive.
56:50 - 58:00 (01:09)
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Private Equity
Summary

Ryan Begelman, the former COO of the Huffington Post, now runs a private equity firm with the former CEO of Hanley Wood, and recently acquired Government Executive. He is interested in acquiring or partnering with companies that are doing between $300,000 to $3 million in profit as well as building new companies around community content and experiential mediums.

Chapter
Creating a Trade Show for Dogs and Their Products
Episode
#98 with Ryan Begelman - How to Bootstrap Buying a Mountain
Podcast
My First Million