309: Surviving the 2008 Recession and Thriving: Person-by-Person, Day-By-Day

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Chris Haddon and his future business partner, both in their 20s, had soaked up all they could learn at their banking jobs about finance and real estate. They took the plunge in late 2007, opening Hard Money Bankers, a commercial lending company. Then, in 2008, the real estate bubble burst and the economy tanked. Focusing the business “person-by-person, day by day,” they toughed out the recession. HMB grew to $25-million in loan volume and seven-figure revenues, using web marketing to disrupt the old school market. Chris also co-authored "The Whiteboard," an Amazon #1 Bestseller.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.6	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 309.
0:15.8	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.1	Every day, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered his talents
0:22.1	to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. Chris and his future
0:28.8	business partner, both in their 20s, had soaked up all they could learn about finance and real
0:34.4	estate at their banking jobs. They took the plunge in late 2007 and opened a commercial lending company.
0:40.9	In 2008, the real estate bubble burst.
0:43.8	Day by day, they toughed out the recession.
0:47.0	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Chris Haddon.
0:50.4	Welcome, Chris.
0:52.0	Hi, Don. Thank you. Glad to be here.
0:53.9	Thank you. It's our pleasure. Chris, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:58.2	I absolutely am.
0:59.5	All righty. We want to hear the whole story.
1:01.6	Chris Haddon is an entrepreneur based in Washington, D.C., operating Internet and real estate businesses.
1:07.1	Hard money bankers is a commercial lending company. He co-founded in 2007 and quickly grew to 25 million in long volume and seven figure revenues.
1:16.6	In his 20s, he became an expert in web marketing to disrupt a market previously dominated by old school mom and pop shops.
1:24.0	He's the co-author of the Whiteboard, an Amazon number one bestseller. Well, Chris,
1:28.5	that's a summary of your career today. Tell our listeners around the world what you're up to
1:32.5	right now that has you engaged and excited, if you would. Well, I would say a number of different
1:38.0	things have me engaged and excited. The majority of what I do is running our lending company,
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