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The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid With Derik Fay

The Excellence Project with Eric Worre

Eric Worre

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Networkmarketing, Business, Ericworre, Mlm

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Listen to today’s episode as Derik Fay shares his amazing life story. He started with a tough childhood and learned to be strong, make friends, and grab opportunities. Hear how he succeeded in different businesses by being flexible and making good relationships.

Learn about Derik's talent for making friends and growing small companies. Find out how he turned $70 into $5 million in real estate. Discover tips for negotiating with companies and avoiding common business mistakes. Understand why having a strong company culture and being responsible are important for business growth. Plus, stay tuned for part two of Derik's amazing journey!

About:

Derik Fay is an experienced entrepreneur who started a venture capital firm called “3F Management” in 2002. He's successfully built and sold over 30 companies and helps young entrepreneurs grow. His goal for partners is to achieve growth and profits and sell their businesses within 3-5 years. Derik and his partners also give back by donating millions to local charities, emphasizing the importance of resilience, innovation, and making a positive impact.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Derik Fay's journey from a challenging childhood to success

  • How Derik adapted and thrived in various business ventures

  • Derik's knack for connecting people and identifying opportunities

  • The incredible story of turning a $70 investment into $5 million in real estate

  • Profitable negotiation experiences with companies

  • Insights into common mistakes entrepreneurs should avoid

  • The importance of a consistent company culture and vision

  • The role of accountability in business growth

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Website URL: https://derikfay.com/ & https://beacons.ai/derikfay

Derik Fay IG 👉 https://www.instagram.com/derikfay/

Derik Fay Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085006716140

Derik Fay YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@derikfay

Derik Fay Twitter 👉 https://twitter.com/derik_fay

Derik Fay LinkedIn 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/derik-fay-8ba92181/

Derik Fay TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@fayderik

TIME STAMPS:

  • 00:00: Intro

  • 00:49: Introduction to Derik Fay

  • 01:28: What does Derik do as an adult entrepreneurial man?

  • 02:57: Entrepreneurship, investing, and personal finance

  • 06:05: Childhood abuse and resilience

  • 08:11: The importance of finding inspiration and redirection in difficult moments

  • 11:38: Eric’s advice when you’re in a bad situation

  • 12:45: Overcoming abuse and finding strength

  • 15:24: Dealing with past trauma and abuse

  • 21:44: Abuse of power in religious organizations

  • 28:27: Meeting needs with products or services

  • 30:20: The value of being a connector

  • 36:59: Leadership styles and approaches

  • 43:54: Entrepreneurship and opportunity recognition

  • 47:07: Business deals

  • 49:45: Things that motivated Derik to save money to be ready to go

  • 54:09: The importance of Networking and conversations in finding opportunities

  • 55:31: Real estate deals and ethics

  • 58:54: Recognizing opportunities and taking action

  • 1:01:59: There's massive value in being first!

  • 1:03:19: The shadow CEO

  • 1:06:16: Leadership mistakes in business

  • 1:08:12: How people are treating employees and the resulting impact

  • 1:11:30: The importance of clarifying the company's culture and vision

  • 1:13:53: Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays to stay true to their values

  • 1:14:57: Going against one's culture and values can lead to instability

  • 1:16:02: END

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Transcript

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0:00.0

First thing I do when I get to Florida, I go to all of the high end bars and I sit at the bar

0:04.7

and I start shaking hands and talking to people and of course I meet the two top realtors at then

0:11.2

before you go farther this drives me nuts because people like you know that opportunities found

0:19.4

in the conversations opportunities found in meeting people that's it opportunities found in

0:23.2

networking and people network marketing drive me crazy because they're like I don't know anybody

0:29.6

but I posted something on social media nobody responded like you can walk into every cardio

0:36.6

ship in place and say I can only talk to the number one guy you know and then take that

0:40.6

person to lunch and just see if there's something that's it talk to every influencer in your town

0:44.4

talk to every business person in your town just become known when you walk everybody talk to everybody

0:49.7

so please ladies gentlemen get off your ass out of your house and go have some conversations with

0:56.5

people who can bring you to something that's right whatever that thing is welcome to the accident's

1:00.9

project my name is Eric worry and in today's episode we're going to talk to Derek Fay a serial

1:06.8

entrepreneur venture capitalist he specializes in connecting people and helping companies grow

1:14.0

and scale I think that's something that all entrepreneurs can benefit from so with no further do

1:20.7

let's jump into my conversation with Derek Fay Derek Fay yes how are you any better I'd be embarrassed

1:28.0

we've been we've been trading messages for some time I'm glad we finally got together and

1:32.3

last time when you were going to come in here I completely lost my voice that's right I could not

1:36.9

speak my doctor told me do not speak for six days which was I found out was pretty difficult to do

1:42.5

but I'm glad you're you're able to get back to town back to studio we can have this conversation

1:48.8

tell everybody what you do what do you do as an as an adult entrepreneurial man adult maybe

1:57.6

a stretch but fair enough it was funny and I always preface this question usually typically

2:03.3

when someone says what do you do it's the easiest answer in the world and people ask me I go

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