20A – Growing Your Social Capital


1) 
Nick: Hedge Fund Analyst, Investor. Nick is also my brother.
Ben: Medical resident, also in the USAF. Ben is also my brother.
Dixon: Retired UF Shands surgeon. Dixon was the chair of the Pediatric Urology department at UF, and one of the first Pediatric Urologists in the country. He is also an investor and a distinguished researcher. 
2) 
Nick: Market Expert
Ben: Business Expert
Dixon: Market Expert
3) All three of these people are in my family. Dixon is my grandfather. I count all of them as part of my "personal board of directors".
4) We are very close as a family. We often offer or solicited each other for advice in all matters related to business and finances.
5) Having this group around me as advisers helps me to constantly evaluate and check my thinking and logic. They see issues from perspectives that I do not see them.
This experience was quite easy because I already had all these individuals in my roledex. After all, they are family member! Even if I wasn't offering them my advice in return, they would always be happy to help me out.

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  1. Madylin McConnellMarch 29, 2020 at 9:30 AM

    Hi Zach!
    It seems like you got very lucky with this assignment since you already had these people in your circle of people. I think you took this assignment almost too lax because you did not describe why they would be beneficial to you. Yes, people can have a title, but I think the assignment was more focusing on the specifics of how they could offer advice or guidance. Overall, next time I would add more details and descriptions rather than a list-like post.
    ~Mady

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  2. Shivani DaveMarch 30, 2020 at 8:23 AM

    Hi Zach!

    It's awesome that you have such good contacts to help you build and expand your business right in your own family! In terms of social capital, having family members that can directly help you gain experience and build your network is most influential. Next time, I would definately add more details as to how each family member can help you specifically. Overall though, good job on identifying different experts in your field.

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  3. WilliamolMarch 30, 2020 at 11:39 AM

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  4. WilliamolMarch 30, 2020 at 11:39 AM

    That was easy for you. Speaking about hedge funds and stock market, any recommendations where to invest now? what does your brother think? what do you think?
    I see a lot of perspective buying airline's stocks as well as cruise companies today. There is a huge potential I think as they dropped by 60-80%. As soon as this panic is over, we are talking about huge profit as practice shows from previous recessions...

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