My Worst Investment Ever Podcast

BIO: Mario Bekes began his career with the Department of Defence Republic of Croatia in Military Police/Security Services for seven years. In 1998 he worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs Republic of Croatia in Security Intelligence Services, secondment in Republic of Croatia Consulate General in Sydney for five years before founding Insight Intelligence in 2003. STORY: Mario allowed his eg...

BIO: Toni McLelland MSc resides in London, England, UK, and spends time in Wales. She is a critical friend, business mentor, and founder of The Compassionate Business Model. STORY: Toni hired someone on social media she thought would help her in an area she was interested in. The individual was an influencer and not an expert in the area. LEARNING: Do your homework and due diligence. Excellent pro...

BIO: Michelle Hon is the author of The Chill Mom, founder, and business coach for moms at MomBoss Academy. STORY: Michelle spent half of her life savings on a soup and salad bar that she had to close down after a month due to the wrong location. LEARNING: Don’t build a business for yourself or boost your ego. Build a business because it fills a market gap. Build systems and frameworks that enable...

BIO: Leonard Kim is the worst investor you will ever meet and has made countless mistakes. STORY: Leonard invested over $6,000 in penny stocks and preferred shares whose value went to less than a penny. LEARNING: Avoid stocks on the OTCBB; trade in the NASDAQ shares instead. Focus on the company’s ability to make profits instead of the stock price.   “Don’t invest in stocks that are at the su...

BIO: Vanessa Ho built a student-alumni-run angel investment network and educates students and fresh graduates on startup and private sector investments. STORY: Vanessa invested blindly in a startup she was introduced to by an angel investor. She never did any research. There was no market for the company’s product, so it never made any returns. LEARNING:  Dig deep into the business model and...

BIO: Jitender Girdhar is a best-selling author, TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, Op-Ed writer at The Times of India, mentor, and NLP professional. STORY: Jitender’s worst investment ever was not investing in growing his mind when he was younger. This saw him make poor investments. LEARNING: Your beliefs and opinions become your identity. Leave past knowledge and beliefs behind and be curious to learn n...

BIO: Anthony Milewski is an investing veteran and Chairman of Nickel 28 – a battery metals-focused investment company focusing on metal streaming and royalty agreements. STORY: Anthony and a friend partnered to drill oil in Indonesia. They pooled $10 million and hit the ground running. After facing one disaster after another, the partners gave up on the venture, having spent all the money, and not...

BIO: John Spence is an author, international executive coach, professional development educator, virtual trainer, strategic planning facilitator, keynote speaker, and developer of online learning programs. STORY: When John was a young CEO of one of the Rockefeller Foundations, he invested in the trappings of a CEO, such as big houses, boats, wines, artwork, etc., all in the name of impressing peop...

BIO: Brian Golod was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His parents asked him what he wanted to do for a living when he was 13 years old, and somehow he knew, at least for the following 21 years. STORY: Brian invested $25,000 in a new company belonging to a man he’d known for just a few days. LEARNING: Don’t trust blindly; ask questions. Be careful of the appeal to authority fallacy. &nbs...

BIO: 15 years of experience running his own business, more than enough money, time, and freedom; now Nat Berman teaches the practical steps he’s taken to achieve these results in what now takes only 3-4 hours a day. STORY: Nat got wind of a stock that Jim Cramer would tout on his show and invest in. Nat decided to invest $30,000 in the stock without further research. He lost the money in a short p...

BIO: Dave Buck is fascinated by the concept of time and how it is applied in everyday life. It is one of the main reasons he started Kairos Management Solutions. STORY: Dave was a very disciplined saver and investor from the time he got his first job when he was 16. The only mistake he made was not managing his portfolio according to the lifestyle he wanted to live in retirement. LEARNING: Start t...

BIO: Akshat Malik, a serial entrepreneur, a risk-taker during the week, and a happy dog dad on Sundays, has undoubtedly had his good and bad investments. STORY: Akshat’s company partnered with a brand and focused on helping it grow. The brand grew 100x, which was good for the company. But, the brand started partnering with other people, which led to Akshat’s company losing its market share and rev...

BIO: Gary Belsky is co-author of Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes—And How To Correct Them: Lessons from the Life-Changing Science of Behavioral Economics and the former editor in chief of ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Insider.com. STORY: Gary waited for seven years to invest in the Berkshire Hathaway stock hoping the price per share would drop. He missed out on the compounding for the seven y...

BIO: Brent Kochuba is the Founder of SpotGamma, a financial insights company that applies its proprietary methodology toward modeling index and equity options and then provides unique content to its subscribers. STORY: Brent joined a former client as a trader in his fund. Five days after he started working at the fund, the market opened a limit down and halted trading. The fund lost so much money,...

BIO: Sourabh Goyal is the Founder of SuccessBrew (a growth marketing company) and The Goalchy Club community that is focused on the personal and professional growth of people. STORY: Sourabh studied engineering, not out of choice, but because it’s what was expected of him. He hated it and believes he should have invested the four years of college in a much better way of knowing himself. LEARNING:...

BIO: Corina Burton is the co-founder and co-owner of CPR Construction Cleaning, CPR Productions, and host of the Unstoppable podcast. STORY: Corina returned to an old job and gave up a good salary even though her gut told her not to. The old employer could not pay her, causing her to hit a financial rock bottom. LEARNING: Listen to your intuition.   “Business is not linear. Learn to pair your...

BIO: MJ DeMarco is the international best-selling author of The Millionaire Fastlane, Unscripted, and the Great Rat Race Escape. He’s also the founder of Viperion Publishing and the Fastlane Business Forum. STORY: MJ sold his business in 2000 for $1.2 million. Of this, $700,000 was held in an earnout. Because of the recession, the buyer paid MJ $500,000. He put the money in tech stocks, but they i...

BIO: Shane Senior is a British actor who started his acting career as a motivational public speaker. After losing a large sum of money in the cryptocurrency market, he changed his career into acting. STORY: Shane invested in cryptocurrency in 2017, and the investment was growing. He got greedy, took out the money from the currencies, and invested £500,000 in ICOs. Within as little as 18 months, he...

BIO: Gisela Hausmann is one of a dying breed of adventurers – she digs in and researches topics of interest from the ground up, then tells things as she sees them. STORY: Gisela published a book about her time working at Amazon. In the book, she suggested what Amazon should do to improve working conditions. Amazon implemented these suggestions. LEARNING: Know who your friend is and who is not. Loo...

BIO: Rick is an author of several books and performs one-man shows, bringing alive the stories in his books. STORY: Rick spent $22,000 to produce his first audiobook and made just $500 in sales. LEARNING: Accept that there’s most likely nobody who will buy your book. Figure out how to get your product to the market.   “The chances of you doing your memoir and anybody cares about it are almost...

BIO: Kanit Nimmalairat is the owner of the YouTube channel and Facebook Naiwaen Investment, with over 200,000 followers. STORY: When Kanit started investing, he made his worst investment ever when he went all-in on one commodity stock. The stock was selling at 34 baht, but the price plummeted to 7 baht. Kanit made a 100% loss on that investment. LEARNING: Educate yourself on value investing. Have...

BIO: Allan Dib is a serial entrepreneur, rebellious marketer, and #1 bestselling author. STORY: Allan lost a decade and thousands of dollars trying to figure out marketing for his business all by himself, yet he had no expertise in the field. LEARNING: Find experts to help you with the things you don’t have expertise in. You’re not always going to be the person to solve all your problems.   “...

BIO: Nidhi Mohan Kamal is the director of NidSun Wellness, a chain of weight loss clinics with branches in Delhi and two other cities in India. STORY: Nidhi’s worst investment ever was looking for superficial qualities in the people she got into relationships with. This left her with a string of failed relationships until she figured out the fundamental qualities she needed to focus on. LEARNING:...

BIO: Brett King is an Amazon bestselling author, a renowned commentator, and a globally respected speaker on the future of business. STORY: Brett got into a partnership offering a five-day executive program in Dubai. The business was doing well until the global financial crisis hit in 2008. His business partner took over the company, but he had no experience in training, so it died in just a few m...

BIO: Mohan Belani is the Co-founder and CEO of e27, a startup and tech ecosystem platform focused on helping startup founders build and grow their companies. STORY: Between 2013 to 2015, Mohan was mentally and emotionally satisfied with the status quo and never invested in himself, his capabilities, and his mindset to go to the next level. LEARNING: Don’t avoid failure. Just learn to deal with it...