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Beating the odds
As an entrepreneur looking to build a start-up, I’m sure you’ve heard statistics show over 90% of start-ups end in failure. If this fact scares you, turn around and hit the door now because starting a business is not for the fearful. Building and maintaining a successful start-up requires you to...
Read MoreNegotiating your way to wealth
In life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. Therefore, building the right connections is highly important. At the end of the day, people do business with people, and it’s essential that entrepreneurs understand this going into any venture. Beyond connecting with the righ...
Read MoreWill your business survive COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a bump in the road for start-ups and small businesses across the nation. Businesses are being mandated to close left and right, cashflow is running extremely thin, and companies are being forced to adapt or be at risk of closing their doors forever. Being that small bu...
Read MoreWhy Do Most Start-ups fail Within the First Year?
Why Do Most Start-ups fail Within the First Year? Why does the richest 1% in the world control half its wealth? The statistics according to a 2017 Credit Suisse wealth report states that in 2016 alone, the world added some 2.3 million-dollar millionaires. The report goes on to say that the global...
Read MoreMemoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Blackhawk Partners and the way we conduct business
I have frequently been asked the question over the years as to What Blackhawk Partners is all about and how we conduct business. For all those of you who don’t know Blackhawk Partners Inc. is a New York based private “family office” that is in the business of originating, structuring a...
Read MoreMemoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Success
I have frequently been asked the question over the years as to how I measure success To be brutally honest, I measure success by the impact you leave on this world in terms of how much wealth you’ve contributed creating, how many people have you helped educate, inspire, assisted in accomplishin...
Read MoreMemoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Philanthropy
I am often asked how active I in philanthropy and what charities if any I am most active or interested in. To be perfectly frank, I am actually creating a Joint Venture partnership between the “Financial Policy Council” and “Brave Enough to Fail”; two nonprofit organizations that will ass...
Read MoreMemoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Branding
I have frequently been asked the question over the years as to how we brand our products and services here at Blackhawk and what is my general philosophy on branding my name, my activities and my work – both professional and non-professional Well first off, I strongly believe that in this ever-...
Read MoreMemoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Freedom
I thought about starting this series of memoirs after 30+ years in finance and share with my friends and foes alike what I have learned over the years empowering a whole new generation of millennials and others what really lies ahead and how to best position yourself in the years ahead. Where do ...
Read MoreClosing remarks for 2019 by Ziad Abdelnour
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous yo...
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