#294: Bobby Long, Partner and Co-Founder, Piedmont Capital Partners – See the best in people
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Hello and welcome to another episode of How Leaders Lead with David Novak. Today we have Bobby Long on the show. He's the partner and co-founder of Piedmont Capital Partners, and he invests in big problems that need big solutions. Stuff like Alzheimer's research and lithium-ion technology. But Bobby does it in the most relational way.
He listens with humility, he does deals on a handshake, and he looks for ways to truly serve everyone he meets. In this episode, you're gonna find out what happens when someone decides to use everything they've built to actually change the world. Enjoy this episode with David and Bobby and I will see you at the debrief. You started your career at at at 22 cold call calling Fortune 500 CEOs in New York to sell corporate life insurance.
That's true. Knowing almost nothing about the business when you did it. Uh, you know, what gave you the audacity to go straight to the top? I mean, you you didn't go middle up, you went straight to the top. I figured if that's where the big market is, why am I gonna waste my time doing anything else?
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