Codie Sanchez: 7 Boring Businesses You Can Buy Right Now To Replace Your Income | E231

After climbing the ranks of the high finance ladder, Codie Sanchez felt lost. She was no longer in charge of her day-to-day life, despite her years of schooling and hard work. She decided to take the insights she gained to build her own portfolio of what she calls “boring businesses.” Now, she's out to help others do the same and is quickly becoming one of the biggest female business influencers in the world. In this episode, Codie reveals what she looks for when buying a boring business, what kinds of businesses you can buy tomorrow with no money down, and how to think like a contrarian investor.

Codie Sanchez is the co-founder of Unconventional Acquisitions, a company that helps people learn how to buy small businesses. She also founded Contrarian Thinking, a popular newsletter that discusses investment strategies and trends.

In this episode, Hala and Codie will discuss: 

- Codie’s background as an award-winning journalist

- How to think like a contrarian investor

- Earning horizontal income

- Creating multiple revenue streams

- Why you should invest in “boring” businesses

- The 80/20 rule

- Why you should take more mirror selfies

- And other topics…

Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, with over 2.5+ million subscribers. She is the co-founder of Unconventional Acquisitions, focused on small business acquisitions in the micro-PE space with an emphasis on roll-ups. She runs a holding company of SMBs below $10M EBITDA focused upon what she calls “boring businesses,” or service-based businesses. She is a former partner at private equity firm EEC, and built First Trust’s $1 billion+ AUM Latin America business. 

She held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, State Street, and Vanguard. She started as a journalist where she won the JFK award and Howard Buffett Foundation. She was listed as one of the 25 Most Innovative Leaders in Cannabis, and a Top Female Investor by Forbes. She has an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, a master’s from ESADE and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and a B.A. from Arizona State University. She sits on the board of Permian Investment, and Magma Partners Chilean Venture Fund.

Resources Mentioned:

Codie’s Website: https://www.codiesanchez.com/#intro 

Codie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codiesanchez/ 

Codie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/codie_sanchez 

Codie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez/ 

Codie’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codiesanchezbiz/ 

Codie’s Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realcodiesanchez?lang=en 

Codie’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fI3kxC-ewZ6ZXEYgznM7g 

Contrarian Thinking: https://contrarianthinking.co/ 

Unconventional Acquisitions: https://unconventionalacquisitions.com/ 

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