Vincenzo Villamena, the founder of OnlineTaxman.com, the best resources for U.S. Expats looking to stay on the good side of the IRS. Listen as Nathan and Vincenzo discuss Private Equity in-depth, moving to South America, and starting OnlineTaxman from scratch.
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Famous 5
Favorite Book? – The 4-Hour Work Week
What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk
What is your favorite online tool?— Solve 360
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?—Don’t get a job, just pursue your dreams and ideas
Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:06 – Nathan’s introduction
01:52 – Welcoming Vincenzo to the show
02:00 – Making money selling candy
03:30 – Talking PwC and the Big 4 in general
04:45 – Got into Private Equity for the money
05:28 – Getting paid in Private Equity
06:00 – Bonuses were highly discretionary
06:30 – Talking about “Carry”
08:15 – It’s all about networking
09:00 – Describing a private equity deck
09:43 – The balance between hardcore numbers and noise
11:00 – Describing IRR (investment rate of return)
11:28 – Generally in Private Equity you can expect to lock up your money for 5 years
13:55 – Moving to South America
14:39 – Living in Argentina and discovering the tax opportunity for Ex-Pats
16:05 – Clients around the world
16:24 – In January 2016, did $40K in revenue and close to $1M for the year
17:00 – 7 employees, all virtual
17:25 – Vincenzo@OnlineTaxMan.com
3 Key Points:
Go for your dreams—not a “job”—from day 1.
Do NOT make a decision purely for the money.
You can have a company that is completely virtual.
Resources Mentioned:
Edgar – Nathan uses Edgar instead of other scheduling tools for Twitter because Edgar cycles through content over and over (buffer/others you have to re-input content over and over – time consuming). In the last several months, Edgar has driven Nathan over 3728 clicks that he didn’t have to work or pay for.
Host Gator - Powerful web hosting made easy and affordable.
Carry – Share of profits paid to investment manager
PwC – Pricewaterhouse Coopers
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