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Going Beyond the Deal

Going Beyond the Deal

著者： J. Michael Fischer Jr | DBD Investment Bank
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Welcome to Going Beyond The Deal. The show for founders, business owners, and professionals who want to grow smarter, achieve bigger exits, and build a legacy that lasts. Your host is no other than, J. Michael Fischer Jr – connector, life-long student of personal growth, and Managing Director at DBD – a bespoke investment bank that helps businesses handle big financial moves. Each week, we look beyond the numbers and the deals to talk about what really drives success. You'll hear from entrepreneurs, strategists, and top performers about the mindset, habits, and decisions that help businesses — and people — keep moving forward. If you're getting ready to sell, raise capital, or just level up — you're in the right place.Copyright © 2025 DBD Partners LLC マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 個人ファイナンス 経済学
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  • 56 | Cynthia Hetherington - How to Uncover the Truth Before You Sign

    56 | Cynthia Hetherington - How to Uncover the Truth Before You Sign
    2026/08/18
    What if the person across the table is telling you a story, and the real story is the one you never checked?J. Michael Fischer Jr. sits down with Cynthia Hetherington, founder and CEO of the Hetherington Group, and the author of the textbook investigators and agencies learn OSINT from. She helped investigate two of the largest Ponzi schemes in American history and trains thousands of professionals a year.She breaks down open source intelligence for dealmakers: the human red flags no financial statement shows, why culture decides whether a founder thrives or becomes someone else’s employee after a sale, the poor man’s due diligence you can run in an afternoon, and how AI and deepfakes are changing who you can trust.If you have ever shaken a hand and hoped you read the person right, this is the perspective founders get only after the damage is done. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights[00:00] – The story behind the story, and why the deal you are told is never the whole deal[03:41] – From public librarian to running an intelligence operation out of New Jersey[05:33] – What OSINT actually is, and why every business owner should care[07:01] – I can find out anything about anyone, and what that means for your next handshake[08:21] – The simple search that would have exposed Bernie Madoff years earlier[11:54] – The two checks that tell you almost everything about a company[14:03] – Why the comments section is a gemstone before you sign anything[19:19] – Inside her team’s overwatch role at the 2026 World Cup[27:33] – The expert missing from most deal tables, and the data they surface[29:38] – The one thing that decides whether a founder thrives after a sale[32:34] – The poor man’s due diligence you can run in a single afternoon[35:31] – How AI makes a mediocre operator look like a rock star across the table[37:02] – Turn the machine against them, and fact-check the deal with AIMentioned ResourcesACG New Jersey (Corporate Growth Awards)GoogleStandard & Poor’sDun & BradstreetFlock SafetyAonNew Jersey State PoliceUrban Area Security Initiative (UASI)FIFA World Cup 2026PerplexityClaudeChatGPTOSINT: The Authoritative Guide to Due Diligence by Cynthia HetheringtonAbout the GuestCynthia Hetherington is the founder and CEO of the Hetherington Group, a consulting, publishing, and training firm specializing in due diligence, corporate intelligence, and cyber investigations. A former librarian turned open source intelligence pioneer, she has led national and international investigations, helped investigate two of the largest Ponzi schemes in American history, and trains more than 7,000 investigators, attorneys, and security professionals every year. She is the author of OSINT: The Authoritative Guide to Due Diligence.🔗 LinkedIn | WebsiteImportant LinksFeel Fully Alive: The 5 Dimensions of Vitality gives you the framework to thrive. Get your copy here.Stay Ahead in Business: Michael shares strategies to boost your financial decisions. Read his latest blog.Grow Your Wealth: Book a call with DBD Investment Bank.Going Beyond the Deal is an original podcast brought to you by J. Michael Fischer Jr. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.
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    42 分
  • 55 | Understanding the Regret of Business Owners

    55 | Understanding the Regret of Business Owners
    2026/08/11

    What if the hardest part of selling your business is the Monday morning after the deal closes?

    The Exit Planning Institute found that 76% of business owners who sell regret it within a year. In this solo episode, J. Michael Fischer Jr., Managing Director at DBD Investment Bank, explains why that regret is almost never about the money.

    Michael breaks down the gap between a successful transaction and a successful transition. Why the business becomes part of an owner’s identity. What happens on the first Monday when nobody is waiting on a decision. And the personal questions every owner should answer years before an offer arrives.

    If a sale is anywhere in your future, this is the work most owners only do too late. The check does not always fill the hole. Listen now.

    Timestamped Highlights

    [00:06] – The number he cannot stop thinking about, and what it really says about selling

    [02:52] – Why a successful transaction does not create a successful transition

    [03:35] – The thing a business provides that money can never replace

    [04:31] – When the company stops being an asset and becomes part of who you are

    [06:46] – The first Monday after the sale, when nobody is waiting on you

    [07:31] – Why selling a business can feel like moving through grief

    [08:23] – The questions owners always ask, and the more important ones they skip

    [10:38] – The owner who wanted to slow down, then could not sit still

    [13:10] – The dangerous belief that the sale will solve everything

    [14:21] – Why the owners who got exactly what they wanted still struggle

    [16:04] – The one difference between owners who thrive and owners who drift

    [18:55] – The single question about an ordinary Monday that changes everything

    [22:37] – Why a sale is a door, not a finish line

    Mentioned Resources
    • Exit Planning Institute

    Important Links
    • Feel Fully Alive: The 5 Dimensions of Vitality gives you the framework to thrive. Get your copy here.
    • Stay Ahead in Business: Michael shares strategies to boost your financial decisions. Read his latest blog.
    • Grow Your Wealth: Book a call with DBD Investment Bank.

    Going Beyond the Deal is an original podcast brought to you by J. Michael Fischer Jr. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.
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    17 分
  • 54 | Ivan Nikolov - Why Human Connection Becomes Your Most Valuable Skill

    54 | Ivan Nikolov - Why Human Connection Becomes Your Most Valuable Skill
    2026/08/04
    What happens to you, not just your business, when AI can do the expert work you built your career on?Ivan Nikolov spent his career in fitness and mindset coaching before co-founding Parallon AI, a company built to hand a business’s most repetitive expert work to machines. In this conversation with J. Michael Fischer Jr., the two go past the usual AI efficiency talk to a harder question: what happens to people when the work itself starts to disappear?Ivan lays out his post-labor thesis, why he believes businesses will soon grow without adding headcount, and how Parallon’s paper-to-system approach pulls knowledge out of people’s heads and into AI that can coach anyone through the task, with a human still approving the result. They also get personal, from raising kids who may never need a job to finding meaning when achievement is no longer the point.If you run or advise a business and you are trying to figure out what AI actually means for your people, this is the rare conversation that treats the human cost as seriously as the upside. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights[00:00] – Most AI talk asks what the tech can do. This one asks what happens to the human.[02:37] – Bulgaria to Malaysia to Spain: the unlikely path that led Ivan into AI.[04:09] – The one question that told Ivan whether a client would actually change.[08:47] – Why the real AI story is not time saved, but a post-labor world.[10:16] – The mindset shift on AI’s pace: today is the slowest it will ever be.[11:24] – A philosopher’s warning: within a year it may feel like a new species arrived.[13:27] – When the price of almost everything falls to near zero, the rules change.[14:44] – What is left when career stops mattering: connection, contemplation, learning, art.[17:59] – The hard middle: can you survive the messy years to reach the upside?[26:13] – Inside Parallon AI: paper to system, with the human still in the loop.[30:55] – From typing SOPs in Notion to a voice note that becomes an AI skill.[35:57] – The million-dollar question: the tiny moment that quietly changed everything.Mentioned ResourcesMindvalley Claude NotionTelegram Loom Vishen Lakhiani, founder of MindvalleyJohn Ziss, co-founder of Parallon AIAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandAbout the GuestIvan Nikolov is co-founder of Parallon AI, a company that helps businesses move repetitive expert work into AI systems while keeping a human in the loop to approve the output. Born in Bulgaria, he competed in natural bodybuilding, immigrated to the United States at 28, and spent 16 years building a career in fitness training and mindset coaching. He later spent two years at the edtech company Mindvalley in Malaysia as a community manager and facilitator, and now lives in Spain, where he continues to coach on the side while building Parallon AI.🔗 LinkedIn | WebsiteImportant LinksFeel Fully Alive: The 5 Dimensions of Vitality gives you the framework to thrive. Get your copy here.Stay Ahead in Business: Michael shares strategies to boost your financial decisions. Read his latest blog.Grow Your Wealth: Book a call with DBD Investment Bank.Going Beyond the Deal is an original podcast brought to you by J. Michael Fischer Jr. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.
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    41 分
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