10–06-2024Entrepreneurs Mastering the Exit: Insights from a Global Business Strategist, Joe C. Lopez + Others, Episode #235

Our Featured Guest for Sunday, October 6, 2024 is Joe C. Lopez

In this episode, global business strategist and founder of Anchora Advisory, Joe C. Lopez, shares his journey from building a startup on a napkin to a successful exit. He dives into the key strategies for positioning a company for acquisition, when to know it’s time to sell, and his next venture helping European brands scale in the U.S. market. Packed with insights on growth, exits, and international business, this episode is a must-listen for entrepreneurs looking to take their startups to the next level!

Joe C. Lopez is a global business strategist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in launching and growing brands across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He specializes in bridging markets between the EU and the U.S. His career has been dedicated to helping brands break through geographical barriers and establish a strong presence in new countries. Joe started his journey by pioneering new distribution channels that drove a kitchen appliance manufacturer to over $400M in sales. This success laid the foundation for his expertise in market entry strategies and global brand positioning. From there, he built the first Asian-based luxury kitchen brand, successfully establishing sales teams from Los Angeles to Shanghai. 

Throughout his career, he’s had the privilege of leading Private Equity turnarounds and driving double-digit growth for both multinationals and startups. Whether it’s repositioning established players like Lynx, Viking Range, and Martha Stewart or taking emerging brands like Fuego and Modern Flames national, Joe thrives on navigating the complexities of international business.

Joe founded Anchora Advisory following his 25-year international business career. After decades spent growing brands across diverse sectors and markets, a group of executives decided to combine their multifaceted expertise to form an advisory firm brands can trust to build and execute their international expansion strategy. Anchora is a full-service consultancy offering custom-tailored, end-to-end services that include brand development, management consulting, new market entry, finance, governance, compliance, and more. Harnessing a vast network of global partners allows Anchora to facilitate strategic partnerships that empower brands to accelerate and strengthen their international expansion efforts. Read more at: https://www.anchoraadvisory.com/

Our Entrepreneur Presenters:

Arnold Hsu is a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO of GReminders, one of the leading Scheduling and SMS Reminder platforms for Professionals. Ranked #32 fastest growing Software Product by G2 in 2023. Heavy focus on Financial Services #wealthtech and Healthcare industries. Lets face it, missed appointments by your customers or prospects doesn’t do anyone any good. GReminders is an End to End Meeting and Automation Management Platform, including Powerful Reminders, Online Scheduling, and Workflow Automation so that your customers show up on time and you cut the friction from Appointment Scheduling. GReminders works with your EXISTING calendar and currently supports the Google Workspace / Google Calendar, Microsoft Office 365 / Exchange Calendar and Microsoft Outlook.com Calendars, and Redtail/Wealthbox Calendar. Read more at: https://www.greminders.com/

Brent Kessler is the founder of The Money Multiplier, a wealth consulting group that helps members keep, grow, and pass on more of their money. He specializes in “Mapping Out the Millionaire Mystery” that assists in freeing families from financial failure. The wealthy already know this. And they use it to their advantage. Instead of working longer hours, taking on more risk, or losing control — how most people think wealth happens — the wealthy use this 200-year-old strategy to keep and grow more of their money. The Money Multiplier Method is centered around a simple process, one that puts you in control of your money so you can become your own banker. Along with America’s #1 Money Mentor, Chris Naugle, Brent co-authored the book, “Mapping Out the Millionaire Mystery: Steps into the Secrets of the Wealthy”. Read more at: https://themoneymultiplier.com/