John Azar is the Executive Vice President and Managing Member of MACC Venture Partners where he directs acquisition, strategic development, capital management, and growth. He co-directed the company’s recent growth from a 2,500 units owner/operator to a current 6,500 units by developing a market brand and proliferating and growing a portfolio of institutional and individual investors in the syndications of the company’s assets as well as the launch of several closed-end asset funds.
John Azar is also the Managing Partner and Founder of Peak15 Capital which he launched in 2019 to help other CRE operators and sponsors with their capital stack.
[00:01] – [09:53] Opening Segment
- Getting to Know John Azar
- John talks about his background
- Boston Venture Partners
- Joined Micro Venture Partners in 2014
- MACC Venture Partners
- Peak15 Capital
- He also talks about closing shops and zero clients back in 2008
- Lessons he learned in this experience
- Things they could have done to prevent closing shops
- Their experience in 2008 VS experience in present time with Covid Pandemic
[09:54] – [23:44] Sourcing and Securing Equity Capital
- MACC Venture Partner
- Internal and External Growth of the company
- Stepping back a little on the Acquisition cycle and start transitioning into selling
- Launching the Peak15 Capital
- Raising equity capital for deals
- Structure of the equity capital
- The terms of Equity Partners
- Where does Peak15 name come from
[23:45] – [25:15] Final Four Segment
- John’s advice to aspiring investors
- Don’t be afraid to collaborate.
- How he stays on top of his game
- His way to make the world a better place
- How to reach out to John– links below
- Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“Your company that serves you well in 1,00 doors, may not serve you well in 3,000 doors. And what serve you well in 3,000 doors is probably gonna not serve you the same at 5,000 doors.” – John Azar
“Don’t be afraid to collaborate. Collaboration is key. Collaboration is king. Collaboration will get you to next level.” – John Azar
“Stay informed. Stay connected. Read more, don’t just take things for granted. Read more, inform yourself and not just from one source but from multiple resources.” – John Azar
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Connect with John on and Instagram. Send him an email at azar@peak15cap.com or visit their website at https://peak15cap.com/.
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