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Pathfinders 1 - Ying Tan Entrepreneur On Starting A Business And Not Pushing Too Many Trolleys
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Ying Tan is a self-made Entrepreneur who has worked hard to build and sell a successful business.
After his father hitchhiked his way from Malaysia over to the UK in search of a better life, his path has taken him from humble beginnings through to Investment Banking and Accounting, building a buy-to-let portfolio that led him to start his own business, and is a forward-thinking, innovative and dynamic entrepreneur with a proven track record, who thrives in founding, scaling, and exiting businesses.
He founded The Buy to Let Business, later to become Dynamo in Feb 2006, and exited in May 2021 having turned his company into one of the leading mortgage brokers/mortgage clubs in the UK.
Ying started to create a substantial profitable property portfolio in 1996 and has been instrumental in the success of numerous property investors worldwide.
He is a Board Adviser, Fin Tech enthusiast, angel investor, speaker, and a successfully published Author who is currently exploring further investment/advisor opportunities for entrepreneurial businesses who want to achieve their dreams.
I am sure his story will be of interest to you.
In this episode, we chat about many things, including:
- Early life and family values
- Working for free at a top investment Bank
- Being in New York during 9/11
- Changing paths suddenly
- Starting his business and early lessons learned
- Dealing with the Credit Crunch
- His biggest knocks and what they taught him
- How to not push too many trolleys
- Ying's Chinese heritage, diversity in the UK, and how his father hitchhiked to the UK from Malaysia
- Greed Vs Ambition
- How the best rewards are the hardest won
- The best piece of advice Ying ever had
- The one person you would want to meet in history and what would you ask them
This is the Pathfinder Podcast, may the path you take be the right one for you.
Ying's book - Get Here
Ying on Twitter - https://twitter.com/yingsta8
Ying on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ying-tan-6a188312/
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