Codie A. Sanchez

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Investing millions in Main St businesses & teaching you how to own the rest | HoldCo, VC, Founder | NYT best-selling author

Austin, Texas, United States
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About

On a mission to create financially free and free-thinking humans.

I founded a media company called Contrarian Thinking that teaches people to think critically and cashflow unconventionally with boring businesses.

Our newsletter has over 900,000 weekly readers, here → contrarianthinking.biz/li

Our community has taught 2,000+ members biz buying, biz growing, and doing deals.

This is how I got here:

• Got my degree in PR & Journalism from ASU's Honors School (honored to be partying mostly); MBA from Georgetown University; Ph.D. from Fundacao Gestulio Vargas.

• Started as a journalist at the Mexico border. I witnessed horrors there that made me realize money = power to change the world. I wanted to speak the language of freedom ($$), so I went to finance.

• Joined Vanguard ETFs in 2008 (wild timing). Then: Goldman Sachs→ SSGA → LatAm investments for First Trust → MD/Partner at the largest cannabis private equity firms.

Then, candidly, I got tired of the rules and trappings of the traditional finance world. I went a little rogue, and not everyone always liked that.

Now, I value experience over degrees.
Betting on myself over making $$$ for other people.
Main Street over Wall Street.

My mission is less suits, more boots. Meaning: we the people holding the power… and the purse strings.

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Articles by Codie A.

  • Stop Asking for Permission to Profit
    Jul 23, 2020

    Stop Asking for Permission to Profit

    Stop Asking for Permission: Two Ways to Profit By Picking Yourself Here’s a controversial thought: “The idea that we…

    9 Comments
  • How to Get Hired In Cannabis
    Jul 15, 2020

    How to Get Hired In Cannabis

    How to Get Hired In Cannabis As a PE/VC partner in cannabis, I have gotten more questions and coffee date requests…

    6 Comments
  • 9 Trends to Make $ from COVID-19 – The Great Accelerator
    Jul 8, 2020

    9 Trends to Make $ from COVID-19 – The Great Accelerator

    Contrarian Thinking- My weekly newsletter where we challenge the status quo to achieve what most won’t in business…

    8 Comments
  • 5 Rules: How to Win Any Argument
    Jul 1, 2020

    5 Rules: How to Win Any Argument

    And the biggest thing that scares me..

    10 Comments
  • 28 Side Hustles For the 21st Century
    Jun 24, 2020

    28 Side Hustles For the 21st Century

    28 Side Hustles/Passive Income Sources That Will Blow Your Mind Get ready for a rant on the ridiculousness of a single…

    29 Comments
  • Knowing what to ignore…
    Jun 10, 2020

    Knowing what to ignore…

    How do you win a Nobel prize? Know what to ignore. Knowing what to ignore… If this topic isn’t more relevant today than…

    8 Comments
  • Contrarian Thinking: The Platform Effect
    Jun 5, 2020

    Contrarian Thinking: The Platform Effect

    Note: My articles often contain links to companies I invest/have stake in, or am an affiliate for, meaning we get a…

    4 Comments
  • The Power of Money
    May 29, 2020

    The Power of Money

    Note: My articles often contain links to companies I invest/have stake in, or am an affiliate for, meaning we get a…

    1 Comment
  • #1 Fallacy In Investing Today
    May 21, 2020

    #1 Fallacy In Investing Today

    Signup for my weekly Contrarian Thinking Newsletter if you like this piece or for more cannabis news follow us…

  • How Downturns Can be GREAT for Brands.
    May 18, 2020

    How Downturns Can be GREAT for Brands.

    Contrarian Thinking: How to leverage downturns and position yourself to win. I thought I’d try something new.

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Experience

  • Contrarian Thinking Graphic

    Founder - Investor - Writer

    Contrarian Thinking

    - Present 5 years 9 months

    Opportunity is found in the disconnect between narrative and the truth.

    CT is where hundreds of thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, and contrarians come to learn about unconventional ways to diversify income, generate wealth, and increase profits.

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    Co-Founder

    Unconventional Acquisitions

    - Present 4 years

    We buy, sell and invest in small businesses and teach others how to get into the ownership seat.

  • Entourage Effect Capital

    Entourage Effect Capital

    2 years 11 months

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      EEC Advisory Board Member

      Entourage Effect Capital

      - 1 year 1 month

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      Managing Director - Partner

      Entourage Effect Capital

      - 2 years

      EEC is one of the first Growth Equity firms in the cannabis industry, we’ve invested $150 million in cannabis since 2014

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    Head of Latin America Investments

    First Trust

    - 5 years 3 months

    Dallas, TX

    I head the Latin America & US Offshore Investment Business, providing investments and market strategy to enable some of the worlds leading pensions, institutions and advisors to reach their investment goals. We've built a business from the ground up, to one of the fastest growing firms in LatAm.

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    Director Institutional Sales

    State Street

    - 2 years 9 months

    Dallas, TX

    Worked in Latin America and the US with Fortune 500 Companies, pensions, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, endowments, and foundations to manage their investment portfolios. We navigated some treacherous regulations and industry changes to raise billions in previously uncovered markets.

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    Investment Associate

    Goldman Sachs

    - 1 year 7 months

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    ETF Consultant & Distribution Specialist

    Vanguard

    - 2 years

  • The Arizona Republic Graphic

    In-depth Investigative Reporter Mexico

    The Arizona Republic

    - 1 year 5 months

Education

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    Georgetown University

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

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    Degree with 3 international accreditations: Georgetown University, Corporate Masters of Business Administration - ESADE and Mestrado Executivo em Gestão Empresarial - FGV/EBAPE.

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    Arizona State University

    Journalism and Political Science Spanish, Public Relations

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    Activities and Societies: ·ASU Senator, Barrett Honors College ·Chair, Order of Omega Honors Society ·Golden Key International Honors Society ·Vice President Administration, Pi Beta Phi Sorority

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Honors & Awards

  • Howard Buffett Award for Print Journalism

    Howard Buffett Foundation

  • Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

    Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

    The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who covered Kennedy's campaigns. Winners are judged by more than 50 journalists each year, led by a committee of six independent journalists. The awards honor reporting "on issues that reflect Robert F.…

    The Robert F. Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after Robert F. Kennedy and awarded by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The annual awards are issued in several categories and were established in December 1968 by a group of reporters who covered Kennedy's campaigns. Winners are judged by more than 50 journalists each year, led by a committee of six independent journalists. The awards honor reporting "on issues that reflect Robert F. Kennedy's concerns, including human rights, social justice and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. Entries include insights into the causes, conditions and remedies of injustice and critical analysis of relevant public policies, programs, attitudes and private endeavors." The awards are known as the "poor people's Pulitzers" in media circles.

Organizations

  • Association of Latino Professionals Finance & Accounting

    Board Member - Corporate Development

    - Present

  • Dallas Association of Financial Professionals

    Board Member - Programs Director

    - Present

  • DFW - Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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