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Who Is James Beshara And Why Did He Start Below The Line Podcast?

James Beshara is an angel investor, founder, writer, podcaster, and a startup-helper in San Francisco, California. Over the years he's been fortunate to meet some of the greatest and brightest minds and it has been so valuable for him, he wanted to share this knowledge with the world. When you hear a story or a conversation with a founder in the news, you only get about 5% of the juice, but if you dive in and explore, that's when you get "below the line" and uncover all the hidden truths.


Why Is Abby Walker Keeping Vivian Lou As A One Person Company?

At some point when you grow a business you start chipping away at your profits in order to support your team, and then you have to work extra hard to reach the next milestone. Business owners are also constantly complaining about their human resource problems. If you have no employees, and you are not trying to grow at all costs, you have no problems!

Abby is enjoying working from home, making more than she used to at her corporate job.
Vivian Lou works for her lifestyle and that is all that matters.


What Was Shauna's First Job?

She worked for the family business selling clothes and was also a tennis instructor every summer.


How Would Jonathan Define The Microsoft Culture During His Tenure There ?

He saw it as a meritocracy, a lot of fun, and also rigorous. It was intellectually challenging and a great company to work for.


What Is Entrepreneurship ?

Entrepreneurship is an act of creating something new from scratch, predicting the society would want it, and then figuring out how to scale and get it to everybody in a profitable, and self-sustaining way.


What Happens In The Leather Room?

Giselle walks into the room and pours Belinda a drink. They begin to remove on another’s clothes and explore each other. Tony later enters the room to join the two women.


Why Is Belinda A Very Strong Character In This Show?

She knows what she wants and she is willing to take an unorthodox route to success!


What Is Dr. Robbins Doing?

He observes Belinda as he starts swaying and humming. Belinda found him to be at peace with the world. They were interrupted by Helga bringing in more paperwork.


Why Was Donovan Nervous About His Product?

He was nervous that it would work. Donovan says that it was a little easier to think if it didn’t work, then it woudn't be a big deal. His fear was that if his product really took off, then he wouldn’t know how to react because he’s never been in that position before.


Can Entrepreneurship Help With The Family Life?

Definitely. Flexibility is paramount. You can take a day off when you need to, or go home when you want to. Even though you get financial ups and downs, it also forces you to take control of your destiny.


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