

something that I used to think gave me hustle street cred, but today I realize was just a formula for burnout. Keep in mind that full time in this case means 80-100 hours a week, with no days off, no vacations, no respit. For two years I taught and in my free time I coded and built this budding hobby into something that trickled in tiny advertising checks.Īfter two years, I quit my teaching job, got married, moved to Colorado and began working full time on BiggerPockets.

While teaching, I began to build a directory of resources and a forum which were the roots of today’s community and platform. I had purchased a few rental properties and needed some help dealing with all the questions I had, but couldn’t find a place where I could get answers without having to deal with solicitations and promotions of these self-proclaimed gurus who dominated the scene at the time. When I founded the company I was teaching full time at a special ed high school in the Los Angeles area. The Hobby that Turned into a Lifestyle Business The company is one that I founded almost 18 years ago and left back in November 2018 after undertaking a recapitalization via McCarthy Capital, a private equity shop out of Omaha. Why I left BiggerPockets is a little more complicated… In my case, the two things most searched are my net worth and why I left BiggerPockets. That’s unprecedented.It is always interesting to see what kind of things come up when you search for yourself online. We kind of refer to their earnings release on May 24 as the ‘Big Bang’ because, in my history of doing growth equities since the ‘90s, I’ve never seen a company raise guidance for a quarter by $4 billion. Because we’re in the R&D phase, the applications are just getting developed,” Baribeau says. “The infrastructure layer that allows for this accelerated computing to go on is the way to play AI right now.

He’s the lead manager of the PGIM Jennison Global Opportunities Fund, which is beating 99% of its peers with a more-than 30% gain so far in 2023. Mark Baribeau, the head of global equity at PGIM’s Jennison Associates, joined the What Goes Up podcast to discuss how he’s viewing the opportunity. So how should investors sort out the fundamentals from the hype? Enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has powered a breakneck rally in US equities this year, far overshadowing the US Federal Reserve’s campaign to raise interest rates.
