In this episode of "The Business of Doing Business," host Dwayne Kerrigan welcomes Curt Cronin, a former Navy SEAL turned business consultant. Curt shares his unique journey and experiences transitioning from the military to entrepreneurship. He discusses the challenges he faced along the way and offers insights on how business can be just as intense as being a Navy SEAL. Throughout the interview, Curt emphasizes the importance of cultivating a positive and powerful mindset. He believes that this mindset brings awareness, helps overcome suffering, and provides the courage to face challenges. Being present in the moment is a key aspect of his approach, as he believes it eliminates pain and allows individuals to live life on their own terms. Curt is passionate about shifting human consciousness and assisting others in becoming more conscious and alive. Drawing from his own journey, Curt also acknowledges that personal growth and self-discovery are continuous processes. He shares his ongoing experiences of identifying and letting go of attachments that hinder progress. Tune in to this episode to gain valuable insights and inspiration from Curt's unique perspective and experiences in both the military and entrepreneurial worlds. Curt Cronin is a Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, and Teammate Commander, U.S. Navy SEALs (ret.) Co-founder and Managing Partner, Broadway Strategic Return Fund Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, TBD Studios Founder and CEO, Aiki Partners His mission: Operate at the intersection of vision and execution to leverage the power of experience to awaken, story to expand, and technology to enhance life as we know it. His passion is to inspire, heal and connect humanity in an open-source, anti-fragile, and scalable future of our own design. Curt’s experiences in the Navy SEALs, living and working in an environment where milliseconds made the difference between life and death, ingrained his belief that the guiding force for life is a purpose-driven and mission-aligned team in full surrender to each other. He is a lifelong student of transformation as both an art and a science and brings this alchemy to every person, project, and team that he touches. During his 20-year career in the Navy SEALs, Curt served in 18 countries spanning over 13 deployments. During this time, his mission was to unite agencies at all levels of the U.S. Government and foreign partners, including The Department of Defense, The Department of State, and The President of the United States, to achieve collective objectives that would have been individually impossible. As an entrepreneur, Curt has leveraged the combination of creativity, seamless execution, and risk mitigation he used to execute against unparalleled odds in combat to shape his perspective in the business world. He has raised over $100M in capital, partnered with teams to optimize their efficiency saving over $1B in OPEX, and coached over 100 executives and professional athletes to peak effectiveness. Curt is the co-founder and managing partner for the Broadway Strategic Return Fund, the world’s first professionally managed, data-driven fund focused on the performing arts industry. The Fund provides a diversified investment portfolio across theatrical productions and their respective ancillary opportunities and in its 7 years of operation the fund has amassed $110.4M in AUM and 23% CAGR. Our productions have won 40 Tony Awards, 30 Drama Desk Awards, and 18 Olivier Awards. He is also the co-founder and chief operating officer for TBD Studios, an innovative live-capture film studio created to expand Broadway beyond the stage into new audiences around the globe. As the founder and CEO of Aiki Partners, he has served as consigliere to numerous organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 companies including Disney, Hewlett Packard, and Verizon to Professional Sports Teams such as the Miami Dolphins