David Bergeron talks about moving from Stanford and the NFL into real estate investing. He shares lessons on curiosity, daily improvement, teamwork, and finding local operators.
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About the guest
David Bergeron. David Bergeron attended Stanford and played about two years in the NFL after being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, with time on the Titans and Panthers and in NFL Europe. He later transitioned into real estate and co-founded Reseed Partners, a real estate firm and fund that works with local operators and capital partners.
Key takeaways
- Bergeron says curiosity, a positive attitude, and openness to new ideas and people helped him improve in sports, business, and life.
- He describes Reseed Partners as a real estate firm and fund that draws on talent-sourcing ideas from Y Combinator and centralized back-office support.
- The firm looks for hyper-local operators with knowledge of their markets, which Bergeron says can create interesting deal-sourcing opportunities.
- He believes AI and big tech can help real estate, but will not replace the local relationships and touch that matter to the business.
- Bergeron applies a 1% daily improvement mindset, saying small gains compound over time.
- He emphasizes improving teammates, peers, family, and community alongside personal improvement.
- At Stanford, Bergeron left a master's program social media track after being drafted. He says many of his cohort later went to Facebook, and calls leaving before finishing a major financial mistake.
- He advises athletes and investors to surround themselves with good people while staying thoughtful about whom they trust.
- Bergeron says his firm is looking for capital partners and local real estate operators.
Best quotes
"I went to Stanford and then played two-ish years in the NFL."
"I am by far the least decorated athlete on the stage."
"I think this concept of like identifying what's going to be important to you in that moment."
"if you get like 1% better every day, that again compounds over time."
"what can I be doing to make my teammates and my peers and my family members and my community better."
"So that was like a giant financial mistake on my part. Uh not to sort of stick with that program, see that through, but here I am."
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