Choosing Entrepreneurship Over Education: How to Succeed by Following Your Own Path w/Daniel Heider | Ep 30

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From childhood, we’ve been trained on the idea that the only path to success is academic education. When you don’t relate to that path, it’s easy to feel bad about yourself, especially if you live in the most educated city in the country.

Choosing to succeed outside of the traditional path was hard, but for Daniel Heider following this instinct has more than paid off. Now he runs the most successful luxury team in Washington D.C. and he has a seat at the table with the city’s most influential.

How did craft his own educational path and build his highly successful business?

In this episode, Daniel shares his inspiring story, how he carved his path and what it takes to run a white glove service in the nation’s capital.

I put myself through the equivalent of 10 years at Harvard in terms of what I know about real estate, people and scenarios. -Daniel Heider

Things You’ll Learn In This Episode

-Developing a white glove service

From John Stamos to Henry Kissinger, who are the famous people Daniel has met? How has rubbing shoulders with influential people informed how he runs his business everyday?

-Turn TikTok into a source of deals

How did Heider’s team build a social media following that far surpasses some of the biggest real estate influencers?

-Education is subjective

Getting educated through an academic institution isn’t the only way to grow. What does Daniel look for in his real estate recruits if it’s not academic pedigree?

-Fueled by underestimation

Instead of feeling inferior because our goals are different to the people around us, how do we use it to break through?

Guest Bio

Daniel Heider is the founder of The Heider Group. He is Washington D.C.’s consummate real estate innovator; he and his team are widely regarded as the Capital Region’s authority on white-glove service and upper-bracket real estate sales.

His team is currently #1 in sales company-wide at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty for 2020, 2021, 2022 (YTD). Daniel’s work is frequently highlighted in national news publications, and HEIDER was ranked the #1 Small Team by Sales Volume in the Capital Region by the Wall Street Journal and Real Trends 2021 & 2022. Recognized as a Washington Business Journal “40 under 40” honoree in 2022, Daniel is also the youngest Executive Vice President in his firm’s history. For more information, head to https://www.danielheider.com/.