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b'My conversation today is with my close friend Brent Beshore. Brent is a private equity investor who owns and interacts with many small businesses, which have been hit especially hard by COVID. We discuss the various impacts that COVID has had and may have on both small business and the private equity investing community. Brent also proposes some policy actions which he thinks may help those most in need. Please enjoy.\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub.\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag\\n \\xa0\\n Show Notes\\n 1:13 \\u2013 (First question) \\u2013 What Brent sees as the current landscape for small businesses\\n 3:25 \\u2013 The real problem for small businesses right now\\n 6:02 \\u2013 How long can small businesses survive these freezes\\n 9:14 \\u2013 Ideas to help businesses stay afloat during a global shutdown\\n 11:01 \\u2013 The cost of restarting businesses on the other side of this \\xa0\\n 13:41 \\u2013 Policies that could help\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 14:30 \\u2013 government co-paying some business expenses\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 16:05 \\u2013 Suspending payroll taxes\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 16:17 \\u2013 The small business bond\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 18:00 \\u2013 Wider latitude for banks\\n 20:03 \\u2013 How effective would Brent\\u2019s ideas actually be at lessening the pain\\n 22:41 \\u2013 A look at how things look in the private equity complex\\n 25:39 \\u2013 What are the potential opportunities out there\\n 29:24 \\u2013 What is a balance sheet product\\n 32:00 \\u2013 How this is personally impacting Brent\\n 34:20 \\u2013 How this is personally impacting Patrick\\n 35:45 \\u2013 Importance of relationships for personal health\\n Learn More\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\xa0\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag'