Josh Dorkin
Josh Dorkin is a serial entrepreneur, investor, podcaster, publisher, and educator. Dorkin is best known as the Founder and former CEO of BiggerPockets, the largest real estate investing community online. He started BiggerPockets to help democratize the real estate investing landscape for himself and others, aiming to make it accessible for everyone, regardless of income or education. Today, BiggerPockets is the premier real estate investing website online with over 2 million subscribers. Dorkin is an in-demand keynote speaker and panelist at a wide range of events, covering topics such as entrepreneurship, real estate, social media, and personal finance. He has helped millions of small entrepreneurs in the real estate space, along with countless others with personal finance, self-empowerment, and real estate investing knowledge via the community, website, podcast, videos, other content and publishing business.
Josh Dorkin Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Board Member
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Founder and CEO
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Host
Academic History
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B.A., Marketing
BIGGERPOCKETS
Under his leadership, BiggerPockets has quickly gained popularity as one of the best resources on the internet for its open architecture and strong community.
He created the vision and strategy for the business and bootstrapped the company until exiting in 2018. By then, he had founded and grew the world's largest real estate investing community.
He launched and co-hosted the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast during its first 5 years. During his time, the podcast was ranked as a top 10 business podcast and one of the top 150 podcasts in the world.
Today, the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast is the #1 real estate investing podcast out there, and the largest and longest-running podcast by BiggerPockets.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Seed Investor, Invelo
Angel Investor, Kiwi Biosciences
Angel Squad Member, Hustle Fund
Angel Investor, Nophin
Angel Investor, Esusu
Seed Investor, Loop Insurance
MEDIA & SPEAKING
Dorkin is an in-demand public speaker tackling entrepreneurship, real estate, social media, and personal finance.
He is a nationally-recognized leader in the real estate industry, with interviews, features and mentions across television, radio, podcasts, newspapers, and magazines.
He is a regular podcast guest on top business, entrepreneurship and real estate shows.