Entrepreneurship
Money Ave’s Millionaire CEO Reaches Hand To Help Others Create Wealth
A. Donahue Baker has excelled in a number of businesses throughout his career. As a former Grammy-nominated music producer to a real estate mogul, A. Donahue Baker has made his mark in many industries and wants to help others do the same. He is part of the fast growing fintech industry. His latest venture is ranked among some of the fastest growing businesses in the country. He aims to give back to others and help them build the wealth just as he did. Though his businesses have become successful, what truly matters to A. Donahue Baker is that he gets to transform other entrepreneurs into millionaires and help them defy the stagnation that keeps people only at the “thousandaire” level.
“I am a former Grammy-nominated music producer that is a current real estate mogul. I own over 500 residential and commercial units of real estate. I co-founded the company, Money Avenue LLC, which is one of the fastest-growing fintech startups in the country. It is ranked 199 of the top 5000 companies this year for the INC 5000 list. I am super committed to helping others build generational wealth and as an author, influencer, and national speaker I have helped many people start the journey of creating generational wealth. I am a professor at Morehouse teaching entrepreneurship and wealth-building strategies to young adults. Even though I sold my CPA practice (of over 200 clients) What really makes me unique is my financing and industry knowledge, I still give free tax advice and strategies to my students & clients,” A. Donahue Baker states.
What makes A. Donahue Baker’s business so essential to other businesses is that they provide services that are usually reserved for people with money to help them accomplish their goals. A. Donahue’s business is one that shows people how to move their net worth from thousandaires to millionaires through their training, which includes YouTube videos, one-on-one consultation, and much more.
“We are making services available to average people with the use of tax strategies and business management best practices. Many new business operators don’t know that they need some of these strategies. We also provide financing for people starting new businesses,” A. Donahue says.
What makes the company’s message so powerful is that A. Donahue lived through this scenario himself. As a music producer, he was making enough to do what he wanted, but through his ability to use the tool he is now providing to other businesses, he was able to take himself and his business to the next level. He moved from living in a low-income housing apartment to owning those apartments. Now, he is trying to teach people the same things that can help them start their business or scale up their existing business operation.
“People don’t know what they don’t know, and they don’t always know what they need to take them to the next level. I was the same way when I started my own business; however, we are trying to alert people to the fact that they need our business and the tools that we offer. In order to move people from the stagnation they currently exist in their businesses to the next level. This might entail scaling up or just getting started,” A. Donahue asserts.
What motivated A. Donahue more than anything else was helping his family. His goal was to build generational wealth in order to ensure that he and his family were provided for. After a divorce almost ruined him emotionally and mentally, he dedicated his career to helping his family and others.
“Going through a divorce almost ruined me. But I was able to overcome it. I was inspired to get into this industry because I was working for a family office and learned how wealthy people created wealth for their families, and it inspired me. This is my opportunity to create a legacy for my family and I am,” A. Donahue explains.
One of the ways that A. Donahue helps people become financially free is by helping them to understand the ins and outs of business as well as helping them invest in real estate, which can take them to the next level in terms of their entrepreneurial success. The financing that is provided by his company is also easy to get.
“I teach people how to spot, analyze, and fund apartment deals. I have built that group to over 900 people that I coach on strategies and give guidance on real-world deals to acquire. Through Money Avenue, LLC we are able to give any business at least $50,000 of business funding that is not linked to a personal credit profile. No personal guarantee. We want the business to use the $50k to invest in their business to either prove the market viability of the business or use that money to grow their current business. If the business is able to show 2 years of tax return, we can give the business a million-dollar line of credit that is not linked to a personal credit profile. ,” A. Donahue comments.
For A. Donahue, it was incredibly important to surround himself with a good team. This was crucial to his success because he had an excellent group of people to support him. His advice for those beginning their own businesses is to set up good structures and understand what you are doing in order to achieve your goals.
“Set up the proper structures as soon as possible and understand the power of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). If you understand the full capabilities of an LLC, you will have no problem launching many businesses,” A. Donahue advised.
One of the things that separates A. Donahue from his competition is that he tries to be as authentic as possible. What has gotten Donahue far in life is being himself throughout all of the struggles that come with operating businesses. He has many gifts that he wishes to share with the world, and he does so while being strikingly authentic.
“I try to be as authentic as possible. I am the best in the world at being me. No one has my gifts, my journey, my vision, my network, my resources, my talents, or my platform. I am able to tell this story in a way that is unique to me. That resonates with the people I seek to connect with on a daily base,” A. Donahue remarks.
His next projects include many amazing things to continue his success in the business world and to continue fulfilling his passion for helping others. He wants to continue bettering himself and his businesses as well as expanding to do more. He plans on writing and publishing a book in the near future as well as making a documentary to help spread his story and vision.
“I am going to continue to grow my fintech company. In addition to this, I am going to write and publish another book, make a film or documentary, create more millionaires both in real estate and business, and lastly, build the 1st passive house in my home state.” A. Donahue says.
To find out more about A. Donahue Baker, you can follow him on Instagram @adonahuebaker and check out his website here.
