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Jim Schleckser is founder & CEO of The CEO Project, a company that serves CEOs and high-revenue entrepreneurs. Their offering combines peer group meetings and discussions with personalized one-on-one coaching sessions led by former CEOs.
We start with Jim's path to his first CEO role, and how coming up from the sales side shaped his approach. And in this context he shared some of his early mistakes and lessons. We then talked about what drove him to choose a more entrepreneurial path.
We continue with a deep dive into what makes a CEO successful: how to balance organizational culture and leadership, the importance of building complementary teams, the need to know from the beginning how a business is going to be sustainable from a financial standpoint, when and how to think about raising capital. We finish with some thoughts on how the CEO role has changed over the past 20 years and what are the key traits to be effective.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
theceoproject.com
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate:
The CEO Project Podcast (aka The Lazy CEO podcast): theceoproject.com/the-podcast
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/theceoproject/
Facebook: facebook.com/IncCEOproject
YouTube: @CEOProject
Personal
jimschleckser.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jimschleckser/
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Neta Weiner is an Israeli artist and social activist based in Jaffa. He is the founder and lead singer of the Jewish-Arab hip-hop band System Ali and the artistic director of the Beit System Ali social educational movement. And right now, he is also teaching a Tufts University.
System Ali is musical collective of artists of many nationalities and ethnicities, that blends music genres and languages. As we discussed Neta’s journey from the organic birth of System Ali through its evolution into a structured performing group and an educational movement, we touched on a number of points: the challenges of maintaining unity within such a diverse group,the process of making art under conflict, the importance of disagreement within the creation of art, and changing his role from being a pure creator to also being the business leader of the group.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
Additional Guest Links:
Instagram: @netaweiner
Facebook: facebook.com/neta.weiner
YouTube: youtube.com/user/TheNetaji
Music links:
Linktree
Spotify
Bandcamp
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today's guest is Patrick Heron - Managing Partner of Frazier Life Sciences, a healthcare investment firm focusing on companies developing novel therapeutics.
In our conversation we covered his career, but then we dove into the hard questions: how do you build a successful partnership with a founder? As a VC, how do you balance protecting the interest of your investors with ensuring the business success of the companies you invested in? How do you navigate the hard trade offs when they show up? And then, in his dual role as investor and managing partner of Frazier, how do you build a successful VC firm? How do you manage that type of work force and how do you make sure all the incentives are lined up correctly?
Throughout the episode, Patrick was very transparent and direct. If you are either a VC or aspiring VC or an entrepreneur, you will find a lot of deep insights.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
frazierls.com
frazierhealthcare.com
Additional Guest Links:
LinkedIn Corporate: linkedin.com/company/frazier-life-sciences/
LinkedIn Personal: linkedin.com/in/patrick-heron-b4b72913/
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Maggie Olson is the Founder of Nova Chief of Staff, the first-of-its-kind destination for Chief of Staff education, certification, and development. In our conversation, we discussed her career and then dug deep into what it means to lead from the Chief of Staff spot. What are the key steps to take when you start in the role, what are the success factors, what are the traps, and conversely, what CEOs can do to make sure that they successfully onboard a chief of staff.
Maggie is the perfect expert for this conversation. After an impressive career in the retail, food and beverage, and technology sectors, she became the Chief of Staff to the President of the T-Mobile Business Group. In this role, she built the Chief of Staff model from the ground up, creating a highly efficient team and establishing an executive back-office structure. supporting the President, SVPs, and over 5,000 employees. She also built a Chief of Staff team, defining all roles, processes, and systems. This experience led her to the decision to found Nova Chief of Staff.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
novachiefofstaff.com
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/novachiefofstaff
Instagram: @novachiefofstaff
Facebook: facebook.com/NovaChiefofStaff/
Twitter: @novachiefofstaf
TikTok: @novachiefofstaff
Personal
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maggie-olson-cos
Instagram: @maggiej_5
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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At the end of every episode I ask my guests their "food for the soul" - arts or other things that inspire them. In this episode I answer the question with some of my food for the soul. I start with guitars and specifically, my current favorite guitar, my Powers Electric.
Then I talk about two groups of books that have influenced me - the great early 20th Century European novels and musicians biographies.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
Mentioned in the episode:
Powers Electric Guitars
Luigi Pirandello - Six Characters in Search of An Authors
Italo Svevo The Conscience of Zeno
Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time
Joe Jackson - A Cure for Gravity
Bill Bruford - The Autobiography
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Claudia Scott, the Head of Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Director of KIVA North West Arkansas at Startup Junkie. In that role, Claudia leads the development and implementation of strategies that give access to capital and other entrepreneurial resources to underserved populations. We talked about the main challenges that these entrepreneurs face suffer, and some of the steps that can be taken to help them succeed.
In our conversation Claudia shared her personal journey from focusing on business success to helping others succeed. She discussed making the hard decision of quitting her career in banking, and how going through the process of finding personal balance also helped her find a new inspiration for her professional path.
Finally, as someone who has it, Claudia is also an advocate for Tourette Syndrome. We discussed her own experience with Tourette syndrome and she shared some advice for supporting people afflicted by it.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
startupjunkie.org
Additional Guest Links:
Personal:
LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/claudiapscott/
Instagram: @claudiapscott
Facebook: facebook.com/claudiapscott
Startup Junkie:
Podcast: startupjunkie.org/podcast
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/startup-junkie
Instagram: @startup_junkie
Facebook: facebook.com/startupjunkie
Kiva Northwest Arkansas:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/kiva-nwa
Instagram: @kiva_nwa
Facebook: facebook.com/KivaNWA
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today's guest is Damon Lembi – CEO of Learnit, published author and host of the Learn-It-All podcast. As you may guess from the name, Learnit is a learning and training company that helps organizations upskill their workforce.
Through college, Damon thought he would be a professional baseball player. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in high-school but elected to go to college and played at Pepperdine and Arizona State. But after college he found himself without an option to go pro, and elected to join Learnit, which had just been started by his family, as a receptionist. Over time, he made his way up to CEO.
All of this makes for a very rich episode, where obviously you will hear about the leadership lessons from playing sport at a very high level, building your leadership approach as you move through your business, and how successful entrepreneurs can think about bringing the next generation into their business.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
learnit.com
Additional Guest Links:
Damon’s website: thelearnitallleader.com
Damon’s Books: thelearnitallleader.com/books
The Learn-It-All Podcast: thelearnitallleader.com/podcast
linkedIn: linkedin.com/in/damonlembi
Instagram: @damonlembi
Youtube: youtube.com/learnittraining
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Joanna Strober is the CEO and founder of MIDI health, a company that provide tele health services to women in midlife. In the process, she ended up taking a leadership role not just for the company but for society as a whole, as MIDI Health does work that fills a big gap.
Like many founders, Joanna had the idea to start the company when she experienced this void of service personally. In our conversation, she very candidly discusses the experience that led her to the idea, and she shares how her previous career as a partner at a venture capital firm helped her design and build a company in a way that would enable it to be economically viable while fulfilling this mission. She also shares some eye opening statistics on what the status of healthcare for women is in this country.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
joinmidi.com
al4ep.com
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate links:
LinkdedIn: linkedin.com/company/midi-health
Instagram: @midihealth
Facebook: facebook.com/joinmidi
Personal Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joannastrober
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Victor Cho, CEO of Emovid comes back to the podcast. In our first conversation he mentioned his passion for the topic of the Fourth Stakeholder and the role of business in society. We agreed that since it was a topic we both loved, rather than discussing it in that episode we would dedicate a whole episode to it. So here he is.
In the past 30 years, business has moved from a world where CEOs were expected to optimize for one stakeholder (shareholders) to three, adding customers and employees. As the environment becomes even more complex and we become aware of the direct and second order impacts that businesses has on society, Victor discusses a framework that CEOs can start to adopt to decide how to manage the Fourth Stakeholder - society at large.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
The 4th Stakeholder Framework and Articles — Victor Cho
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate: emovid.com
Emovid code to get priority in the wait list: https://www.emovid.com/?promo=GF2
Victor on Authentic Leadership for Everyday People - Building Authentic Communication with AI
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/victor-cho-/
Career Acceleration Course — Victor Cho
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today's guest is Ali Cox, founder and CEO of Noble West, a marketing consultancy that specializes in food ingredients, agriculture and the entire agricultural ecosystem. Ali is not your typical CEO – before starting her business career, she won a world championship gold medal and an Olympic silver medal, in rowing. At the time she won it, in 2004, the US had not medaled since 1976 in her event, the women’s 8, and that team’s win launched an era of historic dominance for the US in the event.
In this episode, Ali discusses her transition from a professional athlete to a marketing and advertising professional, the evolution of her leadership style, and her mission-driven approach to improving the food supply chain. The conversation touches on the challenges of leading a remote team, the importance of setting clear expectations, and the significance of building trust within her organization. And since she is an expert in the food I also asked her for some advice for consumers on making informed food choices.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
wearenoblewest.com
Additional Guest Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alicox
Instagram: @alicox.ceo
Instagram: @wearenoblewest
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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An anthology episode including all the answers to the favorite food and drinks by guests of the podcast. Includes answers by:
Anna Goldsmith
Ginevra Bersani Franceschetti
Jason Downie
Bryan Adams
Jesse Friedman
Melissa Kwan
Jason Thompson
Whitney Hinshaw Sullivan
Jeff Bender
Debi Kleiman
Carlos Williams
Don Martelli
Mosongo Moukwa
Giovanni Vacchi
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today's guest is Jesse Friedman, Head of WP Cloud and VP of Innovation and Partnerships at Automattic. We discuss how to build an open and creative culture when leading technology teams and the foundational practices that make Automattic so successful at remote work.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
jesse.blog
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate: automattic.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jesserfriedman/
Instagram: @jessefriedman
Twitter: @professor
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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John Torrens is an entrepreneur, founder of two successful healthcare related businesses, and a professor of entrepreneurship at Syracuse University. What makes him unique is that he accomplished all this, including getting a PhD. in business, while having adult ADHD.
In this episode, you will hear about how John adapted once he got his ADHD diagnosis and actually became a better entrepreneur by leveraging the strengths that ADHD gave him and managing the weaknesses. We also discussed how being a professor made him a better entrepreneur and his take on Gen Z.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
Additional Guest Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnmtorrens
John's Book: Lightning in Bottle: How Entrepreneurs Can Harness Their ADHD to Win
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today's guest is is Victor Cho, a tech entrepreneur, former CEO of Evite, and current CEO of Emovid, a company that uses video messaging to deliver more authentic communications at scale.
Unlike many people, Victor knew from an early age that when he grew up he wanted to be the CEO of a software company. In our discussion he shared how that clarity informed every choice in his career, and how his perspective on success changed as he progressed.
We also talked about some of his leadership frameworks, responsible AI business practices, emphasizing transparency, empathy, the importance of open communication in building trust and loyalty, and the broader societal impact of leadership.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
emovid.com
Additional Guest Links:
Emovid code to get priority in the wait list: https://www.emovid.com/?promo=GF2
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/victor-cho-/
The 4th Stakeholder Framework and Articles — Victor Cho
Career Acceleration Course — Victor Cho
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Today we talk about branding and leadership with Carlos Williams, the founder of DBC, a creative agency that leverages data and equity to connect brands with their audiences. Carlos shares his unique perspective on leadership influenced by historical city-states.
We started the conversation going way back to his experiences in elementary school, where he was always the smartest kid in the class, and how he had to mature and adapt as he went through high school and college, his experiences working as a designer for a large consulting firm and then using that as a springboard to launch his own company.
We also havea very candid conversation of what it means to be a minority owned business, and some of the struggles that black owned businesses face vs. other businesses. Finally, he shares why he decided to keep his company a fully remote company, and what are some of the advantages that come from that structure.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
studiodbc.com
Additional Guest Links:
Personal
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/carlosawilliams/
Corporate:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/studiodbc
Instagram: @studiodbc
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Our guest is Bryan Adams, one of the pioneers of the employer branding discipline and the author of the book “Give and Get Employer Branding” a book that is considered the bible of the discipline. He is the founder and CEO of two companies: Ph. Creative, an agency that focuses on employer branding, and HappyDance, an enterprise career technology company.
In our conversation we talked about Bryan’s entrepreneurial journey and some of the missteps he took and how he overcame them. He also discussed some of the key holes that companies have in the way they communicate with their employees, and shared a couple of examples of companies that successfully aligned their corporate culture and their communications to their employees.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
happydance.love
Additional Guest Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bryanadams1
Instagram: @bryan_phc
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Books
Bryan Adams: Give and Get Employer Branding
Kim Scott: Radical Candor
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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Giovanni Vacchi is the CEO of Colombini Group, a family owned company that has been one of the leaders in the Italian design and furniture sector for over 50 years. Giovanni had a variety of experiences across countries and industries, and in this conversation shares how authenticity and effective leadership are pivotal in diverse business environments.
Specifically, we discuss his journey from consultant to private equity investor to CEO/operator. We talk about the different approaches necessary to navigate the relationship with the board and the investors in a private equity owned business vs. a family owned business. He also shares the impact that selling insurance as a student to pay for his education had on his overall success.
We also take some time to discuss his book "The Heart Of Leadership", which was recently translated to English.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
colombinigroup.com
Additional Guest Links:
Corporate:
febalcasa.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/colombini-group
Giovanni Vacchi
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Vacchi
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/giovannivacchi
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Book by Giovanni Vacchi
Italiano: Al Cuore della Leadership https://amzn.eu/d/04VYtv70
Español: El arte y el corazón del liderazgo https://amzn.eu/d/0j4TgGGW
English: The Heart of Leadership https://amzn.eu/d/07TL7AHv
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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David West, co-founder and CEO of Proscia, shares his journey from student/researcher to founding and building a medical software company whose goal is to improve cancer diagnosis through technology.
We discussed how he developed his vision of authentic leadership while building the company as he transitioned from a scientist/hands-on entrepreneur to a leader who fosters a problem-solving mindset within his team. He shared the importance of finding the right investors and how transparency and effective communication are key in building trust with the venture capitalists on the board of directors.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
Proscia.com
al4ep.com
Additional Guest Links:
David West
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/david-r-west
Twitter / X: @davidwest_irl
Proscia
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/proscia
Twitter / X: @Proscia
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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In today's episode we revisit all the answers to the question: what is the business expression or jargon that drives you crazy.
If you missed it, make sure you check out 4th Annual Business Jargon that Drives You Crazy - Part 1, which came out on Memorial Day.
Here are our featured guests:
Ginevra Bersani Franceschetti
Jason Thompson
Dr. Amanda Blake
Anna Goldsmith
Jason Downie
Amy Vaughan
Stephen Klein
Steve Wunker
Christian "Boo" Boucusis
Pam Prior
Dr. Yasmeen Abu Frahia
Anthony Frasier
Annie Garofalo
Kelly Campbell
Simon T Bailey
Rachel Labi
Greg Bedard
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
Additional Guest Links:
Go to the individual pages...
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Rachel Labi is the co-founder of Building Financial Freedom, an organization that develops financial literacy programs for youth. As she discusses her journey from advocating for mandatory personal finance education in Indiana to founding Building Financial Freedom she builds a strong case for the necessity of systemic changes in financial education, and not leaving the responsibility solely to parents.
We talk about what it's like to build an organization at such a young age - she is still a college student. She emphasizes the importance of democratic leadership, strategic networking, and adaptability. Specifically, she talks about how she used internships to align organizational goals with the career aspirations of peers, and went to a model that partners with outside organizations and corporations to fund the development of the content.
Contact Dino at: [email protected]
Websites:
al4ep.com
Building Financial Freedom site
Additional Guest Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rachel-labi
Instagram: @peoplelifeco
Building Financial Freedom Instagram: @buildingfinfreedom
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Dino on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dinocattaneo
Podcast Instagram – @al4edp
Podcast Twitter – @al4edp
Podcast Facebook: facebook.com/al4edp
Music
Susan Cattaneo: susancattaneo.bandcamp.com
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