#79 with Alexa von Tobel - From Dropping Out of Business School to a $375M Exit
My First Million29 Mai 2020

#79 with Alexa von Tobel - From Dropping Out of Business School to a $375M Exit

Joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) interview Alexa von Tobel (@alexavontobel), founder and former CEO of LearnVest, a fintech company that sold to Northwestern Mutual for $375M five years after launch. Today's topic include: Alexa talks about her background (0:20), Alexa talks about studying happiness at Harvard (3:40), Alexa breaks down the business plan and evolution of LearnVest (9:00), Alexa describes what it was like to be a classmate at Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg and the advent of Facebook (16:02), Sam asks Alexa, “why sell the business?” (23:08), Alexa explains the strategy behind her VC firm, Inspired Capital, and what’s interesting to her today (30:06), Shaan asks Alexa to explain her contrarian views about the future of work (32:52), Alexa explains how her roots give her an advantage in the fintech space (36:24), Sam asks Alexa what a “self-driving wallet” is (40:10), Shaan talks with Alexa about crypto projects that are streaming money (42:10), Alexa explains how friction is making it more difficult for people to grow their wealth (52:10). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(884)

The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight

The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight

Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kpfm Episode 844: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how one of the richest families ...

23 Jul 0s

I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire

I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire

Blue-Collar Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/rvko Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) spends the day with Mark O’Brien ( https://www.instagram.com/themarkobrienteam ) to see what...

21 Jul 0s

Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire

Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire

Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk Episode 842: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sit down with Ray Dalio ( https://x....

17 Jul 1h 2min

Howard Marks: how I make money while you worry about a market crash

Howard Marks: how I make money while you worry about a market crash

Investing Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epkr Episode 841: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary investor Howard Marks about AI and making ...

15 Jul 46min

Brainstorming business ideas with a billion-dollar founder

Brainstorming business ideas with a billion-dollar founder

140+ Business Ideas (Database): https://clickhubspot.com/efdj Episode 840: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Mark Pincus ( https://x.com/markpinc ...

10 Jul 1h 27min

5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC

5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC

Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything S...

7 Jul 1h 2min

I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch

I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch

Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng Episode 838: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Aaron Levie ...

2 Jul 58min

3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M

3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M

Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/ecat Episode 837: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring in 3 founders with weird businesses making $1...

30 Jun 1h 10min

Populært innen Business og økonomi

stopp-verden
dine-penger-pengeradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-pa-konto
pengepodden-2
utbytte
tid-er-penger-en-podcast-med-peter-warren
morgenkaffen-med-finansavisen
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
finansredaksjonen
liberal-halvtime
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
rss-skravla-gar
pengesnakk
rss-kron-podden
lederpodden
paretopodden
rss-impressions-2