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Aug 2022
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Her Company Sold for $375 Million: Here'...

Jacob Morgan
About this episode

Alexa von Tobel is the founder and managing partner at Inspired Capital and former founder and CEO of Learn vest.

In today's episode, we will discuss Alexa's journey to create Learn Vest and Inspired Capital. Her mistakes and failures along her way and how she deals with them where she grows to be a successful entrepreneur and leader.

Alex will also share the actions she'd take to create more balance for herself, her strategy to convey purpose, meaning, and impact to people, leadership tips, hack, and strategies that helped make her more successful.

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This episode is sponsored by Workplace from Meta.

Workplace is a business communication tool from Meta. Think Facebook, but for your company.

It's part of Meta's vision for the future of work. A future in which we'll all feel more present, connected and productive.

Start your journey into the future of work at workplace.com/future.

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