Brian Roland, Founder of Abenity: Why Great Employees Always Prioritize Their Needs
When you put your personal life above your professional life, you become a great employee. To get the best from teams, leaders should hand over the reins and allow them to manage their own workloads. With so many teams working remotely, focusing on output and not the clock is the smart way to get the…
Read MoreEp15: Atomos: Tugs in Space!
Space Tugs! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Vanessa Clark, CEO and Founder of Atomos Space. Atomos is building vehicles for a radical new use case in space, last-mile satellite transportation. Orbital transfer vehicles, nicknamed space tugs, attach to satellites and ferry them to new orbits. Think tow trucks or tug boats,…
Read MoreEp14: Bridgesplit: NFTs For All
NFTs! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Mary Gooneratne and Luke Truitt cofounders of Bridgesplit. Bridgesplit is creating liquidity in NFT markets by fractionalizing NFTs, creating index funds so institutional investors can get involved, and building complex financial markets for the asset class. You can follow Bridgesplit on Twitter @bridgesplit And check…
Read MoreEp13: Alt: How to Price Up The Priceless
Sports Cards and Alternative Assets! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Leore Avidar, founder of Alt. Alt is building a marketplace for alternative assets, starting with sports cards. We talk about how sports cards started selling for millions, the rise of new assets like Tesla Short Shorts, and how price priceless items.…
Read MoreWhy Grace Mellis is Bringing The Heat to Wealthtech
Today on WTFintech? I’m interviewing Grace Mellis, the first ever CFO of Altruist, a Los Angeles-based fintech and the first fully-integrated digital brokerage platform for financial advisors. Grace is bringing the heat to the fintech and wealthtech space as she’s made it her mission as CFO to ensure diversity, inclusion, and equity continue to be…
Read MoreWhy Self Interest Doesn’t Have to be Selfish
Choosing between doing the right thing and what’s best for you can be tough decision, but what if doing the right thing was always in your self-interest? Ben talks about why developing personal integrity is a gamechanger for professionals and why Richard Branson agrees with him. You’ll discover what happens when doing the right thing…
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