LearnVest grew steadily over five years, cultivating an audience about 1.5 million users and raising $75 million in capital. Alexa herself was named to many 30 under 30 lists of powerful women entrepreneurs. In building LearnVest, Alexa and her team harnessed the power of great advice plus a great delivery system. They built the revenue model on subscription packages, not on advertising specific products.
Smart entrepreneurs know one of the secrets to scale is leveraging wisdom from others. (In fact, that’s the mission of this show!) But not all advice is right for you right now — and some can even be disastrous. As the founder of the proto-fintech platform LearnVest, Alexa von Tobel scaled her business by seeking advice from mentors and friends … and then, taking only the advice that served her mission. Following Alexa’s story, you’ll learn how to become a good advice detective, with the power to sort the transformative advice from the traps.
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