Masters of Scale

When to seek advice and when to ignore it, w/LearnVest & Inspired Capital’s Alexa von Tobel

Jan 31, 2023

Alexa von Tobel, founder of LearnVest and co-founder of Inspired Capital, shares her insights on navigating the world of advice in entrepreneurship. She discusses the importance of discerning which guidance to follow, emphasizing that not all advice is applicable at every stage. Through personal anecdotes, she reflects on the significance of timing when seeking counsel and the role of mentorship. Alexa also highlights the need for financial literacy and the lessons learned from her experiences during the 2008 financial crisis.

35:22

Episode guests

Alexa von Tobel

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Episode notes

Intro

2min

The Complexities of Seeking and Ignoring Advice

2min

The Art of Seeking and Ignoring Advice

6min

Navigating Financial Advice and Entrepreneurship

13min

Navigating Leadership and Entrepreneurial Challenges

5min

Navigating Partnerships in Financial Advice

9min

Guidance and Disconnection

6min

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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