103. Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

For some entrepreneurs, risk is just part of the game. But for the reluctant entrepreneur, whose endeavors come as a response to a need they've identified, risk can feel more like a necessary evil. That’s why you need to learn to harness risk. Stacey Abrams, an entrepreneur and scale leader both in and outside of politics, is a perfect example of how harnessing risk can be key to your success. Outside of politics, she’s started three companies with her business partner, Lara Hodgson. Their new book, Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back, dives into the lessons learned from those experiences. She also founded and scaled two voting rights organizations: the New Georgia Project and Fair Fight Action, as well as the census mobilization effort Fair Count and the Southern Economic Advancement Project.

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, it's Alex Morris, a star writer here at Massive Scale.
0:04.1	Every week on Massive Scale Rapid Response, you hear real insights from business leaders,
0:09.5	and many of you have said that these episodes help you make more informed decisions in fast
0:13.9	changing situations.
0:15.6	So we want to tell you about another fantastic business podcast that can help you stay
0:20.4	in the know.
0:21.4	It's called Business Daily from the BBC, and it's all about the daily drama of money and
0:26.3	work.
0:27.3	From the environment to the world economy, you'll hear all about the rapidly evolving
0:31.4	world of business on a global scale.
0:34.1	There are new episodes of Business Daily every day, Monday through Friday, and you can listen
0:39.0	wherever you get your BBC podcast.
0:41.6	Again, that's Business Daily from the BBC.
0:46.5	We went to Kotzebue, Alaska.
0:49.4	And we're fly fishing, we're doing she fishing in a catcher release area in Kotzebue.
0:57.2	It was cold.
1:07.4	It was beautiful.
1:11.4	I'm in the water.
1:12.4	I'm casting fast and reeling any faster.
1:19.5	That's Stacey Abrams.
1:21.1	You probably know her as a leading voice in American politics.
1:24.6	But the story she's telling is a window into her parallel life as an entrepreneur.
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