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So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

970: U.S. CEO of Babbel, Julie Hansen

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Julie Hansen knows how to build companies. She’s helped launch well-known websites like NCAA.com, NewYorker.com, TeenVogue.com, and the number one website for golfers at Time Inc. And she took Silicon Valley Insider and turned it into Business Insider — one of the most well-known business sites around. Now Julie has embarked on a different challenge: take a thriving European company and help it find success in the US. For the past two years Julie has been the US CEO for Babbel, a language learning startup. Learn more about Babbel by visiting their website Babbel.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So Many, Julie Hanson, U.S. CEO of Babble, the top grossing language learning app in the world.

0:10.0

You're listening to So Money, Farnu Far noosh Tarabi.

0:14.5

Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration

0:17.7

from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers,

0:21.4

and from Farnus yourself.

0:23.0

Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?

0:27.0

Sorry, you're in the wrong place.

0:30.0

Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.

0:33.0

Welcome to So Money.

0:35.0

I actually do remember one time, you know in high school I had a few jobs.

0:40.0

I was a lifeguard, I did some babysitting, things like that, and you know mom made sure that a certain amount of that went into the savings account.

0:48.0

And I remember one day going with her to the bank and checking out the savings account and being floored that I had you know over a thousand

0:54.5

dollars in there and that's when it really clicked for me like oh if you keep doing that

0:59.5

it adds up that thing works.

1:01.1

Welcome to So Money, everybody.

1:03.5

I'm your host, Farnoosh Terabi.

1:05.0

You just heard from Julie Hansen talking about growing up in her earliest money lessons.

1:09.6

Fast forward to today, she is the US CEO of Babel. You familiar with Babel? Maybe you're

1:15.1

learning a language right now. You're using the app. It is the top grossing

1:19.1

language learning app in the world. And Julie's going to tell us all about how it's helping people learn

1:24.7

languages learn how to have conversations in a foreign language within hours

1:29.8

using the app. Julie knows how to build companies. In fact, years ago, she took a small little-known

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