Alexa von Tobel, Founder & CEO, LearnVest

Girlboss Radio

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alexa von Tobel is proud to say she's a business school drop-out. She left Harvard Business School to launch LearnVest - a financial planning advice website that helps you get smart with your money. And being a drop-out paid off. Since launching LearnVest in 2009, the company has raised well over $75 million and last year was acquired by Northwestern Mutual. On the episode, Sophia and Alexa discuss their similar career trajectories, starting LearnVest in sweatpants, and Alexa's awesome power brunch answer.

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0:43.0	Hi and welcome to another episode of Girl Boss Radio from Panoply. I'm Sophia
0:57.9	Emma Russo the founder of NastyGow.com the author of Girl Boss and an up-and-coming book called Nasty Galaxy, which is out October 4th you can pre-order it now.
1:07.0	On each episode I invite a different woman onto the show to trace the steps she took to creating her own future, what she learned, and what we can learn from her story.
1:15.4	Today's guest is founder and CEO of LearnVest, Alexa Vantobel.
1:19.2	But first, Liz Carey is back on the show, Liz Scary is an actor, comedian, and one of my best friends.
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1:28.0	We'll be talking about the highs and lows of our week and of course our girl boss moments.
1:32.0	Liz, welcome.
1:35.0	Hi, hey, how are you?
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