A lot of people don't recognize how much risk they're taking in exchange for that potential upside because

most startups don't turn into that big payday. But if you can be intelligent and really understand the industry, the market, where the players,

and get in with an organization, a set of founders that really do have the backing to turn that into something great, it can be a

phenomenal way to be able to make you know a big payday at some point in the future.

Welcome back to the Investor Mindset Podcast. I'm your host Stephen Pessavinto and today I have Scott Cleary in the studio.

How you doing today, Scott? Hey Steve, how's it going? Nice to be here.

Thanks for having me on.

Yeah, it's good to see you, man.

You're doing some really cool things.

You've got a huge podcast.

You've been able to get some incredible partnerships with it.

You've interviewed some amazing people

and you're building businesses.

So we're going to talk a little bit about building businesses and being an investor and

kind of the difference between the two.

We're getting some other stuff on your story as well.

But before we get into all that, let's start at the very beginning.

What influences or events from your childhood shaped who you are today?

I would say that I wanted to end up in the exact opposite position as my

parents, funny enough and not because they ended up in a bad position, but

because they were very safe

and they were very risk adverse.

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