Making Movies & Career Moves w/ Alex Woodruff

Brown Ambition

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Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today, Mandi is joined by her brother, Alex Woodruff!

Mandi and Alex talk about their relationship as equally ambitious siblings growing up in Atlanta, how he uses his career in tech software sales to power his film-making endeavors and his financial milestones — like paying off $50K of student debt, buying and selling his first condo, building his dream home in East Atlanta, and managing his first rental property, all by age 31.

Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Alex Woodruff is a multi-disciplined artist, merging work in music, film, & technology (and the proudest little brother ever to big sis Mandi). After sharing the stage with high-profile acts like Kendrick Lamar (2013) & Big Sean (2011), he launched a dual-pronged career in Filmmaking and Technology Sales. His Emmy Award-winning production company Pineapple Cut Pictures creates movies that reflect authentic black, brown, & LGBTQ stories, including 2023’s “Mysore Magic.” On the tech front, after 9 years in Enterprise Software Sales, he joined Fiddler AI in 2023 with the mission to Build Trust into AI, and serves as Board Advisor to the Responsible AI Institute.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, we're back, we're black, we're brown, and I am writing solo. Wait, we're
0:10.7	Brown ambition. I already screwed it up, y'all. Tiffany's only been gone a couple of weeks,
0:14.5	and I can't even do the intro of our show. But it's your girl, Mandy, aka Mandy Money,
0:20.3	and I am not going to be alone for much longer, y'all.
0:23.3	This is kind of a weird but also amazing episode of Brown Ambition, a history making episode of
0:30.2	Brown Ambition.
0:31.5	I feel like the presence of this person has sort of like loomed in the background of Brown
0:36.7	Ambition because he's mentioned.
0:39.0	He's been in my background for years trying to get on this show.
0:43.3	And I guess when your little brother asks you for something, there's just something inherent
0:47.7	as a big sister that just makes you not want him to have it.
0:52.1	So for eight years, my little brother, Alex Woodruff, has been
0:58.5	petitioning to be a guest on Brown Ambition. And finally, he asked at the right time. I have never
1:05.3	been more impressed with him as not just a career professional, but also from a financial perspective, what he's
1:12.8	managed to do just by the tender age of 31. I can't believe he's old, but also that makes me so much
1:20.1	older. But anyway, he has paid off a condo, paid off 50K of student loan debt, built his own
1:27.2	beautiful, gigantic home in the heart
1:30.6	of our hometown of Atlanta. He has an Airbnb property. And on top of that, he is a badass tech
1:38.4	sales rep for multiple companies like IBM and Salesforce.
1:50.6	And did I even mention that he has this new thriving, creative endeavor as a filmmaker?
1:56.4	So I am inviting my little brother, my little brough, Alex, on the show today.
1:59.2	And I hope that you all enjoy this conversation.
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