Wes Moore: CEO of Robin Hood | #ThePlaybook 236

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood, talks about: [8:48] - Why everybody knows the things that make their heart beat faster, but few of us choose to seek them out [10:14] - What he learned from leaving his career on Wall Street to pursue a career he was truly passionate about [13:31] - How Robin Hood is generating billions of dollars to fight against poverty and how he’s leading the organization through a time of dire crisis [21:16] - Why you need to find your “unmatched skillset” and utilize that to make the world better during the current crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have Wes Moore, CEO of Robin Hood Foundation,
0:05.9	an extraordinary entrepreneur and social entrepreneur and a hero in my opinion,
0:10.8	and we talk about what he has learned from leaving his career on Wall Street to pursue a career that he was truly passionate about.
0:19.0	Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.
0:23.0	This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,
0:25.0	where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities,
0:29.0	and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made
0:35.0	them champions on the field and in the boardroom. I'm your host David Melzer.
0:40.8	This is Dave Melcher with entrepreneurs the Playbook and I actually am super excited about this because my favorite entrepreneur is a social entrepreneur.
0:48.4	Westmore is the CEO of Robin Hood and one of the largest anti-poverty forces in the world, not just the nation right now,
0:55.2	best-selling author of course, Combat Veterans since he was 13 years old, he's been a combat veteran.
1:01.6	We'll get into that. But welcome to the
1:03.6	playbook. Wes, how are you? And it is such a pleasure to be with you.
1:06.9	Seriously, I'm a big fan of you and all your work. So it's an honor to be
1:10.6	on this with you. So thanks. I've been a fan of yours since Colleen,
1:13.6	I was speaking in Portugal.
1:15.3	Colleen is the president of my company,
1:18.4	and she came to Portugal and said,
1:20.5	oh my God, there was only one English channel and I met this guy Wes on TV.
1:25.0	He's incredible.
1:26.0	Dave, you need to get him on your podcast.
1:28.0	And so we've been working for months and months and months to get our schedules together
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