In this powerful episode, James Catledge sits down with serial entrepreneur and investor Tom Powell — a man who went from growing up poor in Nevada to becoming financially independent, losing $400 million, and rebuilding his success through resilience, curiosity, and execution.
Tom shares exactly what it takes to achieve true financial freedom, from identifying big problems to solve, to building scalable businesses, to developing the mindset that separates wealthy entrepreneurs from everyone else. He also reveals his insights from working with Harvard, teaching founders how to raise capital, and launching his exclusive Founders Office and Capital Edge Summit programs.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
How Tom Powell made and lost $400M — and what it taught him
The mindset and habits of financially free entrepreneurs
The 4-step framework for building wealth (curiosity → problem → market → moat)
Why "boring businesses" can make you rich
The Founder's Isolation Paradox and how to overcome it
Lessons from Harvard, Stanford, and decades of entrepreneurship
