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Inspired with Alexa von TobelRebuilding Healthcare from Scratch with Founder Alan Tisch of Atria Health InstituteAtria Health Institute founder Alan Tisch is rebuilding America's healthcare system from the ground up. After two near-death experiences in his mid-20s revealed how broken preventive care truly is, Alan made it his life's mission to tackle a system designed to profit from sick people rather than keep them healthy. With a multidisciplinary team of 15 medical specialties and cutting-edge diagnostics, Atria is pioneering the preventive healthcare movement to extend not only lifespan but healthspan.
What You'll Learn:
Why the healthcare system profits from keeping you sick instead of healthy
How a $150 test...
2025-10-0854 min
Inspired with Alexa von TobelHow ShopMy is Revolutionizing Commerce Through Authentic Recommendations with Harry Rein and Tiffany LopinskyShopMy co-founders Harry Rein and Tiffany Lopinsky are building the most sophisticated three-sided commerce platform that revolutionizes how creators monetize authentic recommendations, how brands scale through trusted advocates, and how consumers discover products through curated networks they actually trust. Powered by intricate product graph technology and advanced data infrastructure that maps millions of products across retailers, they're architecting the future of commerce driven by intentional curation rather than algorithmic impulse buying.
What You'll Learn:
Why the "curator economy" matters more than the "creator economy"
How their Circles feature creates personalized shopping through trusted...
2025-09-2454 min
Inspired with Alexa von TobelThe Race to Build the First Scaled Quantum Computer with Jeff Thompson from LogiqalWorld quantum expert and professor Jeff Thompson, founder of Logiqal, shares his journey from academia (at Yale, Harvard, MIT, and Princeton) to now building the first scaled quantum computer. He explains why the world needs this breakthrough, how Logiqal’s neutral atom technology makes it possible, and what it could unlock for medicine, materials, and the future of innovation.
What You’ll Learn:
What is quantum?
Why the world needs a scaled quantum computer
Jeff’s journey through Yale, Harvard, MIT, and now running a lab at Princeton
Why failure drives scientific discovery
How Logiqal is usi...
2025-09-1043 min
Inspired with Alexa von TobelBuilding a Global Parenting Tool with Dr. Becky from Good InsideDr. Becky Kennedy from Good Inside shares her journey from private practice psychologist to building the #1 consumer parenting tool on the planet. She reveals how blending emotional connection with practical action helps parents raise resilient kids and become sturdier themselves.
What You’ll Learn:
• How Dr. Becky built Good Inside into a global parenting movement
• The secret to becoming a “sturdy parent” and raising resilient kids
• Why parenting feels hard even for good parents and how to navigate it with confidence
• How to break cycles of shame and fost...
2025-08-201h 00
Clock Speed with Shamus MadanHow A 23-Year-Old Built A $375 Million Business From Her LaptopAt 23, Alexa von Tobel dropped out of Harvard to launch a financial education company, LearnVest, during the Great Recession. She put her life savings into starting the business. Years later, she sold it for $375 Million. This is her story.
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(0:00) Introduction to Alexa von Tobel and her entrepreneurial journey
(0:36) Starting LearnVest during the Great Recession
(2:07) Building LearnVest from Starbucks beginnings
(4:32) Overcoming entrepreneurial challenges
(7:23) Strategies for pitchi...
2025-01-2826 min
The Kara Goldin Show347 Alexa von Tobel: Founder of Learnvest & Inspired CapitalIn this episode, Alexa von Tobel, Founder of Learnvest and Founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Capital shares some of her learnings from being an entrepreneur building and selling a successful startup. We learn all about her journey including her switch to investing in startups with her company Inspired Capital. She shares what she believes it takes to build the startup of the future and so much more! This is another inspiring episode that you won’t want to miss! On this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow. Enjoying this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow? Let me know by clicking on the li...
2023-02-0128 min
Claim Your Confidence with Lydia FenetFinding Your Sixth Gear with Alexa von TobelAlexa von Tobel exudes confidence from the minute you meet her, but has she always been that way? In the first episode of Claim Your Confidence, Alexa pulls back the curtain on her confidence journey and shows how an unexpected loss at an early age taught her to be the architect of her own life. Alexa shares her journey of creating and selling LearnVest, one of the biggest fintech purchases ever, and gives advice to entrepreneurs looking to follow in her footsteps. She also catches us up on what she is looking for as she builds her next empire...
2023-01-3143 min
TrailblazersAlexa Von Tobel: Founding Partner At Inspired Capital & Founder of LearnVestThis week we chat with finance mogul, Alexa Von Tobel.Alexa von Tobel, CFP® is the founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital and the New York Times-Bestselling Author of Financially Fearless and Financially Forward. Founded in 2019, Inspired Capital is a $500M early-stage venture capital firm that invests across categories of innovation. Prior to Inspired Capital, Alexa founded LearnVest in 2008 with the goal of helping people make progress on their money. After raising nearly $75 million in venture capital, LearnVest was acquired by Northwestern Mutual in Ma...
2022-12-1344 min
Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | TechnologyAlexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital) - The evolution of New York's startup ecosystem, staying price discipline and what it means to be a generalistMy guest today is [Alexa von Tobel](https://twitter.com/alexavontobel), Founder of [Inspired Capital](https://inspiredcapital.com/) and [LearnVest](https://learnvest.com/). Inspired is a generalist fund based in New York City that backs early-stage founders with transformative ideas. Some of their companies include Chief, Geneva, Public and Snackpass. They recently closed their second fund of $281 million investing in seed and series A companies. She also founded LearnVest, which was an American financial planning company which she sold for $250 million. In this episode we discuss how New York's entrepreneurial and venture capital scene has risen in the past 15...
2021-09-1642 min
Wharton FinTech PodcastAlexa von Tobel, Co-Founder at Inspired Capital - Bucking the Status QuoMiguel Armaza sits down with the talented and energetic Alexa von Tobel, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Inspired Capital, a $200M early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, focused on backing founders with transformative ideas, brilliant teams, and relentless determination. The firm was founded by Alexa and Penny Pritzker, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
Prior to Inspired Capital, Alexa founded LearnVest with the goal of helping people make progress on their money and later sold the company to Northwestern Mutual for $375M.
We talked about
- Alexa’s background & entrepreneurial journey
- Why she dropped out of Ha...
2021-02-1534 min