Ali Navid - Ready to Ditch Corporate and Unlock Financial Secrets? Discover How THRIVING MINDSETS Levels the Playing Field!

How I Built My Small Business

Ali Navid about his journey from the corporate world to crafting Thriving Mindsets financial education programs. Ali was a former banking VP and private wealth advisor who managed client relationships with high net worth individuals and only working with wealthy people did not align with his personal values. So, he made a transformative leap into offering the same high caliber financial education, but to thousands of regular everyday people at a very reasonable cost. He places the highest value on quality and has self-limited the number of individuals that he can accept at a time so that he can maintain an open line of communication with his students and so that he doesn't compensate quality.
He is the author of the bestselling book Stock Investing Without Fear and is driven by a passion for empowering others to make savvy investment choices and attain financial freedom more quickly.

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Chapter

1. Empowering Financial Education for Success (00:00:00)

2. Transitioning From Corporate America to Entrepreneurship (00:03:57)

3. What was the moment when you decided to leave corporate America and start your own business? (00:04:58)

4. What were the first steps when you decided that you were going to start Thriving Mindsets? (00:07:15)

5. What were the courses that you took? (00:08:56)

6. How much capital did it require to get started? (00:09:35)

7. What was it like taking the leap from a steady paycheck to the unknown? (00:10:14)

8. How did you get your first students to sign-up? (00:11:14)

9. Can you share a story of someone who benefitted from the Thriving Mindsets program? (00:12:40)

10. Entrepreneurial Journey and Work-Life Balance (00:14:20)

11. When did you know your business was going to work? (00:14:25)

12. Why did you limit how many students you could take at one time? (00:15:25)

13. How has becoming an entrepreneur impacted you and your family and your life? (00:16:45)

14. Entrepreneurial Journey and Business Growth (00:19:26)

15. How has the vision of Thriving Mindsets changed over time? (00:21:00)

16. How did you figure out what customers and clients were looking for? (00:23:29)

17. How do you navigate self-doubt and fear? (00:28:26)

18. What are your sources of revenue? (00:31:59)

19. Building an Online Business (00:32:18)

20. How are you planning to grow Thriving Mindsets? (00:33:30)

21. How did you find your mentor? (00:34:30)

22. What advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to leave the corporate world? (00:35:40)

23. What advice would you give yourself if you could go back and have a conversation when you were in your early 20s? (00:37:45)

24. Key Takeaways (00:40:03)