In episode 23 of Built By Margin, Laurie Chen interviews Sean Travis, a former firefighter-paramedic turned entrepreneur and founder of Ecom for Heroes, based in Hermosa Beach, California, as he discusses the challenges he faced, including burnout and personal loss, that led him to take a leap of faith into entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear valuable insights on entrepreneurship and the intersection of passion and purpose in business. TIMESTAMPS [00:01:06] Transitioning from firefighting to ...
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In episode 23 of Built By Margin, Laurie Chen interviews Sean Travis, a former firefighter-paramedic turned entrepreneur and founder of Ecom for Heroes, based in Hermosa Beach, California, as he discusses the challenges he faced, including burnout and personal loss, that led him to take a leap of faith into entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear valuable insights on entrepreneurship and the intersection of passion and purpose in business. TIMESTAMPS [00:01:06] Transitioning from firefighting to ...
Risk Worthy: Minimizing Risk and Regret with Laurie Chen, CPA, MBA
Built by Margin
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Risk Worthy: Minimizing Risk and Regret with Laurie Chen, CPA, MBA
In episode 17 of Built By Margin, Laurie Chen shares key insights from her upcoming book Risk Worthy. She discusses risk, regret minimization, and decisions that compound—covering practical risk tolerance (why many successful founders start as side hustles), lowering uncertainty through iteration, and using your “80-year-old self” as a filter, echoed by lessons from Jeff Bezos and Dharmesh Shah. QUOTES "You won't know all the answers, but you can move closer to the answers. You move closer ...
Built by Margin
In episode 23 of Built By Margin, Laurie Chen interviews Sean Travis, a former firefighter-paramedic turned entrepreneur and founder of Ecom for Heroes, based in Hermosa Beach, California, as he discusses the challenges he faced, including burnout and personal loss, that led him to take a leap of faith into entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear valuable insights on entrepreneurship and the intersection of passion and purpose in business. TIMESTAMPS [00:01:06] Transitioning from firefighting to ...
