She entered the start-up scene as a 26-year-old female entrepreneur with no software engineering background. The odds were stacked against her, but just 5 years later, McCloskey had co-founded StyleSeat, an on-demand beauty company that has raised $40 million in VC funding and done $3.2 billion in cumulative sales.
“You just have to wake up and say, ‘I’m going to learn from past meetings, past conversations. And I’m going to get smarter and better and I’m going to kill it in these next meetings,’” McCloskey said.
“I think that everyone should do what they love and not be fearful of all of the reasons why they shouldn’t.”
Best-selling author and public intellectual Malcolm Gladwell is an expert on a number of things – but when it comes to investing, Gladwell prefers to stay hands off. “I have enormous respect for expertise, which means I will never try to be an active investor,” he says. “Mostly I have other much smarter people make those decisions for me.” Do you think that’s a smart strategy? – #investing #invest #personalfinance #money #americans #malcolmgladwell #blink #financialplanning #besmart #spendwisely #expertise #expert #finance #youngmoney #goals #lifegoals #wordsofwisdom #wordstoliveby #cnbc #cnbcmakeit #makeit
Kevin and Maggie Callahan are married to each other — and success.
As partners in life and business, the Callahans are generating millions, with their latest venture Maggie Louise Confections headed to top $1 million in annual revenue this year.
By taking financial risk to support their businesses. Maggie, for example, liquidated her 401(k) to help fund Kevin’s fitness app when it was in its infancy. That’s a move most experts would advise against, but it paid off in the end: http://cnb.cx/23tUGbr
Thursday Thoughts: Sometimes you have to do what they tell you never to do.