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Ep.20

Turning Social Currency Into Financial Currency

with Michelle Reeves

Welcome!

Get ready to be inspired by the incredible journey of Michelle Reeves, a true innovator and entrepreneur who mastered the art of betting on herself. In this episode, we explore Michelle’s path from humble beginnings in Australia to becoming a wine and tech trailblazer in the US.

Michelle shares about her early career moves, including her bold decision to relocate to New York City just before 9/11. She discusses how she leveraged her savings to take calculated risks, from launching a pioneering online wine business to making her first angel investments and real estate purchases in her early 30s.

Perhaps what has had the biggest impact on her career so far has been understanding that nobody can be truly self-made. It takes a village — whether family, friends, or mentors — to help build you up and lay the path for future success.

Michelle’s story serves as inspiration to take big risks and advocate for yourself to make things happen for you. It’s not just about the number in your bank account, but the positive impact that you make on others’ lives along the way.

Key Topics

  1. Getting inspired to do what you really love at a young age
  2. Using her first earnings to start a fashion magazine at 13 with friends
  3. Realizing you have to stand out in order to move up in the world
  4. How savings unlocks opportunities to bet on yourself
  5. Early investments in stocks starting at 18 years old
  6. Betting on herself and moving to NYC for work
  7. Michelle’s first exposure to wine futures and the wine industry
  8. Innovating the wine industry with a world-first touch trademark
  9. Using entrepreneurial powers for philanthropic endeavours
  10. What Michelle wishes she did differently when first starting out
  11. Pivoting from wine to tech and crypto
  12. Early lessons from angel investing
  13. Demonstrating money values to your kids
  14. It takes a village to truly be successful
  15. Connecting with other women who are innovating and pushing boundaries
  16. Learning by being the dumbest person in the room

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