Can you feel like an entrepreneur while working for someone else? Our guest, Peter Velardi, shares why he decided to leave a 25-year career in the corporate world to venture out on his own.

As a financial advisor, Peter always knew he was a natural leader. Earlier in his career, he thrived on the freedom to build teams and make things happen. However, as the firm he worked for became more corporate, the layers of bureaucracy began to stifle his creativity, and that’s why at age 49 he made the leap into entrepreneurship.

Peter describes his journey of launching his own business, his perspective on risk, knowing when to give up on an idea vs. leaning into it, the importance of staying mentally and physically fit, and the rewards of being a natural entrepreneur.

What made you make the change from employee to entrepreneur? :00