In 2020, Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder of Reddit & Founder of Seven Seven Six, broke ties with the $10 billion-dollar company he helped to build as an act of protest during the Black Lives Matter movement. In doing so, he stepped away from the business he’d known for most of his career, and instead decided to found a different kind of VC firm.

In this episode, Alexis tells Alex about the traumas he faced at the very start of his career, and how that has driven him towards the impact-focused mission he has today when it comes to 776, as well as how he approaches being as present as possible for both his family and his work.

Read about Alexis Ohanian's VC firm: https://sevensevensix.com/ 

Learn more about some of the companies that 776 is funding:

Prenda

Anja Health

EarlyBird

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Ray Dalio is a man that needs little introduction. He fell in love with the stock market at an early age, and has now built the world’s largest hedge fund in Bridgewater Associates. But after spending the majority of his life building his company’s financial security, he’s now entering a different life stage of giving back, and focusing on bettering his own personal principles. In this episode of Imposters, we speak to Ray about his meditation practice, how that helped him as an investor, and how he has coped with the death of his son.

Ray Dalio’s LinkedIn post about the passing of his son: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-journey-reflections-following-sons-passing-ray-dalio

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Jarrid Tingle was raised by a single mother and grew up on welfare, living in his grandparents attic for the first 8 years of his life. Through extremely hard work and good fortune, Jarrid was able to go to private schools in far more affluent neighborhoods than his own and eventually went to ivy league colleges and business schools as well. Jarrid committed himself to bettering low-income communities through starting his Black-Owned VC firm, Harlem Capital.

To read Jarrid’s Twitter thread all about his life story: https://twitter.com/jarridvtingle/status/1493996450887393281

Read about Harlem Capital: https://harlem.capital/

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In 2008, at just 16 years old, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson won four medals including one gold for Team USA at the Beijing Olympics. While the world watched Shawn excel on the outside, internally she was privately suffering from a severe eating disorder. Societal pressures and public scrutiny only worsened her insecurities around weight and it would be years before she realized that she could even ask for help. In this episode, Shawn tells Alex about her incredible highs and lows as a teenager in the spotlight, and how she finally found mental and physical health, as well as career success, after finally learning to ask for help. 

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Shortly after obtaining a degree in business, Jay Shetty decided to become a monk. Not only was this an unusual move, but it was met with strong disapproval from both family and friends. Still, Jay felt compelled to follow this calling, and today Jay is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, hosts a leading health podcast, and is lauded as a mindfulness leader by millions of people around the world. In this episode, Jay tells Alex about feeling completely lost at multiple times in his career, and how holding true to his values helped navigate his way through immense imposter syndrome and nearly running out of money. 

Checkout On Purpose with Jay Shetty here.

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Howie Mandel was a kid who never fit in until he found comedy. Even while he was a kid and undiagnosed with OCD, he realized that pranks made him and his odd sense of humor feel seen. In this episode, Howie tracks back from his early childhood finding comedy, to his first career as a standup comedian, and his second career as a game show host to the most popular game show in the world – Deal or No Deal.

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Jacob Sartorius was just 13 years old when he became internet famous and immediately faced such intense in-person and online harassment, that his adopted parents had to take him out of school. So as Jacob’s career has continued to skyrocket, he had to figure out ways to deal with his trauma of being adopted and bullied. Jacob tells Alex how he worked through his resentment, anxiety, and panic attacks through years of self-work, and breathwork from the motivational speaker, Wim Hof, and how he hopes to help others who suffer as much as he did.

Wim Hof guided breathing exercise (4 rounds)

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Growing up was complicated for the now famous television personality-turned-entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel. She was a witness to domestic abuse, went to 13 different schools as a kid, and grew up around gamblers on racetracks. She attributes her fierce personality and business acumen to those experiences, but now she’s reflecting on how that trauma may have shaped her.

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Growing up, Jiaoying Summers struggled to feel worthy. Born during the one-child policy era in China, Jiaoying endured the pressure of not being born a male heir for her family, as well as bullying for not being what was considered “pretty” in her home country. But as Jiaoying tells Alex, all of this made Jiaoying all the more resilient and willing to fight for herself in all situations, from rejection in Hollywood to getting kicked off of TikTok—the platform that has been essential to her comedy career. 

Follow Jiaoying’s TikTok at @jiaoyingsummers

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For the first half of his career, Justin Baldoni was known only as a hunky image of masculinity on multiple TV shows. But inside, Justin was actually struggling to feel masculine enough. In this episode, Justin tells Alex about his fraught relationship with his own identity, and how when he transitioned from acting to directing and producing, he suffered from severe imposter syndrome.

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