Milind Mehere is the CEO & Founder of YieldStreet, which helps people generate income from alternative investments. He is originally From Bombay and started out studying industrial engineering, which is all about improving and optimizing processes. This skill set served him well, as he worked at companies that coined the term Supply Chain Optimization and pioneered RFID technologies. Then, he applied his expertise to Yodle, a marketing platform for small business to acquire & retain customers. The financial crisis made him realize that he wanted to be able to invest in more than the stock market, and the idea of Yield Street was born. We talk about this creation of YieldStreet, how consumers can take control of their finances, how Milind thinks about processes, scaling a company, and how he focuses.