#2 The struggles of startups with Mark Leruste

The Venture Life with Riley McGhee

It’s easy to just trudge along with blinders on while we avoid either taking the leap and jumping out of the security of a conventional career, or sometimes we avoid painful yet telling truths about who we really are and where we’re really going. Mark effortlessly navigates these difficult kinds of topics and pierces through all of the noise and chatter to really speak straight to your heart.
A bit of backstory about Mark, he spent nearly a decade in the corporate world and most recently was the Country Manager for the Movember Foundation in Europe, where he raised €2.8 million for men’s health in the fight against cancer. Now Mark is the founder and host of The Unconventionalists, a startup and podcast, where he delivers talks, workshops, and programming for purpose-driven leaders and organizations. I’ve been lucky enough to work with Mark starting in 2018 and consider him not just a client or a colleague, but also a mentor and a friend.
In this episode Mark kicks us off with a first time confession before diving into the stories that he and so many others bought into while he was still figuring out what his real calling was. He shares a surprising twist about how to find financial freedom and we also talk about the world of being a first time parent.
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MUSIC:
“Just the Other Day” by Kevin Cox