#188: Marcus Whitney – Create and Orchestrate

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At just 20 years old, Marcus Whitney was a young father with another child on the way. He had dropped out of college, was working as a waiter and living in an efficiency hotel. But as Marcus, a now successful Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist explains, <em>what you do when your back is against the wall makes all the difference.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Listen as we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Overcoming poverty, depression and past trauma to become a thriving individual and successful entrepreneur.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">How success can camouflage unaddressed trauma, showing up as Marcus teaches, in the form of some dysfunctional behavior that you probably don’t love about yourself.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Marcus' book, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Create-Orchestrate-Claiming-Creative-Entrepreneur/dp/1544509774/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1604357017&sr=8-2&linkCode=sl1&tag=whitneyjohnson-20&linkId=fe6a7c506c2fce5fa8b4f6fa191e8b03&language=en_US"> Cre<em>ate and Orchestrate</em></a>, an elegant and fresh business framework applicable across industries. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Honestly evaluating the "ROI" of your educational dollars. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Marcus Whitney is a self-taught software developer, was the head of technology at Emma Email Marketing, is the co-founder and co-owner of Jumpstart Foundry, one of the most active healthcare venture capital firms in the United States; is the CEO of Health: Further, a healthcare strategic advisory firm; and is co-founder and a part-owner of the Nashville Soccer Club, Nashville, Tennessee’s Major League Soccer Team. </span></p>