Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Lawrence K. Fish, former Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, someone with a remarkable record of leadership in business, philanthropy, arts, education and more.

During his 17 year tenure in charge of Citizens, CFG grew 30 fold and became one of the 10 largest commercial bank holding companies in the US.

Outsideof banking, Larry recently retired as Chairman of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the largest educational publishing company in the US, and sits on the board of trustees of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institute, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a retired board director of the iconic luxury brand Tiffany and Co. and of Textron, a leading global multi-industry company with brands including Cessna, Beechcraft and Bell Helicopter.

Larry also chairs Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a Boston-area nonprofit providing services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, and the Fish Family Foundation, which administers the Japan Women’s Leadership initiative founded by Larry’s wife, Atsuko

About the hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive SaaS platform that simplifies how teams turn strategy into action. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Mike Erwin, founder and Executive Director of Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) an organization that guides veterans through a journey of transition from a life of selfless service to building a post-service lifestyle with a strong focus on mental and physical health.

Mike is a 2002 graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was commissioned as an officer and went on to serve three combat tours with the First Cavalry Division and 3rd Special Forces Group. Mike continues to serve the nation as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, assigned to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he is an Assistant Professor. He is the co-author of LEAD YOURSELF FIRST by Bloomsbury Press (2017).

Mike and his wife Genevieve live on a 32-acre farm in North Carolina, where they raise their five young children.

About the hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Gary Rieschel, a legend in the venture capital world and Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, one of China's premier VC firms. Qiming invests in Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare and has $9.5 billion USD in capital raised. Many of its portfolio companies are today’s most influential firms in their respective sectors. He formerly held executive positions at Intel, Cisco, and Softbank.

Gary is well regarded as a mentor to entrepreneurs and other venture capitalists, and, in today's episode, he shares lessons on leadership learned over a remarkable career in three distinct economies/cultures, the US, Japan and China.

About the hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Marc Pierce, Co-Founder and “head dreamer” of Warm Springs Productions, a Montana-based production company with over 30 years of award-winning work across a wide variety of networks including History Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery, ESPN2, Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel.

About the hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Mark Gainey, co-founder and chairman of Strava, the social fitness company used by more than 100 million athletes in over 195 countries.

In 1996, Mark co-founded Kana Communications, eventually reaching an over $10B valuation in 2000 on the NASDAQ.

Mark co-founded Strava in 2008 with a focus on cycling. Initially, Strava was a website where cyclists could map and monitor their rides and compete with riders across the country. Strava now records over 30 types of activities, connecting more than 100 million athletes globally.

About The Hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Anthony Soohoo, the rare business leader who has led startups and driven industry-changing digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies.

As EVP at Walmart, he led one of the largest digital transformations in history, generating billions in incremental revenue and record profits. At CBS, Anthony launched the company's first over-the-top streaming service, catapulting CBS.com into the largest television network site in the industry in the late 2000's.

Anthony is currently a board member at Spryker Systems, Venture Advisor with AI Fund, and an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Harvard Business School.

About The Hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is the Reverend Dr Malcolm Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. As Dean, Malcolm has led the Episcopal cathedral (the third largest in the US) in its mission to reimagine church in the 21st century. Malcolm is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisibile Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology and God, and is a regular columnist for The San Francisco Examiner and a contributor to the Huffington Post.

About The Hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Frédérique Campagne Irwin, President and CEO of the National Women's History Museum (https://www.womenshistory.org/) an innovative DC-based museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society.

In our discussion on the aspects of leadership that have shaped and guided her life, Fred talks about the dual value of work ethic and authenticity in leadership, the gift of "reverse mentorship," the power of bringing women entrepreneurs together to be accelerators for one another and the work left to do to inspire the future generations of women leaders.

About The Hosts:

Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.

Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons.

This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.