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grocery store shelves and maybe there is bigger distribution and maybe with a few hundred thousand dollars she can expand the number of SKUs or number of products she's offering so she pitches that at the second round and she gets selected to go into the finals and by the finals she's really thinking about a seed round of six hundred thousand dollars guess what Temple Mills is a

grocery store shelves and maybe there is bigger distribution and maybe with a few hundred thousand dollars she can expand the number of SKUs or number of products she's offering so she pitches that at the second round and she gets selected to go into the finals and by the finals she's really thinking about a seed round of six hundred thousand dollars guess what Temple Mills is a

Billion-dollar valuation company. It is in every grocery store you can imagine in the United States. They've gone from baking mixes to snacks, cookies, crackers, all gluten-free. Caitlin is still the CEO of that company. It is remarkable what she's accomplished. And that was really a... Heart, let's work on the fear of the challenge of big. Let's work on what we really want to do with this.

Billion-dollar valuation company. It is in every grocery store you can imagine in the United States. They've gone from baking mixes to snacks, cookies, crackers, all gluten-free. Caitlin is still the CEO of that company. It is remarkable what she's accomplished. And that was really a... Heart, let's work on the fear of the challenge of big. Let's work on what we really want to do with this.

And head, what's possible? What's your model? How would you do it? And by opening up just the completely low-risk experiment of just pitch it in the NVC as a big business, it enabled her to bring her heart and head together around a very different business than the one she had imagined coming into the process.

And head, what's possible? What's your model? How would you do it? And by opening up just the completely low-risk experiment of just pitch it in the NVC as a big business, it enabled her to bring her heart and head together around a very different business than the one she had imagined coming into the process.

Great question. I think that Having had 22 years of experience with the incredibly diverse populations of the best and brightest high school kids that I worked with in a summer program, the kids that choose the University of Chicago. undergrad, folks who come for MBAs or executive MBAs. I've been exposed not only to the diversity of age groups and education levels.

Great question. I think that Having had 22 years of experience with the incredibly diverse populations of the best and brightest high school kids that I worked with in a summer program, the kids that choose the University of Chicago. undergrad, folks who come for MBAs or executive MBAs. I've been exposed not only to the diversity of age groups and education levels.

Also, I've been exposed to business models from all over the world and new ventures from all over the world because the executive MBA program is taught in Chicago, in London, in Hong Kong, and draws from all over the world. The University of Chicago is a well known for having a very large international cohort of students. So our undergrad, I believe, is close to a third international.

Also, I've been exposed to business models from all over the world and new ventures from all over the world because the executive MBA program is taught in Chicago, in London, in Hong Kong, and draws from all over the world. The University of Chicago is a well known for having a very large international cohort of students. So our undergrad, I believe, is close to a third international.

Our graduate programs are very international. This foundation of exposure to people in business models from all walks of life really feeds into what I do now. I think the biggest gap in my experience is the fact that every single person that I've dealt with through the University of Chicago has been incredibly bright, right?

Our graduate programs are very international. This foundation of exposure to people in business models from all walks of life really feeds into what I do now. I think the biggest gap in my experience is the fact that every single person that I've dealt with through the University of Chicago has been incredibly bright, right?

We're talking about top tier intelligence, the high school students that were chosen for the program, the people who get accepted into the University of Chicago, the people who get accepted into the Booth School of Business. We're talking about exceptionally bright people. So the basic level of intelligence is very high.

We're talking about top tier intelligence, the high school students that were chosen for the program, the people who get accepted into the University of Chicago, the people who get accepted into the Booth School of Business. We're talking about exceptionally bright people. So the basic level of intelligence is very high.

So coaching entrepreneurs in the real world, outside of this world of exceptional levels of intelligence, has to bring into play a different set of challenges for me personally. One of the things that you have to be able to do as a teacher is explain things in a

So coaching entrepreneurs in the real world, outside of this world of exceptional levels of intelligence, has to bring into play a different set of challenges for me personally. One of the things that you have to be able to do as a teacher is explain things in a

You have to be able to teach things at different levels and you have to be able to adapt what you're doing for the capabilities of the person that you're doing it for. I am now coaching people with different backgrounds, different education, different levels. And I have worked with, particularly through the Polsky Exchange, small business owners in Hyde Park.

You have to be able to teach things at different levels and you have to be able to adapt what you're doing for the capabilities of the person that you're doing it for. I am now coaching people with different backgrounds, different education, different levels. And I have worked with, particularly through the Polsky Exchange, small business owners in Hyde Park.

who have very different backgrounds and very different education. And in my coaching, I would say that's a gap for me. If I were to take on a lot of small business clients in WiseHeart Advisory, I would have to become attuned to the limitations that they face, the reality of their situation. Fortunately, the process of entrepreneurship is the same. You have to identify the opportunity.

who have very different backgrounds and very different education. And in my coaching, I would say that's a gap for me. If I were to take on a lot of small business clients in WiseHeart Advisory, I would have to become attuned to the limitations that they face, the reality of their situation. Fortunately, the process of entrepreneurship is the same. You have to identify the opportunity.