Ep 127 (Member Bonus): Andrei Cherny, CEO & Co-Founder of Aspiration

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Today's guest is Andrei Cherny, CEO & Co-Founder of Aspiration.

Before Aspiration, Cherny worked for Vice President Al Gore as a speechwriter and John Kerry for President campaign as a speech writer and special advisor on policy. Cherny served public office as the Assistant Attorney General in Arizona in the late 2000s. Since then, Cherny has worked on public policy, communication and strategy in the private sector as president of ACE strategies and as managing director at Burson-Marsteller. Additionally, he is the author of two books and spent time as a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

We cover a lot in this episode, including Aspiration and how it came to be. We dive into how Aspiration works and what Cherny hopes to achieve through it. Cherny and I discuss the effectiveness of incentives in capitalist societies. Cherny also touches on how public policy and government helped him start Aspiration.

Enjoy the show!

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