Today I spoke with Charlie Hartwell, the managing partner of the Bridge Builders Collaborative. He has invested as a venture capitalist in 15 different apps and companies.

Let’s dive right in to Charlie’s story and learn about his journey and his philosophy when deciding to invest or not in a business.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 – 05:12] Opening Segment

• I Introduce my guest, Charlie Hartwell, to the show
• Charlie talks about the Bridge Builders Collaborative and their goals
• Help raise collective consciousness

[05:13 - 12:52] Investing and promoting spiritual well-being

• Charlie talks about their inspiration to invest and help promote spiritual well-being
• The desire to support Entrepreneurs with intentions for the betterment of society
• The importance of self-meditation to work on oneself
• Charlie shares his thoughts on the free meditation platform Insight Timer

[12:53 - 22:20] The Journey to Live to the best of your purpose

• Charlie talks about his professional journey
• Charlie talks about his personal journey
• The moment of realization
• He recognized that he needed help from others
• He discovered and began to express the essence of his true self
• Living to the best of his own purpose
• Realizing that personal growth shouldn’t be a solo journey

[22:21 - 30:23] Building and Growing the Bridge Builders Collective

• Charlie talks about how he and his partners started the Bridge Builders Collective
• What they look at before they choose to invest in a company or business venture
• The Global positive impact
• The skills and personal growth of the Entrepreneur
• The safeguards and security of the business
• The distribution system
• The potential a strong return of investment

[30:24 - 35:35] The FOCUS FIVE Segment

• What book have you gifted most often? 
• I don’t tend to give books as gifts
• If you can get an hour of somebody's time and ask questions, who would that be and why?
•  Michelle Obama
• What is one thing you believe that most people would disagree with you:
•  His ideals on Patriarchy
• Morning routine; How do you start your day?
• Make coffee
• Use a BEMER
• Meditate
• What is the best place we can connect with you online?
• See below for Social links
• Final words from Charlie and me

Tweetable Quotes:

“I just began to live more freely and authentically, and not really care about what people thought of the path that I was choosing, which I used to do. Just to live to the best of my own purpose and let things go where they’re meant to go.” - Charlie Hartwell

“I’ve come to understand on a personal growth journey that it’s not a solo exercise. We need to find support from other people, other friends, other professionals where it makes sense to help us along that journey.” - Charlie Hartwell

“For us, half of the joy of doing this work is supporting entrepreneurs, adding a tremendous amount of value. So we look at how we bring our collective wisdom, knowledge, networks to a company to help the entrepreneur be successful.” - Charlie Hartwell

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Insight Timer
• Bridge Builders Collaborative

You can connect with Charlie by following him on LinkedIn and Twitter or visit their website https://www.shiftit.com/ . Check out his blog at https://medium.com/@charliehartwell

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