E18: Dakotah Rice: The Journey from Wall Street to Fintech Founder
The Calum Johnson Show · Calum Johnson
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Show Notes
Dakotah Rice is the founder of Poolit, a platform allowing users to invest in top private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds with no minimums. Before becoming a full-time founder, Dakotah worked for some of the most prestigious firms on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs (trading GS), Coatue and The Carlyle Group. Learning directly from global investment companies with billions under management, he provided a wide range of financial services for his clients with a key purpose to invest wisely and create value over time.
With years of experience in the financial industry under his belt, Dakotah left his job to start @thepoolit. Backed by the co-founders of Carlyle and Coatue, Dakotah is laser focused on his mission of making the financial system inclusive for all.
In this episode, we talk about
- The impact that working on Wall Street had on Dakota career & him becoming a founder
- How he managed to get into such a competitive industry & rise up the ranks so quickly
- How he made the leap from working in finance to starting his own company
- How to overcome fear and doubt in you career