16. Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and The Art of the Pivot to Eliminate Bad Debt with Nami Baral, Founder and CEO of Harvest Platform

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Episode • Aug 13, 2020 • 1h 2m

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Today In The Suite welcomes Nami Baral, Founder and CEO of Harvest Platform. Nami is an innovative and ambitious woman who finds herself at a unique point in time: a FinTech founder working at the intersection of finance and technology. And as an investment banker turned executive turned female founder, Nami has illustrated through her career the beauty of the pivot.  

In our discussion, Nami walks us through each major shift she’s made in her career and how all of her previous chapters helped write the one she’s currently in with Harvest Platform.

Nami created Harvest Platform to support the average American, who is riddled with debt. Backed by a group of powerhouse investors, Harvest Platform uses AI & automation to help users reduce bank fees, credit card charges and more, to ultimately increase net worth & achieve financial stability.

With a wealth of experience making challenging career choices, Nami shares her wisdom for how women at every stage of their career can walk the tight rope of being a woman and being successful in the business world. Her story is an undeniable testament to how living life on passion and purpose always grants you a seat In The Suite.

Join the conversation to hear more about:

  • How medicine brought Nami from Nepal to New York (5:20)
  • Why Nami believes the recession we’re in right now is markedly different from years’ past (8:37)
  • Advice on where new grads can take their career (12:00)
  • Nami’s experience at Twitter, working under Jack Dorsey (15:30)
  • How a female leader gets on the radar of someone like Jack Dorsey and benefits from their leadership (18:36)
  • Why Nami believes that each of her unique career chapters was needed to launch Harvest Platform (24:40)
  • How Harvest Platform tackles an oft ignored financial area (31:05)
  • The leading indicator of financial health that is at the center of Harvest Platform (33:14) 
  • Why success stories are integral for start ups and the ones Harvest Platform has heard (40:45)
  • The debt distinction Americans would benefit from understanding (46:00)
  • How you know you have what it takes to be a founder (53:07)
  • The psychological and physical things Nami leans on for strength (58:39)

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