What Being Freed is All About with Andy Louis-Charles

Welcome to the Freed Stories podcast from the Freed Fellowship, a program that gives small businesses and entrepreneurs feedback on their ideas as well selects a monthly fellow who receives a grant and mentorship. In this intro episode, I – co-founding member of the Freed Fellowship Andy Louis-Charles – give you a little bit of background information about myself, such as how I became an entrepreneur at the young age of only eight, and outline how and why I helped form the Freed Fellowship.

It was my vision to help help unleash the human potential amongst both individuals and teams, and although it took me more than a decade (during which time I pursued a multitude of opportunities), I was finally able to realize my vision.

I also introduce you to Jackie Heil, fellow co-founder of the Freed Fellowship. Jackie, who is currently a freelance content writer and creator, will be your regular weekly host on Freed Stories. She briefly gives a little bit of background information about herself and her vision with the Fellowship. As she emphasizes, the entrepreneurial journey does not need to be lonely, and the Freed Fellowship is here for you!

We hope that you'll join Jackie on the Freed Stories podcast as guests share their stories of entrepreneurship – their successes, their failures, their goals, their hopes, and so on. Be sure to hit that subscribe button so that you never miss an episode, and if you're an entrepreneur yourself, we also encourage you to come speak on the show and share your story! Let's get freed!

Time Stamps

[0:05] – Andy Louis-Charles shares with us that he has been an entrepreneur for most of his life, having made bookmarks at eight years old.

[0:26] – Andy reveals that in 1997, he read an article that inspired him and gave him hope.

[0:50] – We learn that it took Andy more than ten years to get where he wanted to be, pursuing countless opportunities in the meantime.

[1:14] – We discover that Andy exited 2019 financially fulfilled but feeling like there was still something missing, explaining the initial vision that led to the formation of the Freed Fellowship.

[1:59] – Andy projects what the biggest economic opportunity will be over the next ten years.

[2:17] – Andy introduces himself and clarifies why he helped form the Free Fellowship, also explaining what the Freed Stories podcast will be covering.

[2:49] – Andy further discusses what the podcast will cover, outlining, for example, how the podcast will share entrepreneurs' ups and downs and successes and failures.

[2:59] – Andy hopes that some entrepreneurial listeners will also become guests on the podcast, sharing their own stories, and he introduces Jackie as the podcast's main weekly host.

[3:16] – Jackie introduces herself and provides a little bit of background information about herself.

[3:49] – Andy reiterates that Jackie is one of many whose stories we will hear on the podcast and that he hopes that entrepreneurial listeners will share their stories on the podcast.

 

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