INSPIRATION AND IMPACT  

Alexa von Tobel is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, the award-winning financial management and lifestyle website. Originally from Florida, Alexa received an A.B. in Psychology at Harvard College. Upon graduation, she worked as a trader at Morgan Stanley before leaving to be the Head of Business Development at Drop.io, a venture backed start-up in NYC. She enrolled in Harvard Business School in 2008 only to take a leave of absence shortly after to launch LearnVest. Alexa was recently selected as a 2012 Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur and highlighted as "One of the Coolest Young Entrepreneurs" in Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 feature.


Continual Testing and Research Will Help Your Company Thrive

Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest, continually tests products and innovations with her customers in order to optimize the company's product offer...  Watch video

Happy Customers, Happy Company

How to truly delight a customer  Read story

Progress, Not Perfection

The key to a success? Making lots of small changes along the way  Read story

How We Hire

Learnvest's Alexa Von Tobel on what it takes to build a superstar staff  Read story

Trusting Your Gut Makes All the Difference

Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest, made a leap of faith in starting her business, and hasn't regretted it. Find out what advice she has for foun...  Watch video

2 Simple Tricks that Unlock Innovation

I'll take innovation anywhere I can find it -- but there are two guidelines that help maximize my chances.  Read story

Social Media Tip of the Day: Get Caught Having Fun

It's easy for financial services companies to come off as stodgy. Social media helps us break out of that mold.  Read story

How to Be a Disruptive Company

It's easy to say your company aims to shake up its industry. But are you taking the five steps you need to follow through?  Read story

Investors: Whose Money to Take (and Whose to Turn Down)

The best investors aren't just those with the most cash. They're the ones who really care about what your company stands for.  Read story