{"id":30452,"date":"2025-03-21T20:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/?p=30452"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:22:33","slug":"from-bootstrap-to-ceo-entrepreneur-unscripted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growthink.com\/content\/from-bootstrap-to-ceo-entrepreneur-unscripted","title":{"rendered":"From Bootstrap to CEO | Entrepreneur Unscripted"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30452\" class=\"elementor elementor-30452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9a628 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a9a628\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45958a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45958a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this video, we sit down with Sean O&#8217;Dowd, a former consultant at BCG who transitioned into entrepreneurship as the CEO of Scholastic Capital. 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