Gamechangers with John Keavey

From Baseball to ETFs, a conversation with John Swolfs

Episode Summary

Today I’m excited to introduce John Swolfs, someone I first met and worked with as a candidate back in 2007. John is currently a Partner with Advisor Circle, an influential and culturally relevant product studio working with innovative companies and the most prominent people in financial services. John and I discuss his career as he progressed from working in professional baseball through his work as a partner at Advisor Circle.

Episode Notes

John and I discuss the following topics:

• The process of determining what you like and want to do
• How the willingness to try new and different career experiences can benefit you
• Taking something from each work experience along the way
• Early days of the ETF Industry
• Silver linings of a layoff
• Stepping out of Investment Management to serve the industry differently
• Creating your own job
• Taking the leap to move overseas
• An in-person business adjusts to the pandemic
• Starting an entreprenurial venture
• Rethinking how in-person events should be done

Contact John Swolfs:

john@advisorcircle.com

https://futureproof.advisorcircle.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-swolfs-272b1142/