Pray.com Co-Founder and CFO on Why You Can't Afford to Play it Safe

In this episode, Darren Reinke chats with co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Pray.com, Mike Lynn. Mike discusses how is mom being swindled out of money during his childhood led him to pursue wealth management, why he left a very successful career at Merrill Lynch to pursue entrepreneurship, why you can’t book smart your way into being an entrepreneur, and so much more.
Pray.com was launched in 2017 with a mission to grow faith, cultivate community, and leave a legacy of helping others. Today, Pray.com is the world’s No. 1 app for daily prayer with more than 12 million downloads. In addition to helping people make prayer a priority with its mobile app, Pray.com produced the Bible in a Year podcast, which hit #1 on Spotify in the religion category.
Show Notes:
Mike Lynn’s background in Green Bay, Wisconsin [1:13]
How Mike used his mom’s financial tragedy as fuel to manage other people’s wealth [3:55]
What greatness looked like to Mike at a young age [5:22]
How Mike used his sense of greatness to achieve success within financial services [7:09]
Why Mike looked for other opportunities beyond wealth management [9:23]
The moment Mike learned about Pray.com [12:50]
Why Mike walked away from an incredibly successful career to pursue Pray.com [17:06]
How Mike leads with values within his personal and professional life [20:36]
Why Mike never considered himself a leader [23:29]
The practical steps Mike took to learn to lead a mission driven team [26:56]
What Mike is working on to become a better leader as Pray.com continues to grow [29:02]
Why authenticity is so critical in leadership [34:55]
Lessons learned from the pandemic [36:06]
Links:
Website: pray.com/