1 hr 17 min
5. Richard Fisher - Social and Education Entrepreneur Piece of Mind - Conversations with Curious Minds with Jad Halaoui
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On this episode, I sat down with Richard Fisher, the founder of PUSH, which stands for Persevere Until Something Happens. Richard's personal story is one I love to hear. It challenges the conventional understanding of what traditional schooling should look like. I especially like how Richard is leveraging his own realization to get help children from underprivileged backgrounds get access to aspirational and engaging education.
We began discussing Richard's childhood education amidst the responsibilities he had at a very young age, how and why he went from a very bad student in school to an especially good one in university
We talked through how working in a glamorous environment made him realize it was time to start PUSH and focus on helping others, organizing bootcamps the International Film Festival in a village of 2,000 people in Ghana that people from all over the world fly to, and how PUSH is marrying gaming and education to adapt as it takes a digital-first approach in a COVID-world.
Richard is open, honest, and holds very little back as he shares mind-opening and heart-breaking truths. I really enjoyed listening and re-listening to this conversation. I think you will too.
P.U.S.H Details
Website
Instagram
Richard Fisher
LinkedIn
Show Notes
[03:30] Chilhood and early struggles with education
[9:30] Accidently discovering the education path to enter e-commerce
[10:30] Learning and Excelling in University due to the hands-on approach used at the time
[12:10] Landing at Bloomberg and how the same tools and concepts used in university allowed Richard to do great his job
[16:00] Working with a mentor who was a subject matter expert who taught them how to create opportunities through Maths
[20:00] How living in Dubai opened up Richard’s eyes to his desire to help others
[22:30] Richard’s sister’s music
[23:50] A turning point - and the importance of purpose
[26:50] The complications of leaving a well paying job to going to not having any income
[32:30] What it means to “properly” go on the Entrepreurship journey?
[36:00] The 2,000-person town in Ghana that hosts an International Film Festival
[45:00] Running the programs in different cities to make long term change
[52:00] What it took for kids to finally believe in P.U.S.H
[57:00] Strategies and tactics used by P.U.S.H to provide regular and continouss educational programming and mentoring
[1:00:00] The COVID inspired pivot for P.U.S.H
[1:04:30] The vision of P.U.S.H over the next few years
[1:07:00] Marrying “Gaming” & “Education”
[1:12:40] Kindest thing
On this episode, I sat down with Richard Fisher, the founder of PUSH, which stands for Persevere Until Something Happens. Richard's personal story is one I love to hear. It challenges the conventional understanding of what traditional schooling should look like. I especially like how Richard is leveraging his own realization to get help children from underprivileged backgrounds get access to aspirational and engaging education.
We began discussing Richard's childhood education amidst the responsibilities he had at a very young age, how and why he went from a very bad student in school to an especially good one in university
We talked through how working in a glamorous environment made him realize it was time to start PUSH and focus on helping others, organizing bootcamps the International Film Festival in a village of 2,000 people in Ghana that people from all over the world fly to, and how PUSH is marrying gaming and education to adapt as it takes a digital-first approach in a COVID-world.
Richard is open, honest, and holds very little back as he shares mind-opening and heart-breaking truths. I really enjoyed listening and re-listening to this conversation. I think you will too.
P.U.S.H Details
Website
Instagram
Richard Fisher
LinkedIn
Show Notes
[03:30] Chilhood and early struggles with education
[9:30] Accidently discovering the education path to enter e-commerce
[10:30] Learning and Excelling in University due to the hands-on approach used at the time
[12:10] Landing at Bloomberg and how the same tools and concepts used in university allowed Richard to do great his job
[16:00] Working with a mentor who was a subject matter expert who taught them how to create opportunities through Maths
[20:00] How living in Dubai opened up Richard’s eyes to his desire to help others
[22:30] Richard’s sister’s music
[23:50] A turning point - and the importance of purpose
[26:50] The complications of leaving a well paying job to going to not having any income
[32:30] What it means to “properly” go on the Entrepreurship journey?
[36:00] The 2,000-person town in Ghana that hosts an International Film Festival
[45:00] Running the programs in different cities to make long term change
[52:00] What it took for kids to finally believe in P.U.S.H
[57:00] Strategies and tactics used by P.U.S.H to provide regular and continouss educational programming and mentoring
[1:00:00] The COVID inspired pivot for P.U.S.H
[1:04:30] The vision of P.U.S.H over the next few years
[1:07:00] Marrying “Gaming” & “Education”
[1:12:40] Kindest thing
1 hr 17 min