Episode 17: How to Make a Comeback from Being Canceled with Andrew Crapuchettes

Summary

Ever wonder what it’s like to be “canceled?” Andrew Crapuchettes is the visionary behind RedBalloon, an organization that attempts to solve the cancel culture movement in the American workplace by connecting like-minded employers with employees seeking jobs where their religious and personal beliefs are accepted. Andrew was also the CEO of Emsi, an international economic data firm with hundreds of employees worldwide. In this episode, Andrew discusses his successful career, advice for aspiring leaders, and being a Christian in the workplace.

Quote

“Freedom should not be newsworthy in America. It should be something that we take for granted.”

Andrew Crapuchettes

Topics

• Intro to Andrew Crapuchettes [0:39]
• How Andrew got into the tech world [1:47]
• Starting at Emsi and founding multiple businesses [3:02]
• Why Andrew created RedBalloon [7:06]
• Growing RedBalloon [9:30]
• Differences in running RedBalloon vs. Emsi, the three tenets of Emsi [10:14]
• Feeling pressured to tell customers to vote or act in certain ways [14:54]
• How RedBalloon can help both employers and employees [17:32]
• Farewell to Andrew [18:58]
• “Classical Tools Recap” [19:24]
• “Current Events Discussion”: Recession (Part 2) [22:39]
• Ad: ActorsBible [27:17]
• “Classical Crypto”: The Ethereum 2.0 Merge [27:44]
• Outro [31:04]

Mentions

• RedBalloon
• Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS)
• Stanford University
• Emsi
• Software as a Service (SaaS) | Wikipedia
• Populi
• CareerBuilder
• KKR
• Pronoun Landmine
• The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan | Amazon
• How to Climb Higher Ed’s Impending Demographic Cliff | Capture
• Ethereum 2.0 Definition | Investopedia
• Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Founder) | Forbes