Establishing Wealth That Lasts with Lindsay Hadley, Managing Director of Harbor Fund

2026-01-20

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Lindsay Hadley is the Managing Director of Harbor Fund, the first venture capital-shaped 501(c)3 investing in films and television that change culture for good. She's the founding executive director behind Global Citizen, brought the first $17 million to the organization, and has spent her career galvanizing A-list celebrities, billionaire philanthropists, and major corporations around causes that matter. Her journey from witnessing extreme poverty in post-Soviet Russia to raising $12 million in her first year at Harbor Fund is a masterclass in applied faith and relentless purpose. In this conversation, Lindsay reveals how...

In this conversation, Lindsay reveals how growing up in a conservative Mormon community where women were expected to be stay-at-home mothers shaped her resistance to traditional career paths—and how becoming the primary breadwinner created painful but necessary conversations in her marriage. You'll discover the inflection point when she sold her dream home for double what she built it for, moved to Hawaii, and completely reimagined her relationship with money and mental health.

Lindsay shares why she left the "eat what you kill" consulting treadmill to build residual income, how she's now matching philanthropists with Hollywood's elite to fund purpose-driven storytelling, and why changing one person's world matters as much as changing the world.

Key Topics:

How witnessing extreme poverty in post-Soviet Russia shaped a lifelong paradigm about money and privilege
Navigating the painful cognitive dissonance of being the primary breadwinner in a traditional marriage
The financial inflection point of selling a home for double and rethinking wealth strategy at 40
Moving from "eat what you kill" consulting to building residual income streams
Why the most powerful engine in the world is Hollywood—and how to hijack it for good
Creating the first venture capital-shaped nonprofit investing in films that change culture
Building a $100 million fund to become top 1% of independent film financing
Why dangerous love and being fully known matters more than any professional legacy