Episode 60 with Parachute Bridge Founder Rutledge Long

Founder of Parachute Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee Rutledge Long joins this episode. Rutledge talks about:

• Pivoting his business from Experience, In-Person based to Virtual. 
• Removing Barriers-to-Entry in his business with a greater impact on customers. 
• The power of a Gap year for students and a major University that encourages it. 
• The insanity of Student-Loan debt and why only 37% of College students have a positive outcome. 
• The amount of open positions that do not require a College degree. 
• Growing up in Charleston, SC and leaving the South to go to college in Maine and graduating in the 2008 Recession. 
• Through focusing on serving others, finding his true calling. 
• Realizing the power of a dollar. 
• Founding his company through a Graduate school project. 
• Everything getting faster and cheaper except College and failing to keep up with a changing economy and technology.
• The "New Collar" jobs that are emerging in today's economy. 
• Taking ownership of your own learning. 

To learn more about Parachute Bridge go to www.parachutebridge.org

@Parachute Bridge on Instagram or connect with Rutledge at rutledge@parachutebridge.org