#9 Craig Hatoff: An Investment Banker, Best Selling Author's Principle of Awe & Disruptive Innovation to Success.

Hello Nirvana

What makes America a land that attracts millions of entrepreneurs to innovate and build some of the world's most disruptive brands? Most of us who've immigrated here, cannot deny how it rewards true passion and give you a platform to turn a far fetched dream into reality.
This episode dives into the mindset of a successful American entrepreneur- Craig Hatoff and his path to living by the principles of AWE & applying disruptive innovation theory to all accepts of life along with building some of the most prolific businesses.
He looks at the world and fosters innovation through his Disruptor Foundation.
An amazing dinner table story teller, Craig Hatoff, is a man of multiple interests, passion and an insatiable curiosity that led him to disrupt, galvanize and innovate multiple fields over the decades. He’s known as a pioneer in commercial mortgage securitization, he co-founded one of the largest real estate investment management-NYSE listed company Capital Trust, a former trustee of NYC school construction Authority, Chairman of Turtle Pond- a children’s publishing & entertainment company that illuminate resilience and emotional learning. He authored a NYT best selling children’s book.
An investor, mentor and also teaches courses on entrepreneurship and innovation. He’s famously known as one of the three Co-Founders of TriBeCa Film Festival that was started to revive downtown NY after 9/11 crisis.
We discuss his early experience of disruptive innovation, and meeting his collaborator -the father of Disruptive Innovation strategy with whom he started the Disruptors Foundation, along with Rabbi Irwin Kula.
Reader's Digest being a source of inspiration not only for me in India but also for Craig's father who stated NY's first discounted toy store.
How to cultivate an open mind that fosters innovation.