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Building Wealth Without Losing Your Soul - Ken Salazar - S6 -E1
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👤 Connect with Today’s Guest – Ken Salazar
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Website: https://www.gosilveredge.com/
Email: ken@gosilveredge.com
Ken Salazar is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years in payments and fintech. From investment banking during the tech bust to scaling and exiting a payments business — and later buying it back — Ken shares hard-earned lessons about growth, leadership, and purpose.
We talk about why America is still behind in payments innovation, how COVID accelerated digital adoption, and why scaling too fast can destroy a company. But more importantly, Ken opens up about a deeply personal realization at age 31 — when outward success left him feeling completely empty.
What you’ll learn:
• Why founders must not “scale broke”
• The hidden dangers of private equity pressure
• How success can mask personal emptiness
• The discipline behind faith, fitness, and family
• Why you can’t do anything alone — but must own everything yourself
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 – From Investment Banking to Payments
1:49 – Reinventing Payments & Fintech Exit
13:29 – Faith, Family & Daily Discipline
35:16 – Success Without Fulfillment
37:42 – Don’t Scale Broke & Final Advice
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