MESSAGE 16: CHRISTINE CONCEPCIÓN

Christine

Concepción

Founder and CEO, xipi

Question:  As a leader, what is your message to Americans who are frightened about the future due to the Coronavirus?

Message: Depending on where you are in the country, you may have already been home for weeks by now. You’ve exhausted all of Netflix’s content, you may have attended dozens and dozens of Zoom meetings and, assuredly, you received e-mails from CEO’s saying that these are challenging times. I hate to be another one to say the same thing. But they are.

The truth is that none of us know how to pandemic perfectly. This is uncharted waters for everyone. Some of you may be concerned about keeping your family safe and being able to provide for them. I know some of you have lost your jobs or know someone who has. And all of these things are frightening.

I will offer this - there has not yet, in the history of time, been a time where we did not overcome. You are watching this now likely on a device, a device that thousands of years ago could not even been thought of.

Great companies are built in turmoil and you would be surprised what opportunities make themselves available in hard times.

I am asking you for tenacity. I am asking you for some grit. And I am promising you sunnier days ahead.

I want to say thank you to all of our essential workers. Say thank you to them when you see them. Our drivers - our grocery store workers - of course our health care workers. And I want to say thank you to Anthony and Justin for giving us this opportunity to speak to a wider audience.

Love from New York.

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Christine Concepción is the Founder and CEO of xipi, a fun, easy, no bull, financial literacy gaming and media engine for millennials and gen Z.

Christine is a first generation New York native from the South Bronx, passionate about democratizing accessible education for all. Christine spent years working in entertainment and media creating world wide viral content for Grammy award winning recording artists before pivoting to financial services including, investment banking, consulting and alternative asset classes.

Christine holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University in the City of New York, Magna Cum Laude.  Christine is also a graduate of Founder Gym, where she was named ‘Best in Cohort’ for Cohort 12, and Y Combinator Startup School.

When Christine isn’t working she enjoys time with her dachshund, fitness, and devoting energy to philanthropic endeavors that are focused on sustainability and human rights. 

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Video and Photo: Courtesy Christine Concepción