My Worst Investment Ever September 2026
Ep824: Pierre Rogers – Lessons on Trust, Ownership, and Rebuilding From Zero
BIO: Pierre Rogers is a founder and author based in Irvine, California. After his first company collapsed, resulting in federal prison and $1.6M in personal debt, he rebuilt from less than zero—launching a new company.
STORY: Pierre hired his best friend as CFO, ignored repeated warnings from his own team, and watched that one decision spiral into a PPP fraud scandal, a federal indictment, and 18 months behind bars.
LEARNING: What you tolerate in the people you lead says more about your judgment than anything you say or do yourself.
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Ep823: Tony Martignetti – The One-Week Fundraising Plan Small Nonprofits Are Missing
BIO: Tony Martignetti is the author of the upcoming book, Planned Giving Accelerated. He’s been helping small- and mid-size US nonprofits launch Planned Giving fundraising programs since 1997. Tony is a lawyer, but he doesn’t write or talk like one. He weaves in his background in stand-up comedy and improv to make Planned Giving easy, accessible, and affordable.
STORY: Tony returns with a different kind of investment story: how he spent eight months writing Planned Giving Accelerated, a book designed to help small and mid-sized nonprofits launch a legacy giving program in as little as one week.
LEARNING: The best fundraising asset most small nonprofits already have is their most loyal, longest-tenured donors, and putting it to work costs nothing but a conversation.
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