#55 Beyond the Spreadsheet: A Finance Leader’s Journey to Mentor of the Year with David Hasler

Send us Fan MailDavid Hasler has led finance and strategy for some of the biggest names in business—Walmart ($125B grocery division), Procter & Gamble, Bath & Body Works, and The Body Shop. He's sat in the CFO chair and navigated private-equity pressure. But his most interesting chapter might be the one he's writing now: as a one-person consulting firm founder, Kentucky's Startup Mentor of the Year, and a guy who bootstrapped his way to over $1M in revenue using "free credit from Facebook."In this episode, David pulls back the curtain on the moments that shaped him—saving a plant from shutdown, creating P&G's first brand divestiture playbook, pitching "intrapreneurial" ideas inside Walmart that saved over $1B, and yes, the hard lessons that he calls "failures of sorts." You'll hear what it's really like to go from the C-suite to solo consulting, and how "being present" became his most effective marketing strategy.Whether you're a startup founder, a corporate finance veteran, or just someone who loves a good story about reinvention, this conversation is packed with practical wisdom, hard-earned humility, and a surprising amount of heart.Connect with David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhasler/