Fall seven times, stand up eight. Stockpile CEO & Founder Avi Lele Chats about Buying Stocks

Summary: Avi grew up in Cookeville, TN and Burlington, MA. After studying engineering at MIT and law at Harvard, Avi practiced law for more than 15 years at Ropes &amp; Gray and Kirkland &amp; Ellis. A few Christmases ago, Avi wanted to give his kids, nieces, and nephews stock in their favorite brands, but gave up because it was such a hassle.<br><br>Avi lives in Palo Alto, where you’ll often find him and his wife, Anuja, cheering on their two kids' sports teams or planning a family bike ride to some hole-in-the-wall restaurant.<br><br>Avi holds the Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.<br><br>Stockpile’s mission is to make it easy for beginners of any age, including children and millennials, to learn about stock, get started investing in stocks or to gift stocks. Stockpile enables you to buy fractional shares with as little as $5 making it possible for anyone to own stock in their favorite companies, including Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Disney, Nike, Tesla and 1,000 other popular stocks as well as ETFs. Stockpile also allows you to gift stock via purchase of e-gift cards or retail cards sold at major retail chains such as Kroger’s, Office Depot, Safeway and Staples. A growing number of Fortune 500 companies are using Stockpile gift cards for employee rewards and customer loyalty programs. More than half of Americans don’t own any stock, only 14% own individual stock and 80% of stock is owned by the 10% of wealthiest 10%. Stockpile was created by CEO &amp; Co-founder Avi Lele to give those who are missing out on one of the best ways to grow wealth an easy way to learn about stocks and get started investing.<br><br><a href="http://www.stockpile.com" rel="noopener">www.stockpile.com</a><br><br>Positive Phil Podcast is a daily podcast hosted by Positive Phil. <br><br>Our popular growing podcast currently airs on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spreaker, Soundcloud, on our official website, RSS feeds globally, and many more digital platforms!<br><br>If you are looking for another way to stay motivated in life, be sure to subscribe to our episodes.<br><br><a href="http://www.positivephil.com" rel="noopener">www.positivephil.com</a>