From Wall Street to Garage Startup: Matt Plooster’s Culture-First Blueprint for Investment Banking

What happens when a former Wall Street banker trades skyscrapers for a garage — and builds a mission-driven investment bank from scratch? In this episode of Leadership Levers, Matt Plooster, Founder & CEO of Bridgepoint Investment Banking, shares the remarkable journey that took him from billion-dollar transactions at Deutsche Bank to launching a boutique firm with a simple belief: people and culture aren’t just part of the business — they ARE the business. Matt’s story is anything but ty...