“I realized I could make a bigger, scalable impact by using food as preventative medicine, a concept few were talking about when we launched 13 years ago,” Lewensztain, now the founder and CEO of That’s It Nutrition, tells Fortune.
“Pivoting to business school and starting the company quickly became the only path that made sense.”
“If you’re hesitant, somebody else will take your spot in a heartbeat,” he says.
With three degrees to his name, Lewensztain is seemingly a poster child for higher education.
However, as a business leader, when he’s hiring for a role, someone’s educational background is the least of his worries. In fact, when looking at résumés, he skips over degrees and instead is focused on candidates’ skills.
“I really try to look at what kind of thinking you can do on the fly,” Lewensztain lists the green flags he’s looking for instead. “Can you think out of the box? Do you feel like you can handle situations? Because for us at least on a day-to-day basis, there are always challenges that come across all different whether it’s operations, sales, you have to be able to pivot very, very quickly.”
The immense value of getting your hands dirty and being adaptive to the job is a mindset shared by many business leaders.
Rather, he said, “it’s your capacity to say, ‘Hey, here is the new tool set, here’s the new challenge.’”
