We first met Aaron Schumm in the rooms where nerdy people talk about the future of retirement savings, and how it might be made better, faster. As a private sector expert he is, of course, anything but nerdy. Aaron is the founder and CEO of Vestwell, a “modern engine powering savings and investment programs for small businesses and individual savers”. So what do they think of Auto IRAs? We had to know.

Employer buy-in is essential to the success of state-sponsored auto-IRA programs, but getting the attention of busy employers isn’t easy, especially across different geographies and industries. So how do you find them and help them get onboard? We share six proven approaches that work.

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