By Edward Gorbis
The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.
Edward welcomes Austin Belcak on the show. Austin is the founder of CultivatedCulture.com where he helps people land jobs they love without traditional experience and without applying online. Austin’s job search system stems from his personal experience transitioning from a new grad with a biology degree, a 2.58 GPA, and a job in healthcare to landing interviews and offers at Microsoft, Google, and Twitter.
We Discuss: 1) His 200 business ideas that did not work 2) Why he decided to work at Microsoft 3) Translatable skills from corporate to entrepreneurship 4) Mindset 5) Networking formula 6) What’s next for Cultivated Culture
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Edward welcomes Aishwarya Srinivasan to the show. Aishwarya is an AI & ML Innovation Leader at IBM Data & AI. She holds a post-graduate in Data Science from Columbia University. During her engagements, she primarily focuses on bringing in machine learning research to create business value. She is very focused on expanding her horizons in the machine learning research community including her recent Patent Award won in 2018 for developing a Reinforcement Learning model for Machine Trading.
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Edward welcomes Delian Asparouhov to the show. Delian is a principal at Founders Fund. Before joining Founders Fund, he was a principal at Khosla Ventures, head of growth at Teespring, and founder of a healthcare company called Nightingale. Delian is Bulgarian, attended MIT, and likes to ski and play soccer.
We discuss 1) What his Bulgarian parents wanted him to become 2) Dropping out of MIT 3) The impact of interning at Square and meeting Keith Rabois 4) The future of Venture Capital 5) How to get into VC
Edward welcomes Nick Mehta to the show. He is an American technology entrepreneur and is currently the CEO of Gainsight. Prior to that, he was the CEO of LiveOffice, which was sold to Symantec. He is often credited for creating the customer success category.
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Helping immigrants thrive requires a dedicated focus. In today's episode, I chat with Sophie Alcorn, who founded Alcorn Immigration Law, the fastest-growing immigration law firm in Silicon Valley, and the 2019 recipient of Global Law Experts’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services” award. Sophie is certified as a specialist attorney in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She writes a weekly immigration column for TechCrunch and hosts a weekly podcast, Immigration Law for Tech Startups.
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In this episode, I chat with a 5X entrepreneur and leadership connoisseur. Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He passionately believes that all human beings have incredible creative capacity, and he's on a mission to unlock inventive thinking and creative problem solving to help leaders, individuals, and communities soar. Josh has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million, and is the author of four books including the New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming, and The Road to Reinvention. Josh is also a passionate Detroiter, the father of four, is a professional-level jazz guitarist.
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When you have a deep passion for helping people, you should pursue it wholeheartedly. In today's conversation, we chat with Shivani Berry, who is the Founder of Ascend, a program to empower women with the skills to grow in their careers and be influential leaders. She is a career coach and product leader with experience in go-to-market and finance at fast-growing and established top-tier companies. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Her work experience has taught her it’s the soft skills that help you move up: your ability to build relationships, influence effectively, and inspire teams.
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Kara Goldin is the author of Undaunted and Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint Water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Previously, Kara was VP of Shopping and Ecommerce at AOL where she helped lead the growth of its shopping and e-commerce business to over $1 billion in revenue. She is an active speaker and writer and, in 2017, she launched Unstoppable with Kara Goldin, a podcast where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs, and disruptors across various industries.
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Dynamic careers make for the best founders. Matteo Franceschetti made multiple pivots from law to solar energy to founding the world's leading sleep fitness company. Matteo joins us for a powerful discussion today. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the world's leading sleep enhancement company. Matteo holds multiple patents in tech and health and is a Member of the Forbes Technology Council. Prior to Eight, Matteo co-founded two cleantech companies - GIR and Global Investment. He graduated with a Law degree from University of Ferrara and was a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Steve Schlafman is a professional certified coach and Founder of High Output. He is an angel investor, facilitator, speaker, former operator, and recovering VC. This episode is a wide-ranging, emotional journey through the nooks and crannies of investing, introspection, meditation, and sobriety.
The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.