Michael Sikand is a legend when it comes to meeting people who he probably shouldn't be meeting. He's interviewed people like Marc Randolph (Co-Founder of Netflix), Paul English (Founder of KAYAK), and Alex Lieberman (Co-Founder of The Morning Brew).

How did he do it? We uncover all of his cheatcodes in this episode!

Michael Sikand - Founder of Our Future HQ

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Yup... it happened and it can happen to you too!

This episode is all about how you can meet the higher-ups of the company that you're interning at. We break down how you can start conversations and where to do research so you aren't stuck in an awkward conversation.

You will hear from:

Julian Alvarez - incoming software engineer at Facebook and Co-Founder of Vize

Spencer Solaz - former graphic design intern at Veritas Technologies

Ish Baid - former Facebook software engineer, founder of Try Virtually 

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Informational interviews is a sort of secret way to get in touch with people at the companies that you want to work at. The problem is no one really tells you how to get them or what to say/ask once you are in one.

We uncover all of those by talking with students who have mastered the art of informational interviews.

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In this episode you will hear from:

Hanson Fox - Operations intern at Ampersand Professionals

Sarah Ahmed - Product Design intern at Opal, Technical Writing intern at Salesforce

Simran Budhwani - Social Media Marketing Intern at Ampersand Professionals

Jane Xiong - incoming Masters Student, Newsletter lead and Market Research team at Neutrify

Networking, the word everyone uses and everyone hates. But with this simple cheat code it not only makes it easy, but also can make it fun too.

No more scrambling and trying to remember who and when to hit someone back up. This is everything you'll need to know to build a system around networking.

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In this episode you will hear from:

Jonaed Iqbal - Founder/CEO of nodegree.com

Julian Alvarez - Software engineer at Facebook, Cofounder CTO of Vize, host of the Inventing The Future podcast

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As much as we'd had to admit it, experience has its merit sometimes and in the world of personal finances, experience is king (or queen).

Here is a link to our personal finance playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xENTdxhthlOB9k0NGyBlJ?si=410b141f78c64a94

So in this episode, you will hear from a couple of individuals who both know about personal finances as well as have found ways to work towards their own financial freedom:

Bernie Su - 3 - time Emmy award winner, Founder of 96 Next

Ramona Ortega - CEO of My Money, My Future

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Check out the $2,500 scholarship from Extra Space Storage!

Start now or you'll probably regret it later when you really learn about compound interest. Time is on your side and since we're only getting older we might as well try to make more money too.

In this episode you will hear from:

Gigi - the first gen mentor

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Warren Buffet famously made a $1,000,000 bet against hedge funds that an index fund would outperform hedge funds over a 10 year period. 

And he won by a LARGE margin.

In this episode we share more about what index funds are and compare them to mutual funds, etf, and other types of investments.

If the stock market is level one, where to put your money is step 2.

This is not financial advice and it's aim is to provide informational knowledge.

In this episode you will hear from:

Scott Goldsmith - Senior Financial Advisor at Ronald Blue Trust

Josh Fontanilla - Host of the Tip Jar Podcast

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College is expensive, but adulting is even worse! Buying a car, a house, and then maintaining everything adds up and if you don't prep for it, you may be paying a lot more than you expected. But don't worry, we got your back to make sure that when you make that next big purchase, you have everything prepared.

In this episode you will hear from:

Ryan Sullivan - Founder of Podcast Principles

Luis Duque - Bridge Engineer

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