Angela Duckworth is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit with the mission of advancing the science and practice of character development – but you probably know her best as the author of New York Times Bestseller Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at https://angeladuckworth.com
• Read: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angeladuckworthgrit
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/angeladuckw

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Kymberlee Jay is a former professional dancer, choreographer, and Nike athlete who founded DoodleDirect, a visual communications company that creates animated videos for internal and external brand communications.

It was a long and winding road that brought Kymberlee from dancing to doodling, but today she shares the mindset and strategies that helped her break into the dance industry without a traditional dance background and then start her own digital communications company.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Kymberleejay.com
• Doodledirect.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kymberleejay/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kymberleejay/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KymberleeJay/

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Stephanie Kaplan Lewis is the co-founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Media, the number one media brand for college women, which she co-founded in 2009 as an undergraduate at Harvard.

Stephanie and Her Campus have a great story, and it’s one that we’re so happy to share on this podcast because it is truly a case of the dorm room being the boardroom – at least, at first.

We learn how these three undergrads started a media empire from their dorm rooms, how Her Campus is giving college students the opportunity to get work experience today, and why you – yes, YOU – should stop waiting and start that thing while you’re still in college.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at HerCampus.com
• Apply for a job at HerCampusmedia.com/careers
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HerCampus/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HerCampusMagazine
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/HerCampus

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Seth Goldman is a change maker in the food industry. He did it first with Honest Tea, the organic and fair-trade beverage brand he launched out of his house in 1998 with co-founder Barry Nalebuff, which was then acquired by the Coca-Cola Company.

Today, Seth continues to play a role with the company as “TeaEO Emeritus,” but has also taken on an additional role as Executive Chairman of Beyond Meat, a fast-growing, plant-based protein that's redefining the way we eat meat.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-goldman-234bb7124/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/HonestSeth

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Priya Sapra is the COO and the CPO of SHYFT Analytics, an industry-leading, cloud-based data analytics and insights organization in the life sciences.

Priya is also a self-described serial entrepreneur who has had the privilege of serving on five high-growth organizations since she graduated college. By training, she is a scientist. By practice, she is a makeshift statistician. And through it all, she is a working mom.

Priya gets a lot done, she does it all very well, and she keeps an exceptionally positive outlook on life – and today, we’re going to learn how she does it all!

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Check out https://www.shyftanalytics.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-bhargava-sapra-8981a81/

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For many years, Roger Nierenberg served as Music Director of the Stanford Symphony in Connecticut, The Jacksonville Symphony in Florida, and as a guest conductor for many symphonies around the world. But today, Roger runs an innovative program that uses his insights from symphonic music to help companies and organizations manage organizational change, called The Music Paradigm.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at http://www.musicparadigm.com/
• Read: Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening by Roger Nierenberg
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogernierenberg

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Our guest today is Lynn Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Pivt, a tool that helps relocated employees acclimate to their new city right away.

Lynn was a Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures prior to founding and being the CEO of Pivt, and at Autonomy Ventures, she helped find startups that would be investable for the firm, managed teams, and helped these startups build and grow. She is also a Board Member and the Vice President of Panels for the New York Venture Community and a mentor at For Women in Business at Yeshiva University and Astia.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at http://pivtapp.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-greenberg-3515865a/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynngreenberg10

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Robert Harary is the founder and CEO of OneH, an online platform that connects startups with a global pool of investors and partners based on their shared financial and strategic interests.

Robert is 21 and runs a tech startup, but refuses to wear a hoodie and jeans to work. He runs a platform that connects startups with investors and enables them with the tools they need to grow, but despises startup culture as we know it. He has a fundamentally different way of envisioning and mapping his company's growth and avoids thinking in buzz words. He believes in growing on a balance between hustle, radical clarity, and grounded but intense optimism.

In the same way Mark Zuckerberg runs the most successful social network in history but may be the most socially awkward founder in the planet, Robert may be the least startup-y startup founder you have met in a long time.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at oneh.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertharary/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertharary?lang=en
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertharary/?hl=en

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Ryder Carroll is the creator of the Bullet Journal and the author of a new book called The Bullet Journal Method.

He has been doing Bullet Journal full-time since April of 2018, but it took a long time to get there. Before that, he was a digital product designer – and before that, he was just trying to make ends meet.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Check out https://bulletjournal.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bulletjournal/?hl=en
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rydercarroll
• Watch: “How to declutter your mind -- keep a journal | Ryder Carroll | TEDxYale”

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Our guest today is Sarah Green Carmichael, who was an Executive Editor at Harvard Business Review at the time of our interview, where she co-hosted HBR IdeaCast and Women at Work Podcast. Sarah now works as the Idea Editor at Barron’s.

If you’re not familiar, Harvard Business Review is the world's premier management magazine and publication. They publish articles, podcasts, videos, books, and other media with the goal of trying to help people be better managers, get more out of their careers, be better bosses, have more of an impact on the world.

For more information, visit: http://Brandeis.edu

Resources:

• Learn more at https://hbr.org/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/skgreen
• Women at Work Podcast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work
• HBR IdeaCast: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast
• Dear HBR: https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr

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