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Mara Brazer, Founder & CEO of Brazer Communications, a PR firm that boasts of companies such as GAP and Lucasfilm as clients, shares her thoughts on how someone can build and grow their network.

Some of the areas Mara talks about include:

1. If you're shy, find the other shy people at events

2. Ask questions that make the other person open up. Mara shares examples.

3. Have your elevator pitch ready

4. Follow up with the people you meet at an event

5. Use volunteering and interest based activities as a good way to begin meeting people

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Virali Modi was paralyzed neck down when she was just 14. Today, she is a Top Quora Writer (68.5K followers), a published writer across many esteemed publications including Slate, Buzzfeed, etc., and Miss Wheelchair India 2014 Runner Up.

In this episode, Virali shares her story, how she was paralyzed - a harrowing 23 day period during which she had near death experiences, thrice.

While suffering from depression for a long time and coming close to attempting suicide, today Virali is a positive and ambitious person, with a very hopeful attitude towards life.

Virali's motto in life is "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" from the movie Finding Nemo. In this episode, she shares her story and message with LED listeners.

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Ariel Lee, Former Category Manager at CVS Health, shares with us what the role of a Category Manager at a large Retail company is all about.

At CVS Health, Ariel was responsible for $300M P&L and 16+ partners across 7,800 stores and CVS.com. Ariel has a BA in Neuroscience from Cornell University, and an MBA with a focus on Marketing and Strategy from Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. What is Category Management

2. The day to day job of a Category Manager in Retail

3. Importance of understanding consumer behavior to be a good category manager

4. Dealing and negotiating with multiple partners for your category

5. The kind of person who would do well in this job - dealing with multiple stakeholders, lot of data analysis, deadlines, etc.

6. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job

7. Tips for interested candidates

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Sairee Chahal, Founder & CEO of sheroes.in, an India based careers destination for women with >1M members, shares her journey, how she started Sheroes, the decisions she took and her approach towards life and career overall.

Nominated for the Editor’s choice for L’oreal Femina Women’s Award, she is also a Cartier Women’s Award Initiative for 2012 alumni, a TED speaker, Business Today, Most Powerful Women in Indian Business 2012 and has been featured on shows like Young Turks, Pioneering Spirit and What Women Want.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. Sairee's childhood and beginnings

2. Her voracious appetite for reading

3. Her first foray into startups - Newslink, a company that provided local news to ships

4. How she started Fleximoms, which later inspired Sheroes

5. Qualities that have led to her success

6. Her realization that she could have been even more ambitious

7. Advice for overall career greatness!

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Ritu Dalmia, Indian Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur, shares her experiences from her career as a successful chef and her thoughts on how someone can build a career as a chef.

Ritu is the chef and co-owner of the popular Italian restaurant "Diva" in New Delhi, India. Her other restaurants include "Latitude 28" and "Cafe Diva".

She hosted a cooking show called "Italian Khana" for NDTV Good Times for three seasons, and has published five cooking books. Today, she hosts a travel and cooking show called Travelling Diva that airs on NDTV Good Times channel.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. How Ritu got into a career in cooking

2. Ritu's beliefs on whether going to a cooking school is needed

3. What being a chef is all about and how it's much more about leadership and management than just about cooking

4. How she always follows her gut

5. The experience she tries to create in her restaurants

6. Great food movies!

7. Qualities in someone who should consider becoming a Chef

8. Ritu's litmus test for anyone who wants to work with her - Olio Aglio pasta!

9. Tips and suggestions for aspiring chefs

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Miwa Gardener-Page, Strategic Partner Manager at Google, shares some great tips for building your network including how you can be more effective at events and how to connect with people on LinkedIn and other similar platforms.

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In this holiday episode, Vishal Srivastav, currently a Product Manager at Amazon, and who was also the very first guest on LED (Episode 1 on Product Marketing Management), shares his suggestions on books and podcasts for you to check out in the coming year. Vishal shares some great suggestions, from biographies, to personal growth, to physics and books in a number of other genres.

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Andrew McCoomb, Litigation Lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, gives a great in-depth account of what working as a lawyer entails. This is a great listen for anyone interested in exploring a career in law.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. How Andrew's interest in debating contributed to his decision to get into Law

2. What someone in Corporate Litigation does

3. Andrew walks us through a typical case, from beginning to end

4. What it's like to argue your case in court

5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job

6. Advice for interested candidates

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Jim McCarthy works with executives to build happy, high-performance teams. He is an internationally acclaimed leadership consultant and motivational speaker. Jim’s workshops often include scientific research, anecdotes, writing exercises, group discussion, action items, and daily practices.

Jim has more than 19 years of executive and board level experience at Silicon Valley startups. He became employee # 258 at Yahoo in 1997, and later worked at NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. Earlier in his career, Jim was an English teacher in Frankfurt, a business journalist in Madrid, and a McKinsey consultant in Munich.

Audiences deeply appreciate Jim’s unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, Internet pioneer, world traveler, father, and person living with a cancer diagnosis.

In this episode, Jim shares what he learnt when he was diagnosed with cancer, and his message for others as they go through their own lives and careers.

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Michelle Taylerson, Senior PR Manager at Amazon, shares her thoughts on working in Public Relations. With more than 15 years of experience in PR, Michelle shares a number of great stories and insights from here career so far in this episode.

Some of the areas we touch upon include:

1. What the job of a PR manager entails

2. Examples of projects that a PR manager works on

3. What a crisis situation might look like for someone in PR

4. Difference between working at a PR agency vs being in the PR deptt of a large company

5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job

6. Importance of relationships in PR

7. Helpful resources for candidates interested in working in PR

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