Moving Up

By Alex Grodnik

What's Moving Up about?

Hear directly from marketing and business leaders. Secrets to success, struggles along the way, optimal career paths and life in general.

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Moving Up episodes:

03.19.2024
E179: Adam Dell (Clarity Money acquired by Goldman Sachs) – Run towards what you’re good at
Adam discovered his interest in venture capital while in law school then hustled his way into the industry by offering to work for free. Not being afraid to do the work, going deep and the importance of focus. Starting Clarity...
03.06.2024
E178: Joseph Woodbury (CEO/Co-founder of Neighbor) – The startup journey
Joseph is the co-founder of Neighbor, the Airbnb of storage. Turning down a job at Bain, how to raise capital from business competitions and create FOMO with investors at the same time. Also, building a company guided by values and...
02.19.2024
E177: Frank Rotman (QED Investors) - Getting to yes
Getting a job at Capital One before it was called fintech. The importance of exploration in a career, what to look for in your job and the future of consumer finance.
02.14.2024
E176: Khaled Hussein (Red Door) - Trust the network
Founding Tilt and the learnings from the incredible journey. Now building a real estate tech company to simplify the mortgage process. Working on difficult problems that will can change the world and being stubborn on where you want to be...
02.12.2024
E175: Colin Walsh (Varo Money) – Building a delightful bank
Colin had a huge career in finance (GE Capital, Amex and Wells Fargo). He got the experience, identified the problem, and started Varo to re-invent the model. Also, banking in the US vs UK.
02.08.2024
E174: Immad Akhund (Mercury) – The biggest risk in not capturing the upside
Immad has gone from startup to startup. Joining a company already in YC, starting a video game company and now a bank for startups. Also, his advice for how to network successfully.
02.02.2024
E173: Anu Schultes (CEO LendUp) - Always an optimist
Growing up in India and coming to the US for grad school, Anu had no idea of the challenges that lay ahead for her. Letting go of your fear of failure and striving to make a difference every day. A...
01.31.2024
E172: Nima Ghamsari (Blend) - Focusing on impact
Walking away from a very lucrative career playing professional poker during college in the pursuit of adding value to society. Starting Blend after seeing the opportunity to digitize and simplify the mortgage process.
04.05.2023
E171: Ken Kaufman - Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations
Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations, The 9 Required Clarity Tools.
11.29.2022
E170: Chris Dreyer - Niching Up - Achieving Specialized Market Focus
Founder and now author Chris Dreyer explains the importance of focusing on the one thing you can be best at and how a search for "how to make money online" set him on his journey.
10.18.2022
E169: Mike Glauser - 6 Universal Truths for Being Happy Together
Entrepreneur and professor Mike Glauser lays out a clear path to help us all increase our happiness and live peacefully on this planet
07.05.2022
E168: Larry Yatch - How Leadership Actually Works
Retired Navy Seal Larry Yatch reveals leadership principles for life and business.
06.01.2022
E167: Gabe Nelson - The Solopreneur’s Money Manifesto
Gabe talks us through his journey providing financial advice to entrepreneurs and his new book which lays out a foundation to maximize your financial future and build your ideal life.
05.17.2022
E166: Sunny Bonnel (Motto) - A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different
Sunny walks us through starting a branding agency that works with innovative, high-growth companies to now developing a Rare Breed framework to reveal why success doesn’t come from fitting in, but by being who you truly are, even while the...
03.17.2022
E165: Melisa Tokmak (Scale AI) - Growing a company and career
Melisa (Document AI GM at Scale) walks us through her journey and what motivated her to leave her small village in Turkey, learn English and get accepted to Stanford. Also, her precise advice on what you should be doing early...
03.15.2022
E165: Melisa Tokmak (Scale AI) - Growing a company and career
Melisa (Chief of Staff at Scale) walks us through her journey and what motivated her to leave her small village in Turkey, learn English and get accepted to Stanford. Also, her precise advice on what you should be doing early...
02.15.2022
E164: Barry Magliarditi - Sex, Drugs, and Radical Self-Expression
Barry walks us through his journey to finding his authentic self and learning to listen to his intuition. Also, how to find the right path for you and live a happy and meaningful life.
01.11.2022
E163: Robert Towle - Don't Be Dumb
Robert lays out his playbook for how to think critically and navigate obstacles in both life and business.
12.21.2021
E162: Frederik Mijnhardt (Secfi) - Understanding Equity
Frederik walks us through his journey from consultant to startup CEO and we learn about how his company helps startup employees learn and manage what to do with their equity.
11.23.2021
E161: Darshan Mehta - Getting to Aha
Darshan tells us about his career exploring the nature of insights - what they are, how to uncover them, and how to use them to drive innovation and audience engagement.
10.12.2021
E160: Fabrice Testa - Becoming a Super-Entrepreneur
Fabrice lays out a framework for how to turn a crazy idea into a world changing business.
07.21.2021
E159: Travis Holoway (Solo Funds) - Social Loans
Creating a marketplace like Airbnb for small dollar loans (under $1,000).
06.22.2021
E158: Arad Levertov (Sunbit) - the future of consumer credit
Finance struggles for an Israeli immigrant and how that led to the founding of Sunbit, a fintech company that allows you to split any purchase into payments.
06.09.2021
E157: JC de Swaan - Seeking virtue for a career in finance
Beginning his career in consulting for Mckinsey and now in the investing business as well as being a professor at Princeton. JC lays out a framework for how to balance having a successful career in finance while also helping to...
05.25.2021
E156: Ian Bentley (Parker Clay) - Made in Ethiopia
Leaving a comfortable life in Santa Barbara, moving to Ethiopia, adopting 2 kids and trying to make the world a better place. Then, seeing his opportunity, Ian started Parker Clay – a leather good’s company that’s re-imagining what it means...
05.11.2021
E155: Search funds with Orlan and John
Everything you ever wanted to know about starting a search fund with 2 guys that just did it.
04.28.2021
E154: Joel Schwartz (Double Check) - The journey of an entrepreneur
Joel describes his journey from a branch manager at a bank to the founder of an incredible fintech startup. Also, his wisdom for if you should become an entrepreneur or not.
04.13.2021
E153: Eric Rachmel (Brace) - IB to VC to startup founder
Exciting conversation about the future of the mortgage servicing market! Seriously, Eric has an impressive background and is building something very cool.
03.30.2021
E152: Amira Valliani (Glow) - From the white house to podcasting
The Journey from working in politics to founding a disruptive podcasting business after b-school.
03.16.2021
E151: David Chan (Farmtogether) - Investing in farmland
With a journey through banking, an agriculture startup and private equity, David describes the importance of farmland and how this massive asset class, which has been inaccessible to most, is being democratized by Farmtogether.
03.09.2021
E150: Nick Velasquez – Learn, Improve, Master
Student of learning and mastery – Nick walks us through the mind-set required to master a subject and debunks the myth that it’s spending 10,000 hours on it.
03.02.2021
E149: Mandy Cavanaugh - F*ck the Glass Ceiling
Learn how to discover what light's you up and how to build a career around it. Also, harnessing the power of femininity.
02.23.2021
E148: Mandy Gilbert - Just go with it - How to navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship
Mandy shares how entrepreneurship is an adventure worth taking, even if the path is rarely a straight line.
02.18.2021
E147: Adii Pienaar – How to live Life Profitability
3x founder and now author – Adii lays out a new measure of entrepreneurial success. We discuss how to become aware of what your underlying goals and how to incorporate them into your life and career.
02.02.2021
E146: Ross Richmond (Arrive Outdoors) - The future of the sharing economy
Ross, Co-founder of Arrive Outdoors, a company that rents outdoor equipment tells us all about how the world is moving towards a rental model and why that’s so important. Also, a great entrepreneurial story, from politics to a venture backed...
01.19.2021
E145: Kate Miller (Miss Grass) - Building a cannabis brand
Kate’s mission it to help the world get good at weed. Her story working in entertainment for Lorne Michaels, and incubating her now startup from that world. Why network = net worth and the future of the cannabis industry.
01.05.2021
E144: Joel Milne (RepairSmith) - Reinventing car repair
Joel walks us thorough the ups and downs of his startup journey. The learnings he takes away and how he’s now trying to disrupt the car repair market.
12.23.2020
E143: Eoghan McCabe (Intercom) - Insecurities and ego in business
Eoghan - Co-founder of Intercom discusses leadership lessons from founding and scaling one of Silicon Valley’s fastest growing startups. Eoghan is incredibly wise and self-reflective about this journey and he shares his insights on the only thing that matters for...
12.08.2020
E142: Everett Cook (Rho Business Banking)
Building the first digital commercial bank after a career in IB and macro investing. Why he loved banking so much, why he left to work at SAC and then the questions he made himself answer when he wanted to start...
11.24.2020
E141: Chris Hutchins (Wealthfront) - Automating your financial life
Chris is the Head of Autonomous Financial Planning at Wealthfront. He sold his startup to them after selling a company to Google. We talk about accepting a job in banking and consulting at the same time, doing whatever it takes...
11.10.2020
E140: Doug Foley The Breakout Blueprint
Doug describes the exact steps you need to take to build your ideal business. Literally – he makes it so straightforward and simple!
10.27.2020
E139: Rob Petrozzo (Rally) - Investing in your passions
Building the first liquid stock market for buying/selling collectibles. Rob describes how he turned his passion for art into a job and then how he built a platform that lets people invest in the things they care about. Also, a...
10.21.2020
E138: Jessica Jackley - Dream big but start small
Jessica answered her calling to be of service to people less fortunate than her. That calling led her to taking an unpaid internship in East Africa and then co-founding the microfinance company Kiva. A truly amazing journey centered around how...
09.23.2020
E137: Justin Nguyen (Declassified college podcast) – Differentiating yourself
LinkedIn guru Justin tells us how to stand out in college and why he turned down a consulting job to pursue his side hustle.
09.08.2020
E136: Scott Painter (Fair) – Disrupting the car business
Scott – Founder of TrueCar, CarsDirect.com and Fair has spent his entire career focused on the single problem of buying and owning a car. Joining the army, dropping out of college after selling his first business and focusing on what’s...
08.18.2020
E135: Marcus Whitney - Create and orchestrate
Going from college dropout waiting tables, to teaching himself to code, breaking into entrepreneurship and now writing an amazing book for first time entrepreneurs. Awesome journey covering the fundamentals of business, philosophies of leadership, and the principles of running a...
07.29.2020
E134: Paul Faust (Ringboost) - Cool guy Paul
Salesman extraordinaire, Paul tells us about his path to building a company and becoming his own boss. Turning yourself into a force multiplier, how to trust in what you’re doing and getting a brief part on the Office TV show!
07.08.2020
E132: Taylor Nieman (Toucan) - Micro-moments of learning
Taylor is a distribution specialist. Having learned from some of the best startups in consumer tech, she’s now building a browser extension to help people learn new things as they go about their day. What it’s ok to fail and...
06.09.2020
E131: Max Hellerstein (Extra) - Do you like steak?
Max started his first business in high school with the goal of making money with his best friend. The growth from there and the transition to creating a viral video for his push for pizza app that created his next...
05.26.2020
E130: George McGehrin - The mindset of an entrepreneur
Starting an executive placement firm and helping people craft their brands. George's learnings coming out of the last financial crisis and how to best position yourself to get a job after this one.

What's Moving Up about?

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Moving Up episodes:

E179: Adam Dell (Clarity Money acquired by Goldman Sachs) – Run towards what you’re good at

E178: Joseph Woodbury (CEO/Co-founder of Neighbor) – The startup journey

E177: Frank Rotman (QED Investors) - Getting to yes

E176: Khaled Hussein (Red Door) - Trust the network

E175: Colin Walsh (Varo Money) – Building a delightful bank

E174: Immad Akhund (Mercury) – The biggest risk in not capturing the upside

E173: Anu Schultes (CEO LendUp) - Always an optimist

E172: Nima Ghamsari (Blend) - Focusing on impact

E171: Ken Kaufman - Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations

E170: Chris Dreyer - Niching Up - Achieving Specialized Market Focus

E169: Mike Glauser - 6 Universal Truths for Being Happy Together

E168: Larry Yatch - How Leadership Actually Works

E167: Gabe Nelson - The Solopreneur’s Money Manifesto

E166: Sunny Bonnel (Motto) - A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different

E165: Melisa Tokmak (Scale AI) - Growing a company and career

E165: Melisa Tokmak (Scale AI) - Growing a company and career

E164: Barry Magliarditi - Sex, Drugs, and Radical Self-Expression

E163: Robert Towle - Don't Be Dumb

E162: Frederik Mijnhardt (Secfi) - Understanding Equity

E161: Darshan Mehta - Getting to Aha

E160: Fabrice Testa - Becoming a Super-Entrepreneur

E159: Travis Holoway (Solo Funds) - Social Loans

E158: Arad Levertov (Sunbit) - the future of consumer credit

E157: JC de Swaan - Seeking virtue for a career in finance

E156: Ian Bentley (Parker Clay) - Made in Ethiopia

E155: Search funds with Orlan and John

E154: Joel Schwartz (Double Check) - The journey of an entrepreneur

E153: Eric Rachmel (Brace) - IB to VC to startup founder

E152: Amira Valliani (Glow) - From the white house to podcasting

E151: David Chan (Farmtogether) - Investing in farmland

E150: Nick Velasquez – Learn, Improve, Master

E149: Mandy Cavanaugh - F*ck the Glass Ceiling

E148: Mandy Gilbert - Just go with it - How to navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship

E147: Adii Pienaar – How to live Life Profitability

E146: Ross Richmond (Arrive Outdoors) - The future of the sharing economy

E145: Kate Miller (Miss Grass) - Building a cannabis brand

E144: Joel Milne (RepairSmith) - Reinventing car repair

E143: Eoghan McCabe (Intercom) - Insecurities and ego in business

E142: Everett Cook (Rho Business Banking)

E141: Chris Hutchins (Wealthfront) - Automating your financial life

E140: Doug Foley The Breakout Blueprint

E139: Rob Petrozzo (Rally) - Investing in your passions

E138: Jessica Jackley - Dream big but start small

E137: Justin Nguyen (Declassified college podcast) – Differentiating yourself

E136: Scott Painter (Fair) – Disrupting the car business

E135: Marcus Whitney - Create and orchestrate

E134: Paul Faust (Ringboost) - Cool guy Paul

E132: Taylor Nieman (Toucan) - Micro-moments of learning

E131: Max Hellerstein (Extra) - Do you like steak?

E130: George McGehrin - The mindset of an entrepreneur