Recess

By Rohan Hirani and Jacob Swiney

Jacob and Rohan bring together successful entrepreneurs, builders, startup founders, and creators who made decisions that went against the grain and didn’t let external judgments dictate their values.... more

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How many episodes does Recess have?

The podcast currently has 89 episodes available.

Recess episodes:

June 01, 2023 Why you should stop making goals (with Luke Clancy)
Episode 68: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with long-term friend of the podcast Luke Clancy (@Luke_clancy1) about his new blog post "growth without goals" and his plan to take Illini Blockchain from a student org to a business.
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44min
May 28, 2023 How to get what you want
Episode 67: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak about the importance of having goals, and how to run the numbers on your goals.
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29min
May 24, 2023 Building a fashion brand people want to wear (with Anish Makkapati)
Episode 66: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with Anish Makkapati (@anish.makk) about the story behind his clothing brand By All Means, how to create demand, what it means to be an entrepreneur, what he is passionate about, and business ideas he has been brainstorming.
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52min
May 20, 2023 How to get luckier
Episode 65: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak about the 4 types of luck and how to create your own luck.

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30min
May 16, 2023 What an entrepreneurship retreat is actually like
Episode 64: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak about their weekends including a founder retreat, drill with the national guard, and lessons they learned.
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34min
May 11, 2023 Buying a wealth management business with $200M AUM (with Josh Kirby)
Episode 63: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with Josh Kirby about his journey as an entrepreneur. He shares his story going from being a management consultant to becoming the full-time president and CEO of Guardian Wealth Management, which has $200M of assets under management.

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49min
May 08, 2023 What it takes to be named a Forbes 30 under 30 (with Manu Edakara)
Episode 62: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with (Manu Edakara) about his entrepreneurship journey, his role as a part of the iVenture Accelerator, and how to reach your goals and do more than you thought was possible.

Manu Edakara is the Director of the award-winning iVenture Accelerator, the educational entrepreneurship program for top student startups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He manages a portfolio of over 100 companies, nonprofits, and socio-cultural projects that have generated over half a billion dollars worth of enterprise value for their work and created over 500 full-time jobs under his leadership. His students have been selected to Y-Combinator, been named Thiel Fellows, won industry-leading awards for global impact & innovation, and even introduced President Obama.

He is an entrepreneur, having founded companies in the on-demand, internet marketing, and design spaces. He is active as an angel investor and advisor for several startups. And he was named to the *Forbes 30 under 30* list for his work and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from his college and high school

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1h 8min
May 03, 2023 Casper Capital reveals how he gained 1+ million followers (with Casper Opala)
Episode 61: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) speaks with Casper Capital (@casper.capital) about how he built his social media following from 0 to 500k+ Instagram followers in less than 1 year, how to successfully create content online, and balancing life as an influencer.

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1h 1min
April 30, 2023 Building software companies and how to become an entrepreneur (with Mark Smith)
Episode 60: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with Professor Mark Smith about building software companies, entrepreneurship through acquisition, investing in startups as a VC, and what makes an entrepreneur successful.
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45min
April 27, 2023 Living the life you actually want (with Lauren Kavathas)
Episode 59: Rohan (@rohanhirani_) and Jacob (@cjacobswiney) speak with Lauren Kavathas (@laurenkavathas) about building EmoNet (an AI-powered Voice Journaling Platform for Self-Reflection), what it means to be a woman in Entrepreneurship, and ways to take care of mental health.
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48min

FAQs about Recess:

How many episodes does Recess have?

The podcast currently has 89 episodes available.