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Robin Daniels
We interview our first guest, Robin Daniels, the CMO at Matterport.
Evelyn Lee
Evelyn Lee, Senior Experience Designer at Slack addresses transitioning roles and also provides words of advice for those who may want to switch fields and explore oth...
Jason Shah
Jason Shah, Product Lead at Airbnb, discusses the importance of seeing your career as a road map rather than a ladder to climb and emphasizes the significance of bring...
Stephanie Manning Cohen
Stephanie Manning Cohen, Senior Director of Platform at Lerer Hippeau, explains the significance of the interview process and provides tips on how to utilize your exis...
Kevin Varadian
Kevin Varadian, VP at Cutover and former VP of Sales at WeWork speaks about the importance of failure and provides major insights into the world of sales.
Craig Robinson
Former CEO and Real Estate expert Craig Robinson provides tangible and practical tips to anyone considering a career change.
Mary Jantsch
Mary Jantsch, People Operations & Remote Work Consultant, shares insights on how the hiring process has changed as more people work remotely.
Jeff Bussgang
Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge, speaks about evaluating startups both as an investor and an employee.
Building a Career in Tandem with Self-Exploration
Sally Rogers has gone through multiple major career shifts in her professional life—from academia to banking, consulting, and, most recently, entrepreneurship. Through...
Deliberate Professional Pursuit in an Uncertain World
Shay Loko began her professional life pursuing a law degree because it made sense to her—but near completion of the degree, she realized what she actually wanted was s...
Jumping From the World of Sales to Mental Wellness
Alexa Meyer, the Co-Founder and CEO of Coa, has approached her career from the mindset of wanting to build something herself someday. Early in her career, she was recr...
How Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Leads to a Stronger Career
After graduating from college with a degree in English, Natalie Sportelli took on a series of internships—most notably at Forbes, where she later accepted a full-time ...
How a Career in Branding Can Take You to the White House
Laura Brounstein is a storyteller, having taken up a deep interest in stories through books and other mediums from a young age. She found her way to her career path th...
From Intrapreneur to Entrepreneur: Taking Initiative to Grow Your Career
Rebekah Bastian, the Co-Founder and CEO of OwnTrail, started off her professional life with a mechanical engineering degree because she wanted to be an inventor. She e...
How a Global Career Path from Within WeWork Led to Growth and Purpose
Lara Perlstein graduated with a psychology degree and wasn’t really sure where to go next. She decided to take a job in retail, and she worked her way up to store mana...
The Unexpected and Perfect Journey from Startups to Investing
Emily Kramer has spent most of her life in the field of marketing. Through multiple marketing jobs—from her very first at an ad agency in San Francisco to roles at bot...
Finding Your Match in Your Career Journey
Lakshmi Rengarajan is fascinated by how people meet and get to know each other. First honing her people skills as a bartender, she later jumped on an opportunity and g...
How a Life in Theater Birthed a Content and Branding Executive
Lia Zneimer, now Head of Brand & Content Marketing at Teal, began her professional career in a totally different field. In college, she double majored in English and t...
Small-World Connections, Big Career Dreams
Jennifer Bangoura is a huge believer in finding small-world connections wherever she is in life. Starting her professional life as an Art History and French major in c...
From Camp Counselor to Venture Fund Founding Partner, Jessica Peltz Zatulove Invests in the Future
Originally from Minnesota, Jessica Peltz Zatulove moved to New York post-college and began her career doing media strategy for large brands like Gucci, Puma, 20th Cent...
How One Journalist-Turned-Entrepreneur is Closing the Gender Pay Gap
When Meggie Palmer was working as a journalist several years ago, she found out that her male counterparts were making significantly more than she was, and approached ...
Building Startups, Changing Lives Through Crypto
Nick Mancini is a builder of brands and communities, specializing in their management, leadership, and growth. Beginning in finance, moving to entrepreneurship, then s...
Risk and Bold Entrepreneurship with Javier Ramírez Lugo, Founder of Cuota
16 years ago, Javier Ramírez Lugo—a native of Puerto Rico—flew thousands of miles from his family and everything else he’d ever known to pursue a dual major in finance...
Creative Executive Rachel Gogel on Launching Story-Driven Experiences at Facebook, GQ Magazine, The New York Times, and Airbnb
Paris native Rachel Gogel has a deep passion to use her voice to help create close-knit, inclusive communities, especially for women and the queer community. After her...
How Twitter and a Move to London Helped Build a Career in Real Estate
Dayle Zielentino, Managing Director at Penny Deer, grew up in Newcastle, UK, intending to be an architect, but after graduating at the tail end of a recession, doubled...
How a Career in Radio Led One Entrepreneur to Reshape the Live Tour Industry
In Jessi Sanfilippo’s life, the most important thing hasn't been worrying about a big, flashy award for her work, but rather, being herself through the process and lea...
Microsoft Talent Sourcer Kristi Kennebrew on Persistence and the Power of Transferable Skills
Kristi Kennebrew's greatest mission in life is to help people land the dream jobs that they’ve always wanted—and now, as a talent sourcer at Microsoft and the founder ...
A Former WeWork and Goldman Sachs Exec on Mentorship, Portfolio Careers, and the Future of Work
Entrepreneur, investor, and advisor Sam Lee has embraced a portfolio approach to both his career and his life, pursuing experiences that allow him to grow and contribu...
Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at SparkToro, on Her Recipe for a Nonlinear Career
Amanda Natividad, now the VP of Marketing at SparkToro, has always been a content creator of some kind, whether that meant writing short stories in kindergarten or set...
After Applying to 80+ Roles, This Customer Experience Leader Carved His Own Career Path
The second-oldest of 10 children in an Orthodox Jewish family, Eli Weiss didn't set out to pursue a career in customer experience—but his love of travel led him to wor...