Shilpi and Mike met through Venture for America, a fellowship program that connects recent grads with startups and growth companies in low-cost cities. As fellows, they are attempting to learn the skills and tactics necessary to be successful entrepreneurs. After trading some insights during a 5 week training camp, they moved to their respective cities in the fall of 2013. Shilpi moved to Las Vegas to work for the Downtown Project, and Mike moved to Detroit to work for an internet company, B ...
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Episode 15: Walk Through Those Doors (Guest: Michael Lai)
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This week, Michael Lai joins us to talk about the essentials of being a post-grad. All of us can admit that being effective as both a person and somebody working is more complicated than we anticipated. In this episode, we learn about Michael's work reinventing college through Minerva, debate if passions matter in winding career "paths," explore th…
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Episode 14: Inducing Serendipity (Guest: Maddy Maxey)
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Maddy Maxey is unicorn forging the worlds of design, tech, and fashion together. In NYC, you might see her with one of her many hats: founder of Crated, Thiel fellow, entrepreneur-in-residence at General Assembly, Undercurrent fellow, lifelong learner, fashionista, and friend. Listen in as we chat about finding communities, dabbling in projects, bu…
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Episode 13: Hunt or Be Hunted (Guest: Erik Torenberg)
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Why not both?This week, Erik Torenberg from rapt.fm and Product Hunt tells us a bit about his experience building tight-knit communities both locally and online. Erik has a deadly combination of curiosity and hustle with an insatiable desire to learn from every person he meets. Not only has Product Hunt has brought meaningful exposure and access to…
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