#88: Erika Balbuena - Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org
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#88: Erika Balbuena - Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org

After the recording of the podcast, Erika joined the Impact Team at Amazon Cloud Services. Prior to that, at the time of the episode recording, Erika was the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org. Before that, she also worked for TaskRabbit. Erika has not only in tech for a long time, she served on several boards and she also has deep experience in the nonprofit industry. Under the Impact Fund at Twilio, they've given away about a $1.5 million in investments and grants where they take a platform and portfolio approach. Her vision? To have a platform in Twilio where nonprofits have a one-stop shop for technical help. Erika is about to launch The Only, it's a storytelling project and podcast that documents the stories of women who were The Only in all male or mostly male environments. Do you know someone who's been an "only" woman or if you've been an "only" woman yourself in your company or organization, submit a nomination form and Erika will reach out to you. This covers people in practically all types of industries.

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#126: Marcelo Claure - Why Softbank Invested in Career Karma

#126: Marcelo Claure - Why Softbank Invested in Career Karma

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#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers

#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers

Not only a true believer in the power of networking, Erik Torenberg definitely walks the talk. Erik is big on community building and networking. He is known for organizing huge events as well as intim...

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#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response

#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response

Jake Schwartz is the co-founder and chief executive officer of General Assembly, a global company advancing the future of work. Jake leads GA's growth, creating sustainable talent pipelines for busine...

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#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful

#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful

Dan Friedman is the Co-Founder of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp that provides online courses Software Engineering, Design and Data Science courses. Dropping out of Yale, Dan is proof that you don't need...

21 Huhti 202050min

#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader

#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader

Vaibhav Sahgal is the Head of Growth at Reddit, Inc. which has 500 million unique users around the world. Prior to this, he worked at Zynga for 8 years as a product manager. He led teams building game...

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#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix

#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesha Lake is a member of the Career Karma community from Atlanta. She joined Career Karma in the beginning of 2019. Less than a year later, she got a job as a remote...

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#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini

#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini

Jerrick Warren has an inspiring story of breaking into the Blockchain Tech Startup Gemini coming from a background in medicine. He went from joining the Career Karma community, to getting accepted i...

3 Joulu 20191h 9min

#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)

#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)

#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp) by Breaking Into Startups

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