#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers
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#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 intimate meetups called On Deck, where they allow people to get to know each other on a personal level instead of a professional level. Back in Michigan, Erik started his career by creating rapt.fm, which led him to go to 500 Startups, that also led him to become the first employee of Product Hunt. Later on, he started the Product Hunt Podcast. He then ventured into investing, having seeded notable companies including Omni, Metaverse, Bot.me, and Tribe.pm, to name a few. In 2017, he launched a $100-million fund called Village Global, built around the concept of networking embedded in their company’s DNA. He has curated a group of people including some of the world's greatest in technology - Amazon's Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg - to believe in him. How did he do that? Let’s find out! Recently, he also launched another podcast called Venture Stories Podcast by Village Global. Another one of Erik’s passion project is The Rise Awards, an awards series and community celebrating top talents across all positions.

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#110: Dan Rosensweig - CEO of Chegg, the Playbook for the Modern Day Student

#110: Dan Rosensweig - CEO of Chegg, the Playbook for the Modern Day Student

Dan Rosensweig is the CEO of Chegg, an American education company with the aim to provide education that is less expensive, more available, more affordable, and more relevant. On the podcast, Dan expl...

12 Helmi 201950min

#109: Cameron Yarbrough - CEO of Torch, on the Importance of Mental Health & Coaching

#109: Cameron Yarbrough - CEO of Torch, on the Importance of Mental Health & Coaching

Cameron Yarbrough is the CEO of Torch and one of the best leadership and executive coaches in the world. In this episode, Cameron talks about coaching for everyone! How Torch got its start and the p...

5 Helmi 201926min

#108: Dan Sommer, CEO & founder of Trilogy Education, workforce accelerator for leading universities

#108: Dan Sommer, CEO & founder of Trilogy Education, workforce accelerator for leading universities

Dan Sommer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Trilogy Education Services. Dan has launched partnerships with over 37 of the world's leading universities, providing alternative forms of education on their ca...

23 Joulu 201859min

#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix

#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix

Announcements: Watch the video recording of this episode on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rg8SHeq1Ns Rich Smith is a Senior UI engineer at Netflix but did you know this was his 17th job? ...

11 Joulu 20181h 7min

#106: Balaji Srinivasan - CTO of Coinbase, How Everyone Can be an Investor

#106: Balaji Srinivasan - CTO of Coinbase, How Everyone Can be an Investor

Balaji Srinivasan is the CTO of Coinbase. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Today, he talks about his insights into traditi...

29 Marras 20181h 10min

#105: Rick O'Donnell - CEO of Skills Fund, Providing Financing to Coding Bootcamp Students

#105: Rick O'Donnell - CEO of Skills Fund, Providing Financing to Coding Bootcamp Students

Rick O’Donnell is the Founder and CEO of Skills Fund, a place that provides people with an opportunity to acquire skills and they also provide financing for students as they're doing a career transiti...

19 Marras 201851min

#104: Leanne Pittsford - Founder of Lesbians Who Tech & Tech Jobs Tour

#104: Leanne Pittsford - Founder of Lesbians Who Tech & Tech Jobs Tour

There are half a million open tech jobs, and yet, diversity in tech continues to be a problem. The key is in building relationships and connecting people with the right companies that need their skill...

31 Loka 201849min

#103: Madelyn Tavarez - How a Part-time Bootcamp helped her Become an Android Engineer

#103: Madelyn Tavarez - How a Part-time Bootcamp helped her Become an Android Engineer

Our guest on the podcast has a remarkable story. Madelyn Tavarez did a part-time bootcamp, while holding a full-time job. She taught herself how to code. And became a software engineer at Pinter...

24 Loka 20181h 1min