41: Resilience Masterclass - Agustin Gonzalez - CEO, Paranoid Fan

Austen AllredCEO Austen Allred was inspired to co-found Lambda School after spotting the major disconnect between a labor market in need of specialized talent, and the inaccessibility of training programs designed to fill that gap. His solution is a fully remote tech school with Income Share Agreements; rather than pay the Lambda School for training upfront, students pay a portion of their income after they've graduated and secured a job.Lambda School trains people to be software engineers at no up-front cost. Instead of paying tuition, students agree to pay a percentage of their income after they’re employed, and only if they’re making more than $50k per year. If you don’t find a job, or don’t reach that level of income, you’ll never pay a cent. Austen’s disruptive ideas on the future of education, the labor market disconnect, and the opportunity of providing opportunity at-scale have been featured in: The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, WIRED, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The New York Times, among others.Connect with Austen on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austenallred/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/Austen)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Austen Allred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Feb 202141min

Nir EyalThe author of bestselling book Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products and more recently Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify) Product Hunt, Pantry, Kahoot!, Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Happy Bits, Presence Learning, 7 Cups of Tea, and Pana. Connect with Nir on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/)Nir’s Website (https://www.nirandfar.com/)Hooked (https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/)Indistractable (https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Nir Eyal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2 Feb 202143min

Nick TelsonA serial angel investor and previously co-founded Design My Night, a nightlife discovery website, in 2010. Nick came from a background in marketing with L'Oreal launching two brands in the UK before going into Design My Night, which went on to have 8 million views a month and 250 million worth of transactional revenue with two groundbreaking B2B hospitality systems.Design My Night was later acquired by the access group. And Nick now has founded the Horseplay Ventures group, which is an angel investing arm and startup studio kind of giving back from what helped him start his own business.Horseplay invest in 25 companies to date across the UK and the US. And now Nick's also started the podcast called Pitch Deck, which has already got into the top five global UK business podcasts, which is pretty impressive for the fact that it literally started like six months ago now.Nick, Pitch Deck and HorseplayConnent with Nick on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktelson/?originalSubdomain=uk)NickTelson.com (https://www.nicktelson.com/)Horseplay Ventures (https://horseplay.ventures/)Pitch Deck Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-deck/id1522900070)Design My Night (https://www.designmynight.com/london)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Nick Telson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Jan 202112min

Dhiraj MukherjeeDhiraj Mukherjee is a Co-Founder of Shazam, and an experienced digital business executive with a proven track record in both corporate and start-up environments.In 2000, he co-founded Shazam Entertainment, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service. He was a Director of Shazam from 2000-2003, and raised £600,000 in seed funding and over £10 million in venture capital investment over three rounds. Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2017 for a reported $400 million.He is now an active angel investor focused on emerging technologies and “Tech for Good,” and was selected for Smith & Williamson’s “Power 100” in 2017 for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.K.DhirajConnect with Dhiraj on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirajmukherjee/)Website (https://dhirajmukherjee.com/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/dhirajm)Shazam (https://www.shazam.com/)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Dhiraj Mukherjee. Don't Forget to leave a comment on this episode See podvine.com/privacy-policy for podcast listener privacy info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 Jan 202113min

Nazra NoushadNazra Noushad is on a journey to impacting billions: she has dropped out of university, joined TKS as the first employee, helped them scale to 6 cities, and have been consulting for world recognized companies/teams since 17 years old. Nazra aims to rebuild our world. Success to her is fulfillment. It’s helping people, it’s being present, it’s utilizing the gift of life to give other people the gift of fulfilled living.She is taking the unconventional path towards her development and is currently becoming and helping develop unicorn people 🦄. Her current project is surrounding consciousness.NazraConnect with Nazra on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazranoushad/)NazraNoushad.com (http://nazranoushad.com/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/nazranoushad?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nazranoushad/?hl=en)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Nazra Noushad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 Jan 202141min

Life hack for the yearI've done a very successful life hack of the year since starting this podcast. And I'm pleased to say this year is no different.Annual Charity budgetsSomething I came up with a few years ago to reduce general stress in my life and make me a happier and kinder person. After three years of this the results are in. It works.I spend more time being happy, my relationships are better and more good things come back my way. I feel like I actually practice being the person I aspire to be. I am actually contributing positively to charity and climate, and I've gamified it into an enjoyable process.I put at least 1% of my wealth into charities and spit it between climate and everything else.Listen on to hear the basics of implementing it and the benefits it can bring if you do.LinksEffective Altruism (https://www.effectivealtruism.org/)National Park Rescue (https://www.nationalparkrescue.org/)Anaphite (https://www.anaphite.com/)Oddbox (https://www.oddbox.co.uk/)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Dec 202015min

Dhiraj MukherjeeDhiraj Mukherjee is a Co-Founder of Shazam, and an experienced digital business executive with a proven track record in both corporate and start-up environments.In 2000, he co-founded Shazam Entertainment, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service. He was a Director of Shazam from 2000-2003, and raised £600,000 in seed funding and over £10 million in venture capital investment over three rounds. Shazam was acquired by Apple in 2017 for a reported $400 million.He is now an active angel investor focused on emerging technologies and “Tech for Good,” and was selected for Smith & Williamson’s “Power 100” in 2017 for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.K.DhirajConnect with Dhiraj on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirajmukherjee/)Website (https://dhirajmukherjee.com/)Twitter (https://twitter.com/dhirajm)Shazam (https://www.shazam.com/)Subscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Dhiraj Mukherjee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Dec 202050min

Nick TelsonA serial angel investor and previously co-founded Design My Night, a nightlife discovery website, in 2010. Nick came from a background in marketing with L'Oreal launching two brands in the UK before going into Design My Night, which went on to have 8 million views a month and 250 million worth of transactional revenue with two groundbreaking B2B hospitality systems.Design My Night was later acquired by the access group. And Nick now has founded the Horseplay Ventures group, which is an angel investing arm and startup studio kind of giving back from what helped him start his own business.Horseplay invest in 25 companies to date across the UK and the US. And now Nick's also started the podcast called Pitch Deck, which has already got into the top five global UK business podcasts, which is pretty impressive for the fact that it literally started like six months ago now.Nick, Pitch Deck and HorseplayConnecnt with Nick on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktelson/?originalSubdomain=uk)NickTelson.com (https://www.nicktelson.com/)Horseplay Ventures (https://horseplay.ventures/)Pitch Deck Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-deck/id1522900070)Design My Night (https://www.designmynight.com/london)Top TipCreate a positive workplace cultureBuilding a world-class workplace culture starts with understanding your team and embracing the concepts at the heart of your workplace. Culture is always learned and see to it that you hire people who align with your values. Focus on communication and remember that interactions are fundamental to understand then needs of the people around you. Culture is synonymous with behavior. The workplace should not be something that people dread every day so look for different ways to empower those around you.Better moods = better performanceSubscribe!If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Nick Telson . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Dec 202046min