From the Dorm Room to the Board Room

Galen Karlan-Mason is the CEO and Founder of GreenChoice, a data-driven platform empowering informed food choices. He attended Brandeis University as an undergrad where he was recruited to play soccer. And that was his main focus until he went abroad and studied in Peru, where he started a nonprofit focused on youth empowerment. When he returned to the US, he set abo...

Courtney Hagen is the Chief Talent Officer for Littlejohn, a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies. She talks about her wild career path and how she let her strengths and interests lead her into new jobs and fields.

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Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant, a professional speaker, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. Dorie has been recognized as a branding expert by many places, the Associated Press, Fortune Inc. Magazine. She's the author of three books -Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out. Dorie was described by The New York Times as an ...

Our guests today are two brothers, Shawn and Devin Young. They are the co-founders of Classcraft, which is an award-winning engagement management system used by five million students and educators worldwide to gamify their classroom experience.

Classcraft is a platform that empowers teachers ...

Alex Assal is the CEO and Co-founder of Whoomies, a flat-sharing community in France with the goal of giving people better access to housing and creating better living situations. Alex graduated fairly recently from the IÉSEG Business School in Paris, and very soon after founded Whoomies.

Based o...

Lisa Loeb is a Grammy-winning singer songwriter who was launched into the spotlight with a platinum selling number one hit song, Stay. She is a trailblazing independent artist. She continues to publish records, she writes music for TV and film, and she’s also the owner and designer of Lisa Loeb Eyewear.

Kalsoom Lakhani is the Founder and CEO of Invest2Innovate, supports and unleashes the potential of young entrepreneurs in growing markets like Pakistan. She's also partner at I2I Ventures, Invest2Innovate's early stage investment fund for Pakistan, and the country's first female-founded institutional fund. She's trained young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Kosovo, Nepal, Cambodia, Ireland, Banglad...

Stephen Ost is the Vice President of Product at Paradox, where he leads the product development of their AI recruiting assistant named Olivia. Paradox works with enterprise and mid-market clients to transform their global talent acquisition and candidate experience. Steven got his bachelors in Computer Science at the University of Arizona, where he was recognized as a College Entrepreneur of the Year...

Desmond Lim is an entrepreneur who moved to the US from Singapore in 2013 and graduated from both Harvard and MIT. After that, he relocated to San Francisco to start Workstream.is, a text-based hiring platform for companies hiring hourly workers. Desmond founded his first business after high school, a Thai food restaurant, to help pay for college. Before joining Merrill Lynch for three years, he's re...

Today's guests are Jason Mitchell and Eric Dieter. They oversee and run an agency called Movement Strategy, which they co-founded in 2009. The agency is an independent, social-led creative agency with a focus on digital marketing initiatives. They use social features and tools and are on the cutting edge of digital trends. They have done work for partners such as Under Armour, Warner Brothers, and Ne...

Norman Tran is the Head of Design at Tradecraft, where he helps smart people going through professional inflection points figure out what's next while avoiding potential failures. Norman created emotional intelligence training at Mission U, a tuition-free college alternative that helps underrepresented adults get roles at companies like Spotify, Survey Monkey, and Accenture. He has facilitated Stanfo...

Today's guest is Yossuf Albanawi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Pilleve, a digital health company that helps patients, care providers, and payers prevent the long-term costs associated with opioid abuse and addiction. After struggling with substance abuse at a young age, Yossuf was able to recover with an early intervention from a loved one. Since then, he's been working on the frontlines of the addictio...

Selena Soo is a publicity and marketing strategist for entrepreneurs, experts, and authors who want to reach millions with their messages. Her signature approach comes down to building powerful and long-lasting relationships with influencers and the media in a thoughtful and authentic way; She’s a bridge builder, helping people in need find the people who can help them.

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