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Moving Up

Summary: Hear directly from business leaders. Secrets to success, struggles along the way, optimal career paths and life in general.

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Podcasts:

 Vica Manos (Anthemis) - Getting to the buyside | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:22:47

Working hard to get what you want but realizing that good things happen when you least obsess about them.

 Michael Berolzheimer (Bee Partners) - Unlimited risk tolerance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:34

Michael did IB, PE and b-school, founded 4 company’s and now invests in startups at the very earliest stage. Leaving private equity for a career in broken unloved and new businesses.

 Living your ideal – 6-part framework | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:24

Choosing love over fear, having it ALL and why you need a personal mission statement.

 Mark Peter Davis - A passion for entrepreneurship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:36

Mark is a successful VC. We discuss consulting vs. banking (he did both) the biggest mistake of his career and how working for free can save you money (if you don’t get an MBA). Also, how to get a job at a startup.

 Peter Brack (Mucker) – Chasing Growth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:37:48

Buying media businesses in China, taking them public and finding a way to be interesting.

 Ben Narasin (Partner NEA) - Taking rational risk in exchange for ridiculous reward | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:45

How to do Crossfit for your brain, not finishing books and why tenacity is the only thing that matters.

 Mark Goldberg (Index Ventures) - The transition from finance to tech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:28:36

Mark started his career at Morgan Stanley worked on the Tesla IPO became an early employee at Dropbox and now Partner at Index Ventures. His advice to skip banking and how to get an unfair advantage in tech.

 Jean Denis (head of engineering at Plaid)- The prestige trap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:47

The path from software engineer to lawyer (at a prestigious firm) to tech. Why it’s so easy to chase a big name and big money instead of finding what’s right for you.

 Disrupting the bra business with 2 Wharton MBA’s | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:26

Leaving consulting (Mckinsey and Deloitte) to go to Wharton. Staring a business in b-school, the pros and cons.

 Brian Garrett - Having conviction and no plan B | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:30:14

Brian talks about being one of the first VC’s in SoCal and the grind that it has been. Having humility and confidence in yourself and what he attributes his success to.

 Jeff Clavier - There's no shame in failure | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:35

The VC funnel, what it takes to be a wine collector and serendipity in life.

 David Hornik - Inside the job of a VC | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:36

2 types of people in the business world – principles and agents and the importance of having fun a long the way.

 Mark Mullen - Wash your own glass | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:31:48

Mark was an investment banker for 22 years. He sold his bank to RBC, became the COO of Los Angeles and now is a venture investor. Why he doesn’t like traditional meeting structures and how he uses pattern recognition to invest in startups.

 Steve Martocci - Co-founder of GroupMe, Splice and Blade | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:58

Steve started GroupMe, sold it 370 later days for $85 million. How timing is crucial, 2-paths to life, and why he continues to grind.

 Mr. Opportunity - Keith Wasserman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:12

Discussing all things real estate, learning by doing and how one small investment can build a real estate empire.

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