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Moving Up

Moving Up

Hosted by Alex Grodnik

BusinessExplicit

Episodes

172

Latest episode

Mar 2024

Language

EN

About the show

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

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March 19, 202439 min

E179: Adam Dell (Clarity Money acquired by Goldman Sachs) – Run towards what you’re good at

Adam discovered his interest in venture capital while in law school then hustled his way into the industry by offering to work for free. Not being afraid to do the work, going deep and the importance of focus. Starting Clarity Money and selling it to Goldman Sachs 18 months later for $$$

March 6, 202434 min

E178: Joseph Woodbury (CEO/Co-founder of Neighbor) – The startup journey

Joseph is the co-founder of Neighbor, the Airbnb of storage. Turning down a job at Bain, how to raise capital from business competitions and create FOMO with investors at the same time. Also, building a company guided by values and why it’s all about the people.

February 19, 202437 min

E177: Frank Rotman (QED Investors) - Getting to yes

Getting a job at Capital One before it was called fintech. The importance of exploration in a career, what to look for in your job and the future of consumer finance.

February 14, 202436 min

E176: Khaled Hussein (Red Door) - Trust the network

Founding Tilt and the learnings from the incredible journey. Now building a real estate tech company to simplify the mortgage process. Working on difficult problems that will can change the world and being stubborn on where you want to be but flexible on how you get there.

February 12, 202424 min

E175: Colin Walsh (Varo Money) – Building a delightful bank

Colin had a huge career in finance (GE Capital, Amex and Wells Fargo). He got the experience, identified the problem, and started Varo to re-invent the model. Also, banking in the US vs UK.

February 8, 202440 min

E174: Immad Akhund (Mercury) – The biggest risk in not capturing the upside

Immad has gone from startup to startup. Joining a company already in YC, starting a video game company and now a bank for startups. Also, his advice for how to network successfully.

February 2, 202446 min

E173: Anu Schultes (CEO LendUp) - Always an optimist

Growing up in India and coming to the US for grad school, Anu had no idea of the challenges that lay ahead for her. Letting go of your fear of failure and striving to make a difference every day. A story of crazy obstacles ( financial, health and family) and overcoming them all to achieve her dream of becoming a CEO.

January 31, 202427 min

E172: Nima Ghamsari (Blend) - Focusing on impact

Walking away from a very lucrative career playing professional poker during college in the pursuit of adding value to society. Starting Blend after seeing the opportunity to digitize and simplify the mortgage process.

April 5, 202318 min

E171: Ken Kaufman - Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations

Financial Secrets to Grow Dental Organizations, The 9 Required Clarity Tools.

November 29, 202216 min

E170: Chris Dreyer - Niching Up - Achieving Specialized Market Focus

Founder and now author Chris Dreyer explains the importance of focusing on the one thing you can be best at and how a search for "how to make money online" set him on his journey.

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