#126: Marcelo Claure - Why Softbank Invested in Career Karma
Marcelo Claure is a Bolivian tech entrepreneur who founded Brightstar which was later sold to Sprint after they reached $10 billion in reven...
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The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform where we feature stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. Curious about how startups work, how to get a job wi...
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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 network...
#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response
Jake Schwartz is the co-founder and chief executive officer of General Assembly, a global company advancing the future of work. Jake leads G...
#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful
Dan Friedman is the Co-Founder of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp that provides online courses Software Engineering, Design and Data Science cou...
#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader
Vaibhav Sahgal is the Head of Growth at Reddit, Inc. which has 500 million unique users around the world. Prior to this, he worked at Zynga...
#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesha Lake is a member of the Career Karma community from Atlanta. She joined Career Karma in the beginning...
#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini
Jerrick Warren has an inspiring story of breaking into the Blockchain Tech Startup Gemini coming from a background in medicine. He went from...
#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)
#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp) by Breaking Into Startups
#118: Darrell Silver - CEO of Thinkful
Darrell Silver is the CEO and Co-Founder of Thinkful. Their mission? To build the world’s next workforce. Since its inception in 2012, Think...
#117: Chok Ooi - CEO of Kenzie Academy
Coming to the states with two suitcases and a pocketful of dreams, Chock Ooi is currently the CEO of Kenzie Academy. Chok is a startup veter...
#116 - FFTSquad – A Career Karma Squad of Highly Motivated People Breaking Into Tech Together
Today, we have a special group of people joining us who go by the #FFTSquad. #FFTSquad is a group of people on Career Karma who are working...
#115: Angela Ceresnie - CEO of Climb Credit on Helping to Finance People's Career Transitions
Angela Ceresnie is the CEO of Climb Credit. She has experience working in and starting multiple startups. She has led teams at Citibank and...
#114: Phaedra Ellis - CEO of Promise on How to Build Power and Take Control of Your Career
Phaedra Ellis is the CEO of Promise, a startup that uses technology for good in the process to change the criminal justice system. Prior to...
#113: Tonio DeSorrento - Income Sharing Agreements Explained by CEO of Vemo
Tonio DeSorrento is a New York-native who spent time in the Marines as a captain. He has also worked at several institutions including SoFi....
#112: Chasing your Dreams with Young Guru & Rodney Sampson
Rodney Sampson is the CEO of OHUB while Young Guru is widely known as Jay-Z's DJ. On today’s episode, Ruben joins Rodney & Young Guru to dis...
#111: Ameer Brown - Coding Bootcamp Graduate who is a Software Quality Engineer at Adobe
Ameer Brown is a Software Quality Engineer at Adobe. He talks about what it takes to be a successful engineer at Adobe. Outside of work Amee...
#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,...
#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 abou...
#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 univer...
#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 en...